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• Lorenzo van de Vondele, Gent (Bel)
• Marina Arantes, Goiânia GO Brazilië
• Lisa Soemers, Alkmaar († 2014)

• Cornelia Francisca Maria Josepha Suijs (77), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annigje Snijder (63)
• Adriaantje Speckmann (76), Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Adriaan Dros (78), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Velthuis (54), Nijverdal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annigje Snijder * (63)
• Christianus Henricus Van Terheijden (74), Roosendaal(St. Franciscusziekenhuis)
• Catharina Maria Sikkel (75), Amsterdam
• Anna Wilhelmina Gijsberta Warning (94)
• Catharina Clasina Kuijs (80)

• 1985 » Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 » Denis Onyango, Ugandan goalkeeper
• 1985 » Justine Robbeson, South African javelin thrower
• 1985 » Laura Harvey, English football coach
• 1985 » Tania Cagnotto, Italian diver
• 1985 » Tathagata Mukherjee, Indian actor
• 1986 » Adam Moffat, Scottish footballer
• 1986 » Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
• 1986 » Thomas Brown, American football player
• 1987 » David Adams, American baseball player

• 1982 » Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1984 » Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)
• 1985 » Jackie Curtis, American actress and writer (b. 1947)
• 1986 » Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
• 1986 » Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1989 » Luc Lacourcière, Canadian ethnographer and author (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian ethnologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)
• 1991 » Fritz Riess, German race car driver (b. 1922)

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.
• March 4 » The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
• April 1 » Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
• August 6 » A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• November 5 » USSRentz, USSReeves and USSOldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
• November 22 » Mike Tyson from Brooklyn, New York becomes the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at age 20.
• December 19 » Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.

The temperature on May 15, 1986 was between 7.8 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.