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• Jaimy Moerland, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Brittany Suzanne Rispens, Munster, IN

• Alida Maria Clasina van den Berg (84), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Bareld Harmannus Edel (92), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Berendina Hendrika Snellink (58)
• Adriana Johanna Geertruida Meijer (74)
• Berend Wolters (86), Groningen
• Dirk Johannes ter Maat (54), Zutphen
• Alfred Frederick Albert Golds (85), Waltham Forest, Greater London, England
• Bouwen Arensz. Snoeij (83), Rockanje
• Anna Margaretha Teurlings (80), Bladel
• Cornelia Petronella Maria Rietkerk (89), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1985 » Alby Mathewson, New Zealand rugby player
• 1985 » Laurence Leboeuf, Canadian actress
• 1985 » Michael Bumpus, American football player
• 1986 » Mathieu Gnanligo, Beninese sprinter
• 1988 » James Tamou, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
• 1988 » Olly Lancashire, English footballer
• 1988 » Rickie Fowler, American golfer
• 1989 » Ben Ridge, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 » Hellen Onsando Obiri, Kenyan runner
• 1989 » Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress

• 1983 » Alexander Schmemann, Estonian-American priest and theologian (b. 1921)
• 1983 » Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet and critic (b. 1933)
• 1986 » Ella Baker, American activist (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Heather Angel, British-American actress (b. 1909)
• 1986 » Smita Patil, Indian actress and journalist (b. 1955)
• 1992 » Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)
• 1992 » K. C. Irving, Canadian businessman (b. 1899)
• 1993 » Vanessa Duriès, French author (b. 1972)
• 1995 » Ann Nolan Clark, American author and educator (b. 1896)
• 1996 » Edward Blishen, English author and educator (b. 1920)

1. Thomas
2. Jeroen
3. Jan
4. Michael
5. Kevin
6. Robert
7. Mark
8. Johannes
9. Tim
10. Frank
11. Dennis
12. Patrick
13. Bart
14. Daniel
15. Pieter
16. Nick

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

• 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 14.7 million citizens.
• February 29 » South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with one hundred other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
• April 14 » In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
• May 9 » New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
• June 1 » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
• August 20 » Iran-Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
• December 8 » A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.

The temperature on December 13, 1988 was between 6.5 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.