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• Alfred Emery Lievers (78), Chico, Butte County, California
• Veraart (90), Halsteren, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis Marie - Toon Verpalen (79)
• Aloysia Evers (79), Moergestel
• Emiel Vissers (82)
• Alberdina Johanna Hermina Baas (85), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Emsbroek (85), Enschede
• Dirk Jan Snoek (86), Buren (GL)
• Albertus Cornelis Bos (87), Maarn, Nederland
• Anna W (82)

• 1984 » Darius Šilinskis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1984 » Ivet Lalova, Bulgarian sprinter
• 1984 » Joakim Soria, Mexican baseball player
• 1984 » Niki Terpstra, Dutch cyclist
• 1984 » Simon Pagenaud, French race car driver
• 1985 » Henrique Sereno, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 » Oliver Sin, Hungarian painter
• 1986 » Ahmed Hamada, Egyptian race car driver
• 1986 » Kevin Anderson, South African tennis player
• 1988 » Taeyang, South Korean singer

• 1980 » Ian Curtis, English singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
• 1980 » Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption:
• 1981 » Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1981 » William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Mahdi Amel, Lebanese journalist, poet, and academic (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder and author (b. 1921)
• 1990 » Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936)
• 1995 » Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949)
• 1995 » Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and historian (b. 1911)
• 1995 » Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903)

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.
• 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.
• January 28 » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-L mission: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board.
• April 1 » Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
• April 2 » Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
• August 6 » A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• September 7 » Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.

The temperature on May 18, 1986 was between 8.2 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.