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• Elisabeth Johanna Maria van Rooij, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johanna Wilhelmina van Damme, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Steven William Hine, Caringbah
• Zeger A. Doest († 1988)

• Cornelis Andreas Dekkers (74)
• Christiaan Geers (75), Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Delora Virginia McKenzie (67)
• Adrianus Admiraal (71), Limmen
• Arnoldus HOEKSTRA (70), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Broer Overkamp (78), Leek
• Clarence Lester Gordon (73)
• Benedita Dias Teixeira (76), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Arie Stefanus van Klei (72), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoine Vanelderen (77), Tremelo, België

• 1985 » Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer
• 1985 » Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
• 1985 » Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russian tennis player
• 1985 » Wim Stroetinga, Dutch cyclist
• 1986 » Alexei Sitnikov, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
• 1986 » Alice Tait, Australian swimmer
• 1986 » Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
• 1986 » Ryan Coogler, American film director and screenwriter
• 1987 » Bray Wyatt, American wrestler
• 1987 » Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1981 » David Lewis, Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1981 » Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1981 » George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Karl Koch, German computer hacker (b. 1965)
• 1991 » Fletcher Markle, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)
• 1991 » Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1907)
• 1991 » Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)

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. Jennifer
9. Marjolein
10. Charlotte
11. Amanda
12. Anna
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 7 » Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
• February 16 » China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
• March 15 » Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.
• April 28 » The United States Navy aircraft carrier USSEnterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USSCoral Sea.
• May 19 » The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
• July 9 » The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.

The temperature on May 23, 1986 was between 10.1 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.