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• Darrel Darwood Bennett (61), Fort Bragg, Sonoma County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Petrus Suijkerbuijk (56), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Van Aerschot (87), Rillaar Vlaams Brabant
• Anna Elizabeth Antoinetta Crijns (88), Amstenrade
• Dorothy Elizabeth {Bullerdick} Zwissler (70), Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States of America
• Arnoldus Keizer (72), Groningen
• Dirk Henri Veen (82), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Achiel Ambrose De Smet (79), Davenport, Scott Cy, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Pot (87), Krommenie
• Antonio Armendariz Duran (68), Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States of America

• 1985 » Carlos González, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1985 » Collins John, Dutch footballer
• 1985 » Max Irons, English-Irish actor
• 1985 » Tomokazu Nagira, Japanese footballer
• 1986 » Aija Brumermane, Latvian basketball player
• 1986 » Alexandre Bonnet, French football midfielder
• 1986 » Antoni Bou, Spanish motorcyclist
• 1986 » Constant Djakpa, Ivorian footballer
• 1986 » Nicolás Richotti, Argentine basketball player
• 1986 » Yannick Ponsero, French figure skater

• 1979 » John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
• 1979 » S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1981 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)
• 1981 » Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (b. 1887)
• 1983 » Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (b. 1905)
• 1987 » Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
• 1991 » Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (b. 1919)
• 1992 » Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (b. 1912)
• 1992 » Orestis Laskos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)

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. Anna
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.
• January 23 » The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
• February 16 » The Soviet liner MSMikhail Lermontov runs aground in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand.
• February 25 » People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president.
• March 4 » The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
• April 29 » Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.
• November 22 » Mike Tyson from Brooklyn, New York becomes the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history at age 20.

The temperature on October 17, 1986 was between 4.9 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.