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• Erik van Norel, Apeldoorn

• Antoon (Antonius) Loots (70), Eindhoven
• Bertha Maria Landuyt (91), Aalter, 9880, Gent, Oost Vlaanderen
• Andries Meerstadt (75), Groningen
• Anna Florence Alcorn (72), Artesia, Eddy County, New Mexico, United States of America
• Agatha de Goede (74), Vlaardingen
• Andries Meerstadt (75), Groningen
• Dirkje Bronkhorst (82), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Clara Johanna van Roden (86)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Johannes (Arie) Smit (77), Zaandijk, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Betje Harmens van der Kooi (80), Zuidhorn

• 1985 » Carolina Neurath, Swedish journalist
• 1985 » Luis Aguiar, Uruguayan footballer
• 1985 » Sékou Camara, Malian footballer († 2013)
• 1986 » Everth Cabrera, Nicaraguan baseball player
• 1986 » Fabio Concas, Italian footballer
• 1986 » Greg Rutherford, English long jumper
• 1986 » Nani, Portuguese footballer
• 1987 » Craig Noone, English footballer
• 1987 » Gemma Spofforth, English swimmer
• 1987 » Justine Michelle Cain, English actress

• 1979 » John Glascock, English singer and bass player (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Eduard Tubin, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1986 » Georges Besse, French businessman (b. 1927)
• 1987 » Paul Derringer, American baseball player (b. 1906)
• 1988 » Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, author, and journalist (b. 1904)
• 1989 » Costabile Farace, American criminal (b. 1960)
• 1990 » Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 1992 » Audre Lorde, American poet, essayist, memoirist, and activist (b. 1934)
• 1993 » Gérard D. Levesque, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Premier of Quebec (b. 1926)
• 1995 » Alan Hull, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)

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.
• February 9 » Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
• February 20 » The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
• March 27 » A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
• April 29 » Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.
• July 2 » Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
• November 6 » Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2⁄₂ miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.

The temperature on November 17, 1986 was between 5.6 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.