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• Jan Appeldoorn, Elim, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2020)
• Christophe Bourlez, Soignies († 2022)
• Michael Klugt, Amsterdam
• Chadwick Presley Wood († 2005)

• Aloys Voncken (51), Schimmert
• Antonius van Gerwen (68), Oostelbeers
• Antonius van Gerwen (68), Oostelbeers
• Earnest Linder Easley "Linder" [sWlsPwl] (79), Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi
• Anna de Man (72)
• Aaltje Bokhorst (79), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana (Jo) van de Nobelen (78), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia van Heeswijk (69), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant
• Aafke Koster (83), Twijzel, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Clementine Maes (75), Vilvoorde (B), België

• 1982 » Sophia Bush, American actress and director
• 1983 » John Bowker, American baseball player
• 1983 » Rich Peverley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 » Jaime Garcia, Mexican baseball player
• 1986 » Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
• 1988 » Dave Taylor, Australian rugby league player
• 1988 » Jesse Sergent, New Zealand cyclist
• 1988 » Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer († 2012)
• 1989 » Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer († 2012)
• 1989 » Yarden Gerbi, Israeli Judo champion

• 1979 » Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 1985 » Jean-Paul Le Chanois, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
• 1985 » Phil Foster, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 1986 » Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1909)
• 1987 » Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and author (b. 1896)
• 1987 » Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Ray Barbuti, American runner and football player (b. 1905)
• 1990 » Howard Duff, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1991 » James Franciscus, American actor (b. 1934)

• 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 23 » The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
• January 25 » The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
• February 16 » China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
• May 25 » The Hands Across America event takes place.
• July 6 » Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.
• October 9 » The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.

The temperature on July 8, 1986 was between 9.9 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.