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• August Raeymaekers (91), Lille (B)
• Cornelis Westra van Holthe (65), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Hendrikus BRUGMAN (70), Deventer
• Constantina Geertruida Johanna van de Pennen (95), Haarlem, Noord-Holland (Nederland)
• Beulah May Harrison (89), Hastings, Adams, Nebraska
• Ate Gerardus Wiersma (95), Bilthoven
• Celine De Brabannder (87), Mouscron/Moeskroen, 7700, Hainaut, Belgique
• Arend Lubach (66), Havelte
• Antonius Groenendaal (96), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Albertus Carolus Verhulst (72), Kasterlee

• 1985 » Tao Okamoto, Japanese model and actress
• 1985 » Tranquillo Barnetta, Swiss footballer
• 1986 » Julian Edelman, American football player
• 1986 » Matt Jarvis, English footballer
• 1986 » Tatiana Volosozhar, Russian figure skater
• 1987 » Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer
• 1987 » Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player
• 1988 » Heida Reed, Icelandic-British actress
• 1989 » Corey Dickerson, American baseball player
• 1990 » Wyatt Roy, Australian politician

• 1982 » Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1983 » Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1985 » Wolfgang Reitherman, German-American animator, director, and producer (b. 1909)
• 1988 » Giorgio Almirante, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Steven De Groote, South African pianist and educator (b. 1953)
• 1990 » Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)
• 1991 » Shripad Amrit Dange, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1899)
• 1991 » Stan Mortensen, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 1992 » Zellig Harris, American linguist and academic (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1892)

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.
• March 6 » Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius.
• April 25 » In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
• June 27 » The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
• November 3 » Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours.
• November 15 » In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
• December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.

The temperature on May 22, 1988 was between 3.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.