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• Melissa Ulrich, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2006)
• Tessa Simone Janssen
• Theodora Karavasilis, Wollongong (Australë)

• Albert Lutke (69), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bernardus Jansen (80)
• Bridget Ann Fox (86), Carrickmore, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Catarina Gesser (84)
• Anna Helene Engelmann (79), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Noorlander (56), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Kapteijn (81), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Albert Walet (92), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anne Kaptein (76), Oosterhesselen
• Anna Vinders, Simpelveld, Limburg, Nederland

• 1984 » Anna Petrakova, Russian basketball player
• 1984 » Joe Thomas, American football player
• 1984 » Marco Giambruno, Italian footballer
• 1985 » Andrew Brackman, American baseball player
• 1985 » Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
• 1985 » Stephen Dawson, Irish footballer
• 1986 » Kaija Udras, Estonian skier
• 1986 » Martell Webster, American basketball player
• 1987 » Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper
• 1988 » Andriy Pylyavskyi, Ukrainian footballer

• 1980 » Don Warrington, Canadian football player (b. 1948)
• 1980 » Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
• 1980 » Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (b. 1911)
• 1981 » Jeanne Block, American psychologist (b. 1923)
• 1984 » Jack Mercer, American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910)
• 1987 » Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1988 » Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899)
• 1992 » Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (b. 1905)
• 1993 » Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (b. 1903)

• 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.
• February 22 » Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
• April 1 » Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
• June 4 » Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
• December 19 » Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.

The temperature on December 4, 1986 was between 7.0 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.