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• Gemma, Zaandam
• Dewi Catharina van Rossen († 1999)
• Jerome Paul Cowart († 1987)

• ARNOLD MARTIN WERNER SPITZACK (1957)
• Bruce E Todd ****, Eldon, Wapello, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Schipperen (92), Zevenbergen
• Alberdina Brunsveld (93)
• Arisje van Wikselaar (92), Barneveld
• Archie Leonard Jensen (79), Fairfax, Renville County, Minnesota, United States of America
• Anderson Runnels (80), Brandon, Rankin, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten
• Aloysius Anthonius JOOSTEN (61), Buren (BE)
• Cornelia Josephina Lemmens (99), 's-Heerenberg,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Anna (Leida) THIJSSEN (80), Doetinchem (NL)

• 1985 » Anna Kendrick, American actress and singer
• 1985 » Filipe Luís, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 » Luca Filippi, Italian racing driver
• 1986 » Daniel Preussner, German rugby player
• 1986 » Michael Lerchl, German footballer
• 1986 » Tyler Smith, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1987 » Marek Niit, Estonian sprinter
• 1988 » Anthony Castonzo, American football player
• 1988 » Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, Greek footballer
• 1988 » Willian, Brazilian footballer

• 1979 » Raymond Washington, American gang leader, founded the Crips (b. 1953)
• 1979 » Walter O'Malley, American businessman (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1927)
• 1988 » Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer and poet (b. 1905)
• 1988 » M. Carl Holman, American author, educator, poet, and playwright (b. 1919)
• 1990 » Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
• 1992 » Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer and actor (b. 1938)
• 1995 » Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)

1. Michael
2. Jan
3. Thomas
4. Mark
5. Kevin
6. Jeroen
7. Johannes
8. Joshua
9. David
10. Dennis
11. Peter
12. Pieter
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 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 17 » Iran–Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USSStark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
• June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
• July 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
• October 6 » Fiji becomes a republic.
• October 19 » Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.

The temperature on August 9, 1987 was between 9.5 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.