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• Whitney Leanne Garkow, Lewisville, Denton County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2018)

• Cyrille Bonaventura Bas (58), Hasselt, België
• Assuerus Meintes Jorna (81), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Dina Imbos (48), Hoogezand
• Arendina Albertje Meiborg (62), Nieuw Amsterdam
• Cornelia VERWAAL (73), Gouda
• Allegonda ( Alda) Elisabeth Schoofs (77), Bladel,,NB Holland
• Adriana Petronella Maria van Maren (57), Boekel
• Cornelis Burger (62), Deventer
• Caroline Magdalen HARVEY (86)
• Constantinus Cornelius Verstraelen (63), Weelde (B.)

• 1984 » Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer
• 1984 » Marko Asmer, Estonian race car driver
• 1985 » Chris Guccione, Australian tennis player
• 1985 » Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer
• 1985 » Luca Lanotte, Italian ice dancer
• 1985 » Matthew Scott, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 » Tiago Alencar, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 » William Zillman, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 » Anton Fink, German footballer
• 1987 » Sam Saunders, American golfer

• 1975 » James Blish, American author and critic (b. 1921)
• 1977 » Emory Holloway, American scholar, author, and educator (b. 1885)
• 1983 » Howard Dietz, American songwriter and publicist (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Lynn Fontanne, English actress (b. 1887)
• 1985 » Julia Robinson, American mathematician and theorist (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Lane Frost, American professional bull rider (b. 1963)
• 1990 » Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA (b. 1937)
• 1992 » Brenda Marshall, Filipino-American actress and singer (b. 1915)
• 1992 » Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (b. 1903)

1. Mark
2. Michael
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Robert
6. Thomas
7. Jeroen
8. Peter
9. David
10. Sander
11. Bart
12. Willem
13. Johannes
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.
• March 4 » The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
• March 24 » The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
• April 1 » Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
• 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.
• August 31 » The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
• December 23 » Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.

The temperature on July 30, 1986 was between 11.8 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.