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• Henricus Cornelis Hendrickx
• Danique Ghislaine Reniers, Heemstede († 1986)
• Lionel Ghijssens, Jette,, Brussel-Hoofdstad, België († 1986)
• Tristan Delstra, Emmeloord, Flevoland, Nederland

• Augusta van Ewijk (63), Venlo
• Arie Knopper (66), Zeist
• Beulah Mosley (82), Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, Verenigde Staten
• Baukje Miena Grevers (61)
• Bernice Evelyn Hesselink (79), Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• Antonius Leonardus Franciscus Bernardus Jagers (46), Weert
• Bertha Regina Liebbe (88), Gladwin, Gladwin, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Leonardus Franciscus Jagers (46), Weert, Nederland
• Adrianus Bernardus Janssen (77), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Bernardus Fopma (71), -

• 1984 » Theo James, English actor
• 1985 » James Nash, English race car driver
• 1985 » Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer
• 1986 » Alcides Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1986 » Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor.
• 1986 » Zoltán Kovács, Hungarian footballer († 2013)
• 1987 » Beau Dowler, Australian footballer
• 1987 » Hallee Hirsh, American actress
• 1987 » Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer
• 1988 » Mats Hummels, German footballer

• 1982 » Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
• 1983 » Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)
• 1984 » Karl Deichgräber, German philologist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Paul Castellano, American mobster (b. 1915)
• 1985 » Thomas Bilotti, American mobster (b. 1940)
• 1989 » Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1989 » Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1989 » Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1989 » Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930)
• 1991 » Eszter Tamási, Hungarian actress and journalist (b. 1938)

• 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.
• January 25 » The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
• February 20 » The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
• March 15 » Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.
• April 29 » A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
• September 23 » Houston Astros' Jim Deshaies sets a record, striking out the first eight batters he faces against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The temperature on December 16, 1986 was between 2.9 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.