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• Kim Nieuwenhuis, Apeldoorn († 2013)
• Enoch Robinson († 1989)
• Esther Robinson († 1989)
• Renske Lavrijssen, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Bastiana Boers (82)
• Aartje Braamburg (92), Nunspeet
• costantinus van Veldhoven (86), Assen
• Anna Petronella Kip (66), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Audrey Antonia Jensen (80), Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States
• Donna Jantina van Leeuwen (36), San Francisco, California (USA)
• Barbara Maria Hendriks (73), Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Hobbelen (86), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Catharina Maljers (78), Middelburg, Nederland
• Charles Francis PETTIAUX (76), Schaarbeek

• 1988 » Marina Salas, Spanish actress
• 1988 » Sergiy Gladyr, Ukrainian basketball player
• 1988 » Tori Matsuzaka, Japanese actor and model
• 1989 » Débora García, Spanish football midfielder
• 1989 » David Timor, Spanish footballer
• 1989 » Oleksandr Isakov, Ukrainian swimmer
• 1989 » Sophie Luck, Australian actress
• 1990 » Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player
• 1990 » Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer

• 1981 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)
• 1981 » Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (b. 1887)
• 1983 » Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
• 1991 » Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (b. 1919)
• 1992 » Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (b. 1912)
• 1992 » Orestis Laskos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
• 1996 » Chris Acland, English musician & drummer of Lush (b. 1966)

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.
• March 2 » Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
• April 15 » Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
• August 23 » Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
• November 9 » Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin.
• November 20 » Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
• December 22 » Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife flee Bucharest in a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.

The temperature on October 17, 1989 was between 7.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.