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• Berendina Buning (59), Groet, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cecile Marie Oosterlinck (92)
• Arnold Aartsz Schouten (42), Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Clyde Calhoun Cornwell (74), Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery,Chester, South Carolina
• Catharina Petronella Dyphna Tellegen (82), Venlo
• Christina Francisca Dimphna van den Besselaar (88), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dries Elisabeth (77), Weelde, Antwerpen, België
• Cornelis Nieuwenhuijse (68), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alonzo Fernando Jacobus Geene (95), Sluis
• "Marc" Ferdinand Léon de Hemptinne (83), Gand, Belgique

• 1983 » Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
• 1984 » Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 » Beth Tweddle, English gymnast
• 1985 » Daniel Murphy, American baseball player
• 1986 » Hillary Scott, American country singer-songwriter
• 1987 » Ding Junhui, Chinese professional snooker player
• 1987 » Gianluca Musacci, Italian footballer
• 1987 » Oliver Turvey, English racing driver
• 1988 » Brook Lopez, American basketball player
• 1988 » Robin Lopez, American basketball player

• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1986 » Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
• 1991 » Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)
• 1992 » Michael Havers, Baron Havers, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1923)
• 1993 » Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (b. 1954)
• 1994 » Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b. 1912)

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. Anna
12. Amanda
13. Stephanie
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.
• April 28 » High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
• June 22 » The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
• September 6 » In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
• October 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
• November 2 » U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.
• November 26 » The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of committing war crimes as a guard at the Nazi Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.

The temperature on April 1, 1986 was between -0.1 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.