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• Zeger A. Doest († 1988)
• Johanna Wilhelmina van Damme, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Elisabeth Johanna Maria van Rooij, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Steven William Hine, Caringbah

• Cornelis Henricus Zijlmans (86), Wormerveer
• Clarence Lester Gordon (73)
• Augusta Maria Deseranno (81), Herseaux
• Antonius Spaan (71), Eindhoven
• Christiaan Geers (75), Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dirk Pieter Hoos (76), Begr.pl. Charlois, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Broer Overkamp (78), Leek
• Arend Kleijer (87)
• David Agnol Long (82), Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• August Henri Van Ketel (81), Amsterdam

• 1985 » Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
• 1985 » Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
• 1985 » Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russian tennis player
• 1985 » Wim Stroetinga, Dutch cyclist
• 1986 » Alexei Sitnikov, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
• 1986 » Alice Tait, Australian swimmer
• 1986 » Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
• 1986 » Ryan Coogler, American film director and screenwriter
• 1987 » Bray Wyatt, American wrestler
• 1987 » Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1981 » David Lewis, Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1981 » Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1981 » George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Karl Koch, German computer hacker (b. 1965)
• 1991 » Fletcher Markle, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)
• 1991 » Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1907)
• 1991 » Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)

1. Mark
2. Michael
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Thomas
6. Robert
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. Marjolein
9. Jennifer
10. Charlotte
11. Stephanie
12. Amanda
13. Anna
14. Esther
15. Joyce
16. Bianca

• 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.
• April 2 » Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
• April 28 » The United States Navy aircraft carrier USSEnterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USSCoral Sea.
• June 22 » The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
• October 27 » The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
• October 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
• November 25 » The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.

The temperature on May 23, 1986 was between 10.1 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.