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• Shem Einar HENDRICKSON († 2003)
• rene jacobus johanna marinus vercoulen, helden

• Alida Rebekka Reusen (85), Rotterdam
• Catharina Elisabeth Antonia Haagen (89)
• Albert Dingsté (71), Meppel
• Alida Rebekka Reusen (85), Rotterdam
• Abramina Okkerse (81), Leersum, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antje de Haas (82), -
• Abraham Hanse (69), Emmeloord,, Flevoland, Nederland
• Arij Henk van de Heuvel (79), Oudewater
• Antoinetta Verburg (75), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Carola Johanna Mullemeister (76), Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1983 » Mido, Egyptian footballer, striker, manager and sportscaster
• 1986 » Emerson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 » Jerod Mayo, American football player
• 1986 » Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
• 1986 » Ola Svensson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1986 » Skylar Grey, American singer-songwriter
• 1987 » Ab-Soul, American rapper
• 1987 » Theophilus London, Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1987 » Zak Kirkup, Member of the Parliament of Western Australia
• 1988 » Nicolás Gaitán, Argentinian footballer

• 1973 » Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1976 » L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)
• 1979 » W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1990 » José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1925)
• 1995 » James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (b. 1916)
• 1997 » Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1945)
• 1998 » Philip Abbott, American actor and director (b. 1924)
• 1999 » The Renegade, American wrestler (b. 1965)

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.
• January 23 » The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
• 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.
• October 11 » Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
• October 19 » The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
• October 27 » The British government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.

The temperature on February 23, 1986 was between -9.6 °C and -2.0 °C and averaged -5.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.