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• Julian Schulz, Oberwesel († 2002)
• Andrew Jason Russell, Missisauga, ON (CA) († 1986)

• Adrianus Cornelis van Gils (72), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amandine Maria Vandecandelaere (87), Roeselare
• Anna Maria Elemans (77), Beers, N-Brabant (NL.)
• Adeler Frederich III WEHLBURG (84), Vorden
• Alice Adeline Bordner (77), Orange County, California, VS
• Albert Alma (76), Harkema Opeinde-gemeente Achtkarspelen
• Adeler Frederich Wehlburg (84), Vorden
• Andreas Jozephus Maria Van Den Hout (73), Tilburg
• Antonius Marinus den Braber (59), Haarlem, Noord-Holland (Nederland)
• Andreas Jozephus Maria van den Hout (73), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)

• 1982 » Anthony Tuitavake, New Zealand rugby player
• 1982 » Jonas Hiller, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1982 » Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper
• 1983 » Carlton Brewster, American football player and coach
• 1984 » Andrei Sidorenkov, Estonian footballer
• 1984 » Brad Keselowski, American race car driver
• 1984 » Peter Vanderkaay, American swimmer
• 1988 » DeMarco Murray, American football player
• 1988 » Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1988 » Nicolás Otamendi, Argentine footballer

• 1979 » Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Muriel Rukeyser, American poet and activist (b. 1913)
• 1982 » Victor Jory, Canadian-American actor (b. 1902)
• 1983 » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1984 » Anna Anderson, Polish-American woman, who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author and poet (b. 1914)
• 1985 » Nicholas Colasanto, American actor and director (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Thomas Bernhard, Austrian playwright and author (b. 1931)
• 1991 » Roger Patterson, American bass player (b. 1968)
• 1992 » Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (b. 1907)

1. Mark
2. Michael
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Robert
6. Thomas
7. Jeroen
8. Peter
9. David
10. Sander
11. Bart
12. Willem
13. Johannes
14. Maarten
15. Hendrik
16. Patrick

1. Maria
2. Laura
3. Linda
4. Kim
5. Sanne
6. Jessica
7. Johanna
8. Marjolein
9. Jennifer
10. Charlotte
11. Anna
12. Amanda
13. Stephanie
14. Esther
15. Joyce
16. Sarah

• 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 14.5 million citizens.
• February 8 » Hinton train collision: Twenty-three people are killed when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a 118-car Canadian National freight train near the town of Hinton, Alberta, west of Edmonton. It is the worst rail accident in Canada until the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec derailment in 2013 which killed forty-seven people.
• February 9 » Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
• September 28 » The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.
• October 27 » The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
• October 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
• December 23 » Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.

The temperature on February 12, 1986 was between -5.5 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.