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• Michael Ricardo Vanloocke, Veurne
• Henricus Wilhelmus Michels, Tilburg († 1987)
• Robert Lawrence Spitler, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan († 1987)
• Justin Perry Dear († 1987)
• Jannetje Aaltje Korf († 2020)
• Oscar Le Hodey († 2007)

• Christiaan Liebertus Kamphorst (0), Ermelo
• Anne Annes Hoff (57), Schagen, Schagen, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Maria Elisabeth Timmermans (91), Roosendaal(Huize Charitas)
• Antoni Brink (79), Delfzijl
• Adrianna Ver Hey (61), Visalia, Tulare, California, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Wilhelmina Maria KORPEL (79), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Wilhelmus van Wordragen (66), Zaltbommel
• Adrianus Johannes Maria Verdonk (16), Tilburg
• Christiaan Liebertus Kamphorst (0), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Augusta Paulina Ludovica Uytterhoeven (88), Rillaar, 3202, België

• 1985 » Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan actress
• 1986 » Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer
• 1986 » Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1987 » Dany N'Guessan, French footballer
• 1987 » Drew Storen, American baseball player
• 1988 » Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer
• 1988 » Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
• 1988 » Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player
• 1989 » Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete († 2013)
• 1989 » Sebastian Huke, German footballer

• 1979 » J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)
• 1980 » Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
• 1982 » Tom Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 1984 » Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–American chemist and chess player (b. 1916)
• 1986 » János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)
• 1988 » Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1989 » John Meillon, Australian actor (b. 1934)
• 1991 » J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (b. 1938)
• 1994 » Peter Cushing, English actor (b. 1913)

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

1. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Laura
4. Sarah
5. Linda
6. Kim
7. Anna
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.
• March 6 » The British ferry MSHerald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.
• April 19 » The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with Good Night.
• June 12 » The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
• June 19 » Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
• July 1 » The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
• October 7 » Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.

The temperature on August 11, 1987 was between 7.3 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.