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• Melanie van HEEL, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Mariken Agnes Maria Jacobs, Zevenaar
• Pieter Van Isveldt, Leuven († 1986)

• Alice Mathilde GEERTS (72), Beveren, België
• Bessie Lucille Pruden (83), Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Lincoln Rung (86)
• Alfons Hendrik Vlaeminck (86), Kortrijk
• Bernardina Wilhelmina Beukman (92), Halfweg
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Josephus de Vries (66), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Kuijpers (0), Alkmaar
• Adriaan de Gruijter (79)
• Alberdina Jolman (86), Kent Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Lieuwes Spijksma (90), Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1985 » Carey Mulligan, English actress and singer
• 1985 » Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 » Kostas Mendrinos, Greek footballer
• 1985 » Pablo Andrés González, Argentinian footballer
• 1986 » Berrick Barnes, Australian rugby player
• 1986 » Ingmar Vos, Dutch decathlete
• 1986 » Seth Rollins, American wrestler
• 1987 » T.J. Yates, American football player
• 1988 » NaVorro Bowman, American football player
• 1988 » Percy Harvin, American football player

• 1980 » Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician and academic (b. 1895)
• 1981 » Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal (b. 1901)
• 1982 » H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1940)
• 1983 » Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (b. 1909)
• 1984 » Eric Morecambe, English actor and comedian (b. 1926)
• 1986 » Edip Cansever, Turkish poet and author (b. 1928)
• 1988 » Sy Oliver, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1990 » Julius Eastman, American composer (b. 1940)
• 1994 » Julius Boros, American golfer (b. 1920)

• 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 29 » Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.
• August 31 » Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
• October 19 » The president of Mozambique and a prominent leader of FRELIMO, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into the Lebombo Mountains.
• October 21 » In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
• November 6 » Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2⁄₂ miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
• December 19 » Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.

The temperature on May 28, 1986 was between 4.8 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.