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• Dustin Lee Ervin, Richmond († 1988)
• Niels Blockx
• Aaron van Bruggen († 2024)
• Maarten van Eck, Zwolle († 1988)
• Maarten van Eck, Zwolle († 1988)
• Jaimy Isabel Schellingerhout, Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)

• Elizabeth Generaal (91)
• Cornelis Hendrik Jansen (83), Waterlandkerkje (Sluis), Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje Doddema (85), Appingedam
• Carey ' Edward' Crowe (51), Danielsville, Madison Ga
• Diena Kremer (81), Diffelen
• Dirkje Pieternella Koek (71), Gorinchem
• Etta Norden (85), Grand Rapids (Kent, Michigan, USA)
• Elena de Goffau (90), Rilland Bath, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Gezina Kramer (77), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Schuurer (90), Augustinusga,Friesland,Nederland

• 1986 » Giannis Kontoes, Greek footballer
• 1986 » Mark Ballas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, dancer, and actor
• 1987 » Guillaume Latendresse, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 » Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1988 » Billy Gilman, American musician
• 1988 » Lucian Wintrich, American political artist and White House correspondent
• 1988 » Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant
• 1989 » Andrew Jordan, English race car driver
• 1989 » G-Eazy, American rapper
• 1990 » Mattias Ekholm, Swedish ice hockey player

• 1979 » Ernest Bullock, English organist, composer, and educator (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Herbert Müller, Swiss race car driver (b. 1940)
• 1984 » Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter and businessman, founded WWE (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (b. 1909)
• 1990 » Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 1992 » Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (b. 1956)
• 1995 » Harold Wilson, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916)
• 1996 » Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934)
• 1996 » Joseph Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1908)

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

1. Jessica
2. Maria
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 14 » In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
• July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
• September 7 » Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns to Earth after nine days on the Mir space station.
• October 7 » A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
• November 15 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
• November 18 » War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.

The temperature on May 24, 1988 was between 10.7 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.