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• Eva Gezina Steenbergen († 2006)
• Fem Teunissen, Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Eva Steenbergen († 2006)
• Lindsey Mieke Mike Hoesen, Heerlen
• Robert Sternschulte, Keulen,Duitsland

• Aaltje BOX (64), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Margaretha (Ali) van der Vliet (65), Dirkshorn
• Albert Polder (84)
• Adrianus BREDIUS (83), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bair Cox (60), Maasniel,, Limburg, Nederland
• Bernardus Theodorus Blanken (60), Rietmolen
• Albert Polder (84), Assendorp gem. Zwolle Ov. Nederland
• Anna Hozanna, Johanna Suzanna Hoezen (102), Pana, Christian Co., Illinois
• Alice van den Berg (93), Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia van den Bos (91), Rotterdam

• 1985 » Alexander Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1985 » Brendan Clarke, Irish footballer
• 1985 » Brendan Oake, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 » José Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 » Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 » Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player
• 1986 » Paolo De Ceglie, Italian footballer
• 1986 » Ravichandran Ashwin, Indian cricketer
• 1986 » Yussef Suleiman, Syrian footballer († 2013)
• 1987 » Paul Huntington, English footballer

• 1980 » Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan commander and politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (b. 1925)
• 1982 » Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (b. 1937)
• 1983 » Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (b. 1915)
• 1984 » Richard Basehart, American actor and director (b. 1914)
• 1985 » Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1925)
• 1987 » Harry Locke, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1991 » Zino Francescatti, French violinist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Roger Wagner, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
• 1993 » Christian Nyby, American director and producer (b. 1913)
• 1993 » Willie Mosconi, American pool player and actor (b. 1913)

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. Kim
7. Anna
8. Esther
9. Sanne
10. Nicole
11. Johanna
12. Amanda
13. Anne
14. Chantal
15. Michelle
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 19 » Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
• May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
• May 28 » A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
• July 24 » Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
• November 15 » In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
• 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 September 17, 1987 was between 11.8 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.