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• Anne Marie Mentink († 1986)
• Christen van Rooij, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Anne Rose Sutherland (0), Huizen
• Alphonsus Smolders (93), Luyksgestel, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Catherine V Stratford (97), Kirkland, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Camille Augustinus Bracke (87), Terneuzen
• Anna Catharina Opdam (76), Haarlem,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Samuel Waterman (72), Lelystad, The Netherlands
• Attje Hoek (65)
• Anne Marie Mentink (0)
• Catalina M Parras (38), Hospice, Verenigde Staten
• Berend Jan Oegema (64)

• 1984 » Helene Fischer, German singer-songwriter
• 1984 » Steve Matai, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1985 » Erkan Zengin, Swedish footballer
• 1985 » Gil Vermouth, Israeli footballer
• 1985 » Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
• 1985 » Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
• 1986 » Kathrin Zettel, Austrian skier
• 1986 » Paula Creamer, American golfer
• 1987 » Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress
• 1988 » Michael Jamieson, Scottish-English swimmer

• 1978 » Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
• 1983 » Joan Robinson, English economist and author (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (b. 1913)
• 1984 » Richard Burton, Welsh-Swiss actor and producer (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1898)
• 1987 » Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Paul Brown, American football player and coach (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (b. 1906)
• 1992 » Robert Muldoon, New Zealand politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921)

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. 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.
• April 5 » Three people are killed in the bombing of the La Belle discotheque in West Berlin, Germany.
• June 14 » The Mindbender derails and kills three riders at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park in Edmonton, Alberta.
• August 6 » A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• October 3 » TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened.
• October 10 » A 5.7 M_w  San Salvador earthquake shakes El Salvador, killing 1,500.
• 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 August 5, 1986 was between 9.4 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.