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• Wilte Jan Georg, Zwolle
• Bob Kevin van Waterschoot, Terneuzen († 2012)
• Marly van Houdt († 2015)
• Sanne Hobers, Emmen

• Andries Gijsbertus Doppenberg (61)
• Alfonsine PELLAERS (86), Bilzen (Limburg) (B)
• Alphonsius BOEYKENS (91), Bornem,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Arthur Edwin GIBSON (49), Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Bontje Pander (78), -
• Albert Pullen (86), Bruchterveld
• Cecil Carl Moore (91), *, Johnson, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Barenden Karolina Mustert (87), Voorschoten
• Bud Fowler (84), Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
• Aaltje de Boer (85)

• 1986 » Adam Moffat, Scottish footballer
• 1986 » Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
• 1986 » Thomas Brown, American football player
• 1987 » Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
• 1987 » Brian Dozier, American baseball player
• 1987 » David Adams, American baseball player
• 1987 » Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player
• 1987 » Leonardo Mayer, Argentinian tennis player
• 1987 » Mark Fayne, American ice hockey player
• 1987 » Michael Brantley, American baseball player

• 1982 » Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1984 » Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)
• 1985 » Jackie Curtis, American actress and writer (b. 1947)
• 1986 » Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
• 1986 » Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1989 » Luc Lacourcière, Canadian ethnographer and author (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian ethnologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)
• 1991 » Fritz Riess, German race car driver (b. 1922)

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.
• April 18 » The New York Islanders defeat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in Game 7 of their Patrick Division Semifinal series.
• May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
• May 15 » The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
• June 11 » Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
• June 28 » For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.
• August 16 » Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.

The temperature on May 15, 1987 was between 6.3 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.