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• Sara Kimpen († 1995)
• Geert Jaap Frida GOOSSEN, Hulst († 1994)
• Tamara Nieuwdorp, Leiden († 1987)
• Hendrik Jan Meijer, Bovenkarspel († 1987)
• Kevin Ummels, Utrecht († 1987)

• Antonia Maria Driessen (69), Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Cornelia Petronella Pieterse (90), Rijswijk
• Bernardus Johannes Arends (79), Musselkanaal Onstwedde Groningen
• Cornelis de Goffau (75)
• Cornelia Erven (87), Oost-West-en Middelbeers
• Adolph E. Siekman (84), Hudsonville, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Johannes van Sluys (80), Londen, Groot Brittanië
• Aaltje Klaas Wagenaar (82), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aplonia Gertrude van der Waal (80)
• Bernardus Johannes Arends (79)

• 1985 » Aleksandra Kiryashova, Russian pole vaulter
• 1985 » Nicolás Almagro, Spanish tennis player
• 1986 » Koki Sakamoto, Japanese gymnast
• 1986 » Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
• 1986 » Wout Brama, Dutch footballer
• 1988 » Kacey Musgraves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1988 » Robert Lewandowski, Polish footballer
• 1989 » Charlison Benschop, Dutch footballer
• 1989 » James Davey, English rugby league player
• 1989 » Matteo Gentili, Italian footballer

• 1978 » Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Kaka Kalelkar, Indian Hindi Writer(B.1885)
• 1983 » Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932)
• 1988 » Ray Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1912)
• 1988 » Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)
• 1989 » Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1945)
• 1993 » Tatiana Troyanos, American soprano and actress (b. 1938)
• 1995 » Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (b. 1919)
• 1995 » Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)

1. Michael
2. Jan
3. Thomas
4. Mark
5. Kevin
6. Jeroen
7. Johannes
8. Joshua
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.
• February 26 » Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
• March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
• April 11 » The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
• May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
• 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.
• November 15 » In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.

The temperature on August 21, 1987 was between 16.3 °C and 29.4 °C and averaged 22.4 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.