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• Naomi Rodenburg († 2001)
• Wouter Van den Neste, Genk († 2010)
• Evi Neijssen, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Willem van Milligen, Pretoria,Z.A († 1987)
• Joshua Ryan MacDougall, Calais, Washington, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 2012)

• Bastiaan Dane (83), Sommelsdijk
• Berendina Dina Holmer (89), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Van der Veeke (71), 's-Gravenhage
• Ardina Catharina A W van Alebeek (21), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Antonie Muller (60), Arnhem
• Dieuke Machteld Hilda Boissevain (76), Bussum
• Klazina Fokker (78), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Roobeek (62), Alkmaar
• Albert Maria Eduard VAN DER Aa (70), WILRIJK
• Cornelis Verduin (71), Hoorn

• 1985 » Beth Tweddle, English gymnast
• 1985 » Daniel Murphy, American baseball player
• 1986 » Hillary Scott, American country singer-songwriter
• 1987 » Ding Junhui, Chinese professional snooker player
• 1987 » Gianluca Musacci, Italian footballer
• 1987 » Oliver Turvey, English racing driver
• 1988 » Brook Lopez, American basketball player
• 1988 » Robin Lopez, American basketball player
• 1989 » David N'Gog, French footballer
• 1989 » Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater

• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1986 » Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
• 1991 » Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)
• 1992 » Michael Havers, Baron Havers, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1923)
• 1993 » Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (b. 1954)
• 1994 » Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b. 1912)

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

1. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Sarah
4. Laura
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.
• January 1 » The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.
• April 18 » The New York Islanders defeat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in Game 7 of their Patrick Division Semifinal series.
• April 21 » The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
• May 9 » LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
• May 28 » A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
• September 2 » In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.

The temperature on April 1, 1987 was between 0.5 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.