About the day » Wednesday December 24, 1986Calender converter

• Vicky VERHOEVEN, Turnhout,2300,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2011)
• Henry Michel Hoving, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)

• Clara Rosa Emile Marie JENQUIN (84), Leuven
• Antonie Wilhelmus Deijkers (82), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benjamin Seigel (86)
• Cornelia Johanna van der Kaa (48), Breda
• Cornelia Geertruida Frederika Wieldraaijer (92), Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• David Wesley Erisman (18), Pulaski, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• André Lichtenfels Riccio (29), Brasil
• Bernard Julius Ticheler (70), Enschede
• Barbara Van Hoesel (59), Heerlen
• Alberdina Seinen (88), Hoogeveen nederland

• 1984 » Isaac De Gois, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 » Alexey Dmitriev, German ice hockey player
• 1985 » David Ragan, American race car driver
• 1986 » Kyrylo Fesenko, Ukrainian basketball player
• 1986 » Tim Elliott, American mixed martial artist
• 1987 » Jane Summersett, American ice dancer
• 1988 » Emre Özkan, Turkish footballer
• 1988 » Simon Zenke, Nigerian footballer
• 1988 » Stefanos Athanasiadis, Greek footballer
• 1990 » Brigetta Barrett, American high jumper

• 1982 » Louis Aragon, French author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1984 » Peter Lawford, English-American actor (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Camille Tourville, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)
• 1985 » Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Gardner Fox, American author (b. 1911)
• 1987 » Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, 45th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1919)
• 1987 » M. G. Ramachandran, Sri Lankan-Indian actor, producer, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1917)
• 1988 » Jainendra Kumar, Indian author (b. 1905)
• 1990 » Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian playwright and songwriter (b. 1922)
• 1991 » Virginia Sorensen, American author (b. 1912)

• 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.
• March 7 » Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USSPreserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
• 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 7 » Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
• September 23 » Houston Astros' Jim Deshaies sets a record, striking out the first eight batters he faces against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• November 29 » The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.

The temperature on December 24, 1986 was between -3.8 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.