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• Theo ten Have, Winsum
• Thomas Joice, Fayette County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Lars Marinus Vennings, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Antonius Marie Mattheus Cornelius Asselbergs (53), Nijmegen
• Darl Hogue Mathers (69), Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States
• Adriaan Oprins (92), Tilburg
• Annetje Hendrika Meijn (83), Warnsveld
• Clara Marie Jeanne Henriette COLLARD (82), MEMBACH, Liège, Belgique
• Celeste-Maria Raes (74), Denderhoutem
• Arnoldus Lambertus van Moorsel (85), Eindhoven
• Antonia Hendrika Maria van Geel (85), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Denis Hectors (67)
• Celina Scheers (68), Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 1984 » Anton Babchuk, Ukrainian ice hockey player
• 1985 » Chris Paul, American basketball player
• 1986 » Goran Dragic, Slovenian basketball player
• 1987 » Adrienne Warren, American actress
• 1987 » Dries Mertens, Belgian footballer
• 1987 » Meek Mill, American rapper
• 1988 » Dakota Kai, New Zealander profesional wrestler
• 1988 » Ryan Anderson, American basketball player
• 1989 » Dominika Cibulková, Slovak tennis player
• 1989 » Jesse Hughes, Canadian DJ and producer

• 1983 » Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 1983 » Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (b. 1922)
• 1984 » Bonner Pink, English politician (b. 1912)
• 1984 » Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (b. 1904)
• 1987 » William J. Casey, American politician, 13th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1913)
• 1989 » Earl Blaik, American football player and coach (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Wilfrid Hyde-White, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (b. 1901)
• 1993 » Ann Todd, English actress and producer (b. 1909)

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.
• January 4 » The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
• May 5 » Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
• 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.
• June 29 » Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4million at an auction in London, England.
• December 8 » Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House.
• 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 May 6, 1987 was between 5.7 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.