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• Remco Rene Bos, Hoogeveen
• Dirk Cornelis Guijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Toa Sophie Jannink, Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland

• Apolonia Vlist, van der (79), 's-Gravenhage Zhl. NL
• Antonia Johanna Roozendaal (82), Vught
• Anna Goldhorn (88), USA
• Abraham Willem Paschen (78), Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aart Verrips (71)
• Bernardus Martinus Geerts (62), Doetinchem, Nederland
• Antje Buurmeijer (87)
• Antoinette Henriette Johanna Alouisia Gerrese (74), Amsterdam, 4458, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Benjamin (80), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Aalten (62), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1984 » Emma Green Tregaro, Swedish high jumper
• 1985 » Dwight Howard, American basketball player
• 1985 » Meagan Duhamel, Canadian figure skater
• 1985 » Oleksiy Pecherov, Ukrainian basketball player
• 1986 » Amir Khan, English boxer
• 1986 » Enzo Amore, American wrestler and rapper
• 1986 » Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1986 » Sam Tagataese, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
• 1989 » Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Jesse Sene-Lefao, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1982 » André Kamperveen, Surinamese footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 1982 » Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and politician (b. 1951)
• 1982 » Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter and race car driver (b. 1925)
• 1983 » Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Slim Pickens, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1984 » Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Razzle, English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (b. 1960)
• 1984 » Robert Jay Mathews, American militant leader, founded The Order (b. 1953)
• 1984 » Semih Sancar, Turkish general (b. 1911)
• 1991 » Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1911)

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. Sander
15. Tim
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 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
• April 18 » The New York Islanders defeat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in Game 7 of their Patrick Division Semifinal series.
• April 27 » The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
• May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
• December 9 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
• December 22 » In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.

The temperature on December 8, 1987 was between -7.7 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.