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• Talitia Elisabeth Willemse, Yerseke

• Christina van Vliet (66), amsterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Waltherus Wouters (92), Tilburg
• Edwin Adam Hettinger (75), Pesotum, Champaign, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Alphonsus Arthur Vennekens (85), Retie, België
• Clarence Tillman Tyree (81), Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri
• Anna Maria Westhovens (80), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Bernardus Hubertus van Gils (78), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Vlaardingerbroek (82)
• Aaltje Daanen (89)
• Cornelis Rudolph Ruis (76), Krimpen aan de Lek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1984 » Ezra Koenig, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1984 » Michelle Donelan, British politician
• 1984 » Pablo Portillo, Mexican singer and actor
• 1985 » Patrick Schliwa, German rugby player
• 1985 » Yemane Tsegay, Ethiopian runner
• 1986 » Félix Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1986 » Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer
• 1987 » Jeremy Hellickson, American baseball player
• 1987 » Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
• 1987 » Sam Rapira, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1979 » Breece D'J Pancake, American short story writer (b. 1952)
• 1981 » Omar Bradley, American general (b. 1893)
• 1983 » Isamu Kosugi, Japanese actor and director (b. 1904)
• 1984 » Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1894)
• 1985 » John Frederick Coots, American pianist and composer (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Ryan White, American activist, inspired the Ryan White Care Act (b. 1971)
• 1991 » Per Ohlin, Swedish musician (b. 1969)
• 1992 » Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1993 » Marian Anderson, American operatic singer (b. 1897)
• 1994 » François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (b. 1899)

1. Mark
2. Michael
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Robert
6. Thomas
7. Jeroen
8. Peter
9. David
10. Sander
11. Bart
12. Johannes
13. Willem
14. Maarten
15. Hendrik
16. Patrick

1. Maria
2. Laura
3. Linda
4. Kim
5. Sanne
6. Jessica
7. Johanna
8. Jennifer
9. Marjolein
10. Charlotte
11. Stephanie
12. Amanda
13. Anna
14. Esther
15. Joyce
16. Sarah

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
• February 9 » Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
• March 27 » A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
• April 15 » The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a discotheque bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.
• April 29 » Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.
• August 20 » In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
• September 6 » In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.

The temperature on April 8, 1986 was between 3.5 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.