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• Hannah Marthe Edelbroek, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Joshua Aaron Abbas († 1989)

• Audrey GROENENDIJK (37), Voorhout
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Hubertus Roovers (78), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfredo Taub Rosenthal (60), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Dirkje Bos (84), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Adrianus Bakx (65), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Vink (88), Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Renema (82)
• Antonius Cornelis Prijs (54)
• Carolyn Matlock (52), Morrisville, Bucks, Pennsylvania, The United States of America
• Alvina F Deckert (70), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

• 1987 » Brett Williams, English footballer
• 1987 » Simon Dawkins, English footballer
• 1987 » Tabarie Henry, Virgin Islander sprinter
• 1987 » Vance Joy, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1988 » Dan Mavraides, Greek-American basketball player
• 1988 » Tyler Joseph, American musician and singer
• 1988 » Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer, and model
• 1989 » Sotelúm, Mexican trumpet player, composer, and producer
• 1990 » Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1991 » Hilda Melander, Swedish tennis player

• 1984 » Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Frank McCarthy, American general and film producer (b. 1912)
• 1987 » James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1924)
• 1987 » Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1918)
• 1988 » J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931)
• 1990 » Carla Lehmann, Canadian-English actress (b. 1917)
• 1991 » George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1991 » Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athlete (b. 1906)
• 1993 » Ray Gillen, American singer-songwriter (b. 1959)

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

1. Kim
2. Maria
3. Laura
4. Linda
5. Jessica
6. Sanne
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.
• June 3 » The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
• June 5 » The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
• August 16 » A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading.
• September 4 » In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
• September 14 » The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year old pressman, killed 8 people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.
• December 1 » Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.

The temperature on December 1, 1989 was between -4.8 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.