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• Natalia Kimberly Vanderlaan, Wallaceburg, ON, Canada
• Ashley William Large († 1986)
• Nicolas Karolyi de Nagy-Karoly, Paris, 75056, France († 2005)

• Alfredo Lucchesi Palli, Conte Di Campofranco, Duca Della Gracia (70), Ehrenshoven
• Albert Lolke Johannes Smid (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aart Kooper (58), Dordrecht
• Aart Kooper (58), Dordrecht
• Alessandro TORLONIA (74)
• Antonia Adriana Hendrika de Jong (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Stott (82), Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, Verenigde Staten
• "Ludovika" Johanna Aloysia Josepha Paula Franziska Hedwig Maria Magdalena Elisabeth von Quadt zu Wickrath (75), Wildbad Kreuth, Allemagne
• Antonia Adriana Henderika de Jong (76)
• Alessandro Torlonia 5th Prince Of Civitella Cesi (74), Rome, Italy

• 1985 » Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1986 » Adam Casey, Australian footballer
• 1986 » Brent Stanton, Australian footballer
• 1986 » Cassie Jaye, American actress and film director
• 1986 » Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer († 2013)
• 1986 » Jesse Klaver, Dutch politician
• 1986 » Lee Chang-min, South Korean singer
• 1987 » Glen Coffee, American football player
• 1987 » Iván DeJesús Jr., Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1987 » Leonardo Bonucci, Italian footballer

• 1982 » William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891)
• 1985 » Denise Robins, English journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1986 » Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (b. 1916)
• 1986 » Hylda Baker, English comedian, actress and music hall performer (b. 1905)
• 1988 » Ben Lexcen, Australian sailor and architect (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Sally Kirkland, American journalist (b. 1912)
• 1989 » V. M. Panchalingam, Sri Lankan civil servant (b. 1930)
• 1990 » Sergio Franchi, Italian-American tenor and actor (b. 1926)

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. Amanda
12. Stephanie
13. Anna
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.
• January 20 » In the United States, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
• February 9 » Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
• April 5 » Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin, Germany.
• July 6 » Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
• September 28 » The Democratic Progressive Party becomes the first opposition party in Taiwan.
• November 2 » U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.

The temperature on May 1, 1986 was between 3.2 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.