About the day » Monday May 11, 1987Calender converter

• Albert Van Der Haeghen (92), Oakland, Alameda, California, United States
• Cathrinus Wagenaar (76), Tijnje
• Elizabeth (91)
• Elisabeth Geertruida Heistek (71), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Heinen (69), Sittard, Netherlands
• Adriana Petronella Tulen (75), Deurne, Nederland
• Dirk Willem Lagerveld (56), Den Helder
• Clarence H. Wensink (69), Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Bieuwke Jelsema (98)
• Cathrinus Wagenaar (76)

• 1984 » Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
• 1986 » Abou Diaby, French footballer
• 1986 » Miguel Veloso, Portuguese footballer
• 1987 » Lim Seul-ong, South Korean singer and actor
• 1987 » Monica Roșu, Romanian gymnast
• 1988 » Brad Marchand, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 » Jeremy Maclin, American football player
• 1989 » Alyssa Brown, Canadian artistic gymnast
• 1989 » Cam Newton, American football player
• 1989 » Giovani dos Santos, Mexican international footballer

• 1979 » Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1981 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Zenna Henderson, American writer (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (b. 1894)
• 1988 » Kim Philby, British-Soviet double agent (b. 1912)
• 1994 » Timothy Carey, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
• 2001 » Douglas Adams, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1952)
• 2002 » Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1912)

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. Anna
7. Kim
8. Esther
9. Sanne
10. Nicole
11. Johanna
12. Amanda
13. Anne
14. Michelle
15. Chantal
16. Marieke

• 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.
• 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.
• June 12 » Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
• October 11 » The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
• October 19 » The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
• December 9 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

The temperature on May 11, 1987 was between 3.2 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.