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• Karolien Lenaerts, Herentals, 2200, Antwerpen, België
• Maria Martina Cardinaal, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cédric LE GRELLE, Rocourt, 62087, Liège, Belgique († 1988)
• Maximilian Johannes Alexander Engelbert VON CROŸ, Düsseldorf, Nord-Rhein Westfalen, Germany († 2015)
• Maximilian Johannes Alexander Engelbert van Croÿ, Düsseldorf, Duitsland († 2015)

• Clement Mannaert (69), Opwijk
• Christina de Lorijn (100), Wamel
• Albertus Johannes Henricus (Bert) BEXKENS (81), Ledeacker (NL/NB)
• Albertus Johannes Hendrikus Bexkens (81), Ledeacker
• Abraham Kwak (83), Hien (gemeente Dodewaard)
• Anna Maria Fischer (61), Ter Apel-Vlagtwedde(Gr)
• Ale Detmar (75), Twijzel (Twizel), Friesland, Nederland
• André Marcel Louis MERCKENS (78), Nice, 06088, Alpes-Maritime, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
• Carolina Janetta Elisa Driesen (81), Hamont
• Alexander Haan (78), Lanark Carroll County Ill

• 1981 » Mikael Antonsson, Swedish footballer
• 1984 » Andrew Bailey, American baseball player
• 1984 » Milorad Čavić, Serbian swimmer
• 1984 » Nate Robinson, American basketball player
• 1985 » Jordy Nelson, American football player
• 1986 » Robert Gesink, Dutch cyclist
• 1989 » Marco Reus, German footballer
• 1990 » Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1992 » Laura Ikauniece, Latvian heptathlete
• 1992 » Michaël Bournival, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1982 » Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (b. 1930)
• 1983 » Jack Dempsey, American boxer and lieutenant (b. 1895)
• 1985 » Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (b. 1921)
• 1986 » James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 1986 » Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor (b. 1918)
• 1987 » John Abraham, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 1989 » C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and historian (b. 1901)
• 1989 » Owen Lattimore, American author and academic (b. 1900)
• 1994 » Herva Nelli, Italian-American soprano (b. 1909)
• 1994 » Uzay Heparı, Turkish actor, producer, and composer (b. 1969)

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

1. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Linda
4. Laura
5. Anne
6. Sarah
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 27 » Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
• March 16 » Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
• April 25 » In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
• May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
• August 20 » Iran-Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
• September 7 » Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns to Earth after nine days on the Mir space station.

The temperature on May 31, 1988 was between 9.8 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.