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• Marianne Koiter († 2014)
• Jeroen Bomans
• Micah Dale Groen († 1999)

• Antonius Christianus de Gier (82), 's-Gravenhage
• Abraham (Bram) HUIS (72), Vlaardingen
• Alice Joséphine Cariolini (66), Sittard
• Bernard Oswald Fischer (58), Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australië
• Antonius Christiannus de Gier (82), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Kiers (82), Utrecht
• Allen Samuel Weiner (74), Margate City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Carl (Carly) Eugene Sinclair (34), Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonius Christianus de Gier (82), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelius Eikhout (81), Roosendaal

• 1985 » Jessica Abbott, Australian swimmer
• 1986 » Colin de Grandhomme, Zimbabwean-New Zealand cricketer
• 1986 » Stevie Johnson, American football player
• 1987 » Charlotte Kalla, Swedish skier
• 1987 » Denis Gargaud Chanut, French slalom canoeist
• 1988 » Paul Coutts, Scottish footballer
• 1988 » Sercan Temizyürek, Turkish footballer
• 1988 » Thomas Kraft, German footballer
• 1988 » William Buick, Norwegian-British flat jockey
• 1989 » Keegan Allen, American actor, photographer and musician

• 1979 » J. V. Cain, American football player (b. 1951)
• 1979 » Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1929)
• 1986 » Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1986 » Floyd Gottfredson, American author and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1900)
• 1990 » Eduard Streltsov, Soviet footballer (b. 1937)
• 1990 » Manuel Puig, Argentinian author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 1992 » David Wojnarowicz, American painter, photographer, and activist (b. 1954)
• 1995 » Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1904)
• 1996 » Rob Collins, English keyboard player (b. 1956)

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. Johanna
7. Sarah
8. Sandra
9. Samantha
10. Sanne
11. Kim
12. Anna
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.
• April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
• May 9 » New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
• July 8 » The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
• August 21 » The 6.9 M_w  Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
• October 17 » Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people.
• November 16 » In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.

The temperature on July 22, 1988 was between 17.8 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 12.2 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.