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• Hendrik Reitze Reitzes Jonkman, Workum, Gem. Workum, Friesland, Nederland († 1986)
• Arlan Schenkeveld, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• doodgeboren van Heteren († 1986)

• Cornelia Smaling (63), Wageningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Josephina (Josephina) Driessen (86), Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands
• Basil Ellis Jamison (96), Porterville, Tulare, California, Verenigde Staten
• Christina Dorothea Samlenski (61), Ludwigsburg, Baden Württemberg, Deutschland
• Alberdina Klein Molenkamp (75), Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonio Gonçalves Torres (93), Leme, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Cath. Philomena van Daal (75)
• Alberdina Klein Molenkamp (75), Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carl Richard Busma (68), Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa
• Antoon Arends Jongman (63), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1984 » Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1985 » Ashley Harkleroad, American tennis player
• 1985 » Kyle Busch, American race car driver
• 1985 » Lily Allen, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1985 » Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
• 1987 » Justin Young, English singer and songwriter
• 1987 » Kris Russell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Nana Kitade, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 » Pat McAfee, American football player
• 1987 » Saara Aalto, Finnish singer and actress

• 1983 » Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
• 1984 » Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1913)
• 1984 » Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (b. 1918)
• 1985 » Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (b. 1951)
• 1985 » Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1909)
• 1986 » Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (b. 1956)
• 1986 » Sergio Cresto, American race car driver (b. 1956)
• 1989 » Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (b. 1906)
• 1989 » Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author (b. 1902)
• 1990 » David Rappaport, English-American actor (b. 1951)

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 11 » The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
• February 28 » Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
• April 5 » Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin, Germany.
• May 3 » Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes on Air Lanka Flight 512 at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka.
• September 23 » Houston Astros' Jim Deshaies sets a record, striking out the first eight batters he faces against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• October 10 » A 5.7 M_w  San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.

The temperature on May 2, 1986 was between 11.3 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.