About the day » Tuesday September 2, 1986Calender converter

• Jan Willem Slaa
• Kenny Corremans († 2013)

• Albertus Kraster (91), Winschoten
• Dirk Jan van der Lende (63), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Hubertine (Annette) Bessems (68), Hermalle s/Argenteau
• Catharina Maria Devilee (49), Leiden
• Aurora Garcia Cintron (77), Guayama, Puerto Rico, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Keijzer (66), Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aagje Ages Knossen (80), Balk, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Derk Waalkens (79), Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert Reeskamp (89), Zutphen (GL)
• Elisabeth Anna Maria Miltenburg (84), Houten

• 1984 » Jack Peñate, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 » Keith Galloway, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 » Gélson Fernandes, Swiss footballer
• 1986 » Kyle Hines, American basketball player
• 1987 » Scott Moir, Canadian ice dancer
• 1988 » Ibrahim Šehić, Bosnian footballer
• 1988 » Ishant Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1988 » Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer († 2008)
• 1988 » Javi Martínez, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Keisuke Kato, Japanese actor and singer

• 1983 » Feri Cansel, Turkish-Cypriot actress (b. 1944)
• 1984 » Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (b. 1908)
• 1985 » Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
• 1985 » Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (b. 1955)
• 1985 » M. Alalasundaram, Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician
• 1985 » V. Dharmalingam, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (b. 1918)
• 1987 » Brian Clay, Australian rugby league player (b. 1935)
• 1990 » Robert Holmes à Court, South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (b. 1937)
• 1991 » Alfonso García Robles, Mexican politician and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1992 » Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

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.
• March 24 » The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
• 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 14 » The heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2lb)) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
• October 9 » The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.
• November 21 » National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran–Contra affair.
• November 25 » The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.

The temperature on September 2, 1986 was between 12.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.