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• Carsten Herman de Knijf, Bunnik, Nederland († 1987)
• Maarten Andreas Johannes Hendrikus Stamsnieder († 2020)
• Sebastiaan Adriaan Sylvester Dubbelman, Goes, Nederland († 2005)

• Benjamin James Raterink Sr. (67)
• Arie van Horssen (67), Middelburg
• Antonius (Anton) van Straaten (84), Amsterdam / Halfweg
• Anna Maria Clazina Faase (64), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus van Straaten (84), Halfweg, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Frouwke Elizabeth de Jonge (94), Assen
• Casimero Yarzagaray (57), Aruba
• Andries de Jong (72), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Grandia (80), Paterson (Verenigde Staten)
• Adriana Blonk (82), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1984 » Johanna Hedva, Korean-American artist and genderqueer activist
• 1985 » Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer
• 1985 » Marcos Rogério Oliveira Duarte, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 » Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress and singer
• 1985 » Terrence Wheatley, American football player
• 1985 » Tsepo Masilela, South African footballer
• 1987 » Graham Dorrans, Scottish footballer
• 1988 » Adele, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 » Mervyn Westfield, English cricketer
• 1989 » Chris Brown, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

• 1977 » Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1954)
• 1983 » Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)
• 1983 » John Williams, English-American actor (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (b. 1901)
• 1988 » Michael Shaara, American author and academic (b. 1928)
• 1993 » Irving Howe, American literary and social critic (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Mário Quintana, Brazilian poet and translator (b. 1906)
• 1995 » Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and coach (b. 1911)
• 1999 » Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1920)

1. Michael
2. Jan
3. Thomas
4. Mark
5. Jeroen
6. Kevin
7. Joshua
8. Johannes
9. David
10. Dennis
11. Pieter
12. Peter
13. Robert
14. Tim
15. Sander
16. Bart

1. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Laura
4. Sarah
5. Linda
6. Anna
7. Kim
8. Esther
9. Sanne
10. Nicole
11. Johanna
12. Amanda
13. Anne
14. Michelle
15. Chantal
16. Stephanie

• 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 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 14.6 million citizens.
• April 8 » Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
• May 9 » LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
• July 29 » Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
• October 1 » The 5.9 M_w  Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
• December 8 » Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House.
• December 20 » In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker 'MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).

The temperature on May 5, 1987 was between 5.9 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.