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• Eva Tonke van ZWEDEN

• Christine Wilhelmine Isabelle (Bob) Wttewaall van Stoetwegen (85), Den Haag
• Anna M.J. Vervuurt (73), Venlo, LIM, Nederland
• Albert Luning (66), Dwingeloo, Westerveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie van der Knaap (87), Oostvoorne
• Adriaan van der Ven (65), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Ponsen (73), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus Snoeren (53), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Schimmel (90), Amsterdam
• A L Hubert Verwys (70)
• Aina Louise Hallin (81), Lycke, Kronoberg, Sweden

• 1984 » Izale McLeod, English footballer
• 1985 » Arron Afflalo, American basketball player
• 1985 » Marcos Martínez, Spanish race car driver
• 1985 » Walter Alberto López, Uruguayan footballer
• 1986 » Carlo Janka, Swiss skier
• 1986 » Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter
• 1986 » Nolito, Spanish footballer
• 1987 » Chantal Strand, Canadian voice actress and singer
• 1987 » Jesse Levine, Canadian-American tennis player
• 1987 » Ott Tänak, Estonian race car driver

• 1980 » Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek footballer and volleyball player (b. 1896)
• 1980 » Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1900)
• 1981 » Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Pat O'Brien, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Donald Wandrei, American author and poet (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949)
• 1988 » Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (b. 1892)
• 1989 » Danilo Kiš, Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. (b. 1935)
• 1990 » Delphine Seyrig, French actress and director (b. 1932)
• 1993 » Aydın Sayılı, Turkish historian and academic (b. 1913)

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 20 » The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
• April 1 » Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
• July 9 » The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
• August 20 » In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
• 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.
• December 19 » Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.

The temperature on October 15, 1986 was between 13.5 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.