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• Cornelia Hoornweg (78), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Arie van de Berg (91), Sliedrecht
• Anna Maria Joanna Sleeckx (89), Lier
• Aubrey Wilmur Flirt (81)
• Arie (Adrianus Johannes) Boots (79), Volendam, Nederland
• Alice Ruth Valentine (68), Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Bridget Finegan (81), Ardee, Louth, Ireland
• Christina Elisabeth (Elisa) Bogaerts (71), Sint-Truiden, België
• Alida Adriana Maria van Dieren (75), Lisse
• Annie Annen (54), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1987 » Davide Valsecchi, Italian racing driver
• 1987 » Guan Xin, Chinese basketball player
• 1987 » Kia Vaughn, American born Czech basketball player
• 1987 » Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
• 1987 » Wayne Hennessey, Welsh footballer
• 1988 » Selina Jörg, German snowboarder
• 1989 » Gong Lijiao, Chinese shot putter
• 1989 » Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer
• 1989 » Serdar Kesimal, Turkish footballer
• 1990 » Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1983 » George Cukor, American director and producer (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
• 1986 » L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
• 1989 » Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)
• 1990 » Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Robert
4. Michael
5. Mark
6. Niels
7. Kevin
8. Patrick
9. Jeroen
10. Nick
11. Peter
12. David
13. Robin
14. Johannes
15. Sander
16. Martijn

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
• January 29 » Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
• February 6 » The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
• June 3 » The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
• September 8 » Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.
• December 22 » Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
• December 27 » The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.

The temperature on January 24, 1989 was between -0.9 and 0.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.