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• Catherine Flood (75), Creevaghy, Clones, Monaghan, Ireland
• Adélia Hoepers (72), Vargem do Cedro, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Edith Eleanor Smith (93), Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Franzani (89), amsterdam, Nederland
• Catherine ( Katherine) VanDyke (72), Chicago Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Johanna van Rijn (79), Zoetermeer, Netherlands
• elisabeth johanna bakel van (66), oss
• Cornelis van der Wiel (81), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Albertus Kiewiet (70), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Agatha Maria Barbara de Leede (96), Delft

• 1986 » Eder Sánchez, Mexican race walker
• 1986 » Greg Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 » Mario Mandžukić, Croatian footballer
• 1986 » Myra, American singer and actress
• 1986 » Park Sojin, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1987 » Beau Falloon, Australian rugby league player
• 1988 » Claire Cashmore, English Paralympic swimmer
• 1988 » Jonny Howson, English footballer
• 1988 » Kaire Leibak, Estonian triple jumper
• 1988 » Park Gyu-ri, South Korean singer

• 1981 » Patsy O'Hara, INLA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1981 » Raymond McCreesh, PIRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1983 » Kenneth Clark, English historian and author (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
• 1988 » Sammy Davis Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1900)
• 1991 » Lino Brocka, Filipino director and screenwriter (b. 1939)
• 1991 » Rajiv Gandhi, Indian politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)
• 1995 » Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1938)
• 1996 » Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (b. 1917)
• 1996 » Paul Delph, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1957)

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.
• February 2 » After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.
• February 6 » Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
• February 23 » Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
• May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
• June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
• August 19 » Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.

The temperature on May 21, 1987 was between 6.0 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 12.9 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.