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• Thijs van Dijk
• Carmen Jorien Kleine, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Sander van Bergen, Waalwijk († 2005)

• A H PH Joosten (87), Echt, Netherlands
• Charles Donald Dreibelbis (75), Hamburg, Fremont Co, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• ALBERIC JONCKHEERE (88), Klerken,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Alida Frederika Miechels (64)
• Antonius Adrianus van Hassel (54), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Emiel BEX (81), Kuringen (B)
• Clarence Borg (73), Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota
• Cornelia Mary Simon (83), Portland, Ionia, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis van Halderen (83), Oosterhout
• Aaltje Dikken (63), Glanerbrug, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1986 » Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1987 » Davide Valsecchi, Italian racing driver
• 1987 » Guan Xin, Chinese basketball player
• 1987 » Kia Vaughn, American born Czech basketball player
• 1987 » Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
• 1987 » Wayne Hennessey, Welsh footballer
• 1988 » Selina Jörg, German snowboarder
• 1989 » Gong Lijiao, Chinese shot putter
• 1989 » Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer
• 1989 » Serdar Kesimal, Turkish footballer

• 1983 » George Cukor, American director and producer (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
• 1986 » L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
• 1989 » Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)
• 1990 » Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)

1. Thomas
2. Jeroen
3. Jan
4. Michael
5. Kevin
6. Robert
7. Mark
8. Johannes
9. Tim
10. Frank
11. Patrick
12. Dennis
13. Bart
14. Daniel
15. Pieter
16. Nick

1. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Linda
4. Laura
5. Sarah
6. Anne
7. Johanna
8. Sandra
9. Sanne
10. Samantha
11. Anna
12. Kim
13. Stephanie
14. Nicole
15. Esther
16. Chantal

• 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 14.7 million citizens.
• April 4 » Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
• April 14 » In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
• August 20 » The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
• October 12 » Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
• October 17 » Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people.
• November 15 » In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.

The temperature on January 24, 1988 was between 3.6 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain during 10.8 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.