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• Priscilla Hartman († 2015)

• Alewijn Bogaard (74), Lexmond (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Nap (85), Finsterwolde
• Adriaan Johannes van Kerkwijk (65), Hoorn
• Carolus Johannes (Karel) Ruigrok (96), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arthur Bingham Howlett (77), Queensland, Australia
• Bernadine Leichtenberg (79), Bloomington (McLean County), Illinois
• Claudius Gerhardus Johannes Joh Baars (92), Bladel Nederland
• Alzary Mildred Witcher (90), Mangum, Greer, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Zonneveld (93), Bladel, Boord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Elisabeth Clasina Hagen (86), Alkmaar

• 1985 » Brandon McDonald, American football player
• 1985 » David Price, American baseball player
• 1985 » Oleksiy Kasyanov, Ukrainian decathlete
• 1986 » Cassie Ventura, American singer, dancer, actress and model
• 1986 » Colin Kazim-Richards, Turkish footballer
• 1986 » Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
• 1987 » Juan Joseph, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1988 » Danielle Savre, American actress
• 1988 » Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1988 » Evan Ross, American actor

• 1980 » Rosa Albach-Retty, German-Austrian actress (b. 1874)
• 1981 » Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Roger Nash Baldwin, American trade union leader, co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (b. 1884)
• 1986 » Ted Knight, American actor (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1987 » John Goddard, Barbadian-English cricketer and manager (b. 1919)
• 1988 » Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
• 1989 » Irving Stone, American author (b. 1903)
• 1990 » Tang Chang, Thai artist (b. 1934)
• 1991 » Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (b. 1905)

1. Mark
2. Michael
3. Jan
4. Kevin
5. Thomas
6. Robert
7. Jeroen
8. Peter
9. David
10. Sander
11. Bart
12. Johannes
13. Willem
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. Stephanie
12. Amanda
13. Anna
14. Esther
15. Joyce
16. Bianca

• 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.
• April 29 » Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.
• October 9 » The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.
• October 11 » Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
• October 19 » The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
• November 2 » U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.
• November 5 » USSRentz, USSReeves and USSOldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.

The temperature on August 26, 1986 was between 12.2 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 13.0 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.