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• Tamara Edelbroek, Spijkenisse-eiland Putten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• "Bernard" Marie Joseph Jean Gérard Peyrelongue (66), Cénac, Gironde, France
• Carolus 'Charles' Louis Hubert SNICKERS (84), Estinnes-au-Val, Province du Hainaut, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Annigje Bartha Houweling (86), Sliedrecht
• Cornelia SPELT (70), Amsterdam
• Christina Wilhelmina Jacoba van West (72), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Joanna van Hoof (84), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Isabella van der Bol (89), Den Haag
• Cornelia Antonia Wilbrink (88), Zaltbommel
• Elisabeth Felicia Maria Regina van Rijckevorsel (84), Vught,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Jan Ooms (99), Markelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1983 » Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1983 » Inés Gómez Mont, Mexican journalist and actress
• 1983 » Jason Belmonte, Australian bowler
• 1984 » Chad Billingsley, American baseball player
• 1984 » Oh Beom-seok, South Korean footballer
• 1984 » Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer
• 1985 » Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer
• 1985 » Okinoumi Ayumi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1985 » Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player
• 1988 » Tarjei Bø, Norwegian biathlete

• 1981 » Robert Moses, American urban planner, designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway (b. 1888)
• 1982 » Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (b. 1920)
• 1982 » Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (b. 1889)
• 1983 » David Niven, English military officer and actor (b. 1910)
• 1983 » Luis Buñuel, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Fred Waring, American television host and bandleader (b. 1900)
• 1987 » Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1990 » Bruno Kreisky, Austrian academic and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
• 1992 » Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1952)

• 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 26 » The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
• February 28 » Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
• March 3 » The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.
• May 19 » The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
• November 26 » Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
• December 23 » Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.

The temperature on July 29, 1986 was between 16.5 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.