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• Thomas Black († 1986)
• Risanna Sarena Jansema, delfzijl († 1991)

• Bruining Tol (67), Amsterdam
• Christina Jantina Uittien (76), 's-Gravenhage
• Bert Dorssers (64), Helden
• Adélaïde de Korff-Schmising (43), Salzbourg, Salzbourg, Autriche
• Christina Jantina Uittien (76), Leidschendam
• "Isabelle" Simone Marie Eliane de Thoisy (40), Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin, Rhône, France
• Aron Bos (61)
• Antonius Gerardus Kersten (93), Overloon
• Aaltje Ankum (99), Oude-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Bradford Shearer Byrnes (83)

• 1984 » Jorge Masvidal, American mixed martial artist
• 1984 » Omarion, American singer, songwriter, actor and dancer
• 1984 » Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer
• 1985 » Adlène Guedioura, French-Algerian footballer
• 1985 » Arianny Celeste, American model and actress
• 1986 » Ignazio Abate, Italian footballer
• 1986 » Nedum Onuoha, English footballer
• 1987 » Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Jason Day, Australian golfer
• 1987 » Kengo Kora, Japanese actor

• 1976 » Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893)
• 1976 » Walter Piston, American composer and academic (b. 1894)
• 1981 » William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1986 » Minoru Yasui, American lawyer and activist (b. 1916)
• 1987 » Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1937)
• 1990 » Eve Arden, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Gabriele Tinti, Italian actor (b. 1932)
• 1993 » H. R. Haldeman, American diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)
• 1994 » Wilma Rudolph, American sprinter and educator (b. 1940)
• 1997 » Carlos Surinach, Spanish-American composer and conductor (b. 1915)

• 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 19 » The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written.
• February 16 » China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
• April 2 » Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
• April 5 » Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin, Germany.
• April 28 » High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
• June 14 » The Mindbender derails and kills three riders at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park in Edmonton, Alberta.

The temperature on November 12, 1986 was between 3.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.