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• Roel Sebastiaan(Bas) van Krimpen, Amersfoort

• Dina Petronella de Baar (81)
• Alexander Vijgen (68), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Oving (74)
• Christine Kruhs (71), Arnhem
• Akke Hammingh (80)
• Bertus Oudmaijer (78), Wageningen
• Bart Goedegebuur (85), Sluis, Zeeland, Nederland
• Allegonda Gerarda Kasbergen (70), Lopik
• Alphons Bänziger (78), Roermond
• Anna Miller (89), Medford, Grant, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten

• 1984 » Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricketer († 2007)
• 1985 » Anthony Fedorov, Ukrainian-born American singer and actor
• 1985 » Lester "Bo" McCalebb, American-Macedonian professional basketball player
• 1985 » Fernandinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 » Jamie Adenuga, English MC and rapper
• 1985 » Ravi Bopara, English cricketer
• 1986 » Devan Dubnyk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 » George Hill, American basketball player
• 1987 » Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish footballer
• 1987 » Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer

• 1981 » C. Loganathan, Sri Lankan banker (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
• 1984 » Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931)
• 1985 » Clarence Wiseman, English-Canadian 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907)
• 1985 » Fikri Sönmez, Turkish tailor and politician (b. 1938)
• 1987 » Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Paul Butterfield, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1942)
• 1988 » Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America (b. 1891)
• 1990 » Emily Remler, American guitarist (b. 1957)
• 1991 » Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer-songwriter and mandolin player (b. 1902)

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 25 » The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
• March 24 » The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
• July 2 » Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile.
• August 20 » In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.
• November 3 » The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands independence from the United States.
• 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.

The temperature on May 4, 1986 was between 8.5 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.