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• James William Allen

• Alice Louise Freeseman (74), Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa
• Antonius WILLEMS (84), Nijmegen, 1689, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendina Kwant (46), Paterswolde ( Eelde)
• Aafke DE HAAN (85)
• Cornelis Adrianus * Blokland (57)
• Abraham Anker (87), Bergambacht
• Abraham Anker (87), Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Joannes Delhez (92), Merksem
• Adrianus Henricus Vermeulen (70), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Cathalina Margaretha van der Lans (78), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1984 » Alastair Cook, English cricketer
• 1984 » Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer
• 1984 » Jessica Origliasso, Australian singer, actress, and fashion designer
• 1985 » Martin Mathathi, Kenyan runner
• 1985 » Rusev, Bulgarian-American professional wrestler
• 1987 » Ceyhun Gülselam, Turkish footballer
• 1987 » Demaryius Thomas, American football player
• 1988 » Eric Gordon, American basketball player
• 1988 » Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1988 » Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player

• 1983 » Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1893)
• 1988 » Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle, English entomologist and lepidopterist (b. 1920)
• 1988 » Shōhei Ōoka, Japanese author and critic (b. 1909)
• 1989 » Benny Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Betty Garde, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1989 » Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
• 1989 » Elena Ceaușescu, Romanian politician, First Lady of Romania (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Frederick F. Houser, American judge and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1905)
• 1989 » Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian general and politician, 1st President of Romania (b. 1918)
• 1989 » Robert Pirosh, American director and screenwriter (b. 1910)

1. Michael
2. Jan
3. Thomas
4. Mark
5. Kevin
6. Jeroen
7. Johannes
8. Joshua
9. David
10. Dennis
11. Pieter
12. Peter
13. Robert
14. Tim
15. Sander
16. Bart

1. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Laura
4. Sarah
5. Linda
6. Kim
7. Anna
8. Esther
9. Sanne
10. Nicole
11. Johanna
12. Amanda
13. Anne
14. Chantal
15. Michelle
16. Stephanie

• 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 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 14.6 million citizens.
• April 27 » The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
• May 3 » A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.
• May 5 » Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
• May 11 » Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
• June 12 » Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
• August 7 » Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union.

The temperature on December 25, 1987 was between 5.0 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.