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• Simon Kai van der Mije, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Aart Zoet (76), Nunspeet
• Adriaantje 't Hart (86), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Edward Dunn (69), Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina van Eck (95), Nijmegen
• Antoon Zaalberg (76), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Caroline Wilhelmina Christine Lebesque . (87), Utrecht, Utr, Nederland
• Andries Jan Frederik Diekmann (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Columba Johanna Snijders Blok (67), Haarlem
• Antonius Hubertus (Toon) Spronk (75), Schinnen, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes van der Bijl (84), Horst

• 1985 » Brennan Boesch, American baseball player
• 1985 » Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer
• 1986 » Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer
• 1986 » Brad Brach, American baseball pitcher
• 1986 » Jonathan Pitroipa, Burkinabé footballer
• 1986 » Marcel Granollers, Spanish tennis player
• 1987 » Brooklyn Decker, American model and actress
• 1987 » Josh McCrone, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 » Luiz Adriano, Brazilian professional footballer
• 1987 » Shawn Gore, Canadian football player

• 1981 » Joe Louis, American boxer and wrestler (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)
• 1983 » Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 1983 » Jørgen Juve, Norwegian football player and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1984 » Edwin T. Layton, American admiral and cryptanalyst (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1897)
• 1988 » Alan Paton, South African historian and author (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Colette Deréal, French singer and actress (b. 1927)
• 1989 » Abbie Hoffman, American activist, co-founded Youth International Party (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (b. 1921)

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.
• February 22 » Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
• March 24 » The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
• April 29 » Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.
• May 25 » The Hands Across America event takes place.
• June 4 » Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
• December 23 » Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.

The temperature on April 12, 1986 was between -6.6 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.