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• Anyck Laurus Aldewereld, Driebergen
• Corinne van den Haak, Leiden († 1988)
• Erika Alexandra Burr ****, Fort Stewart, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Nicolas Duchatelet, LaLouviere, Belgium († 1988)
• Antonie Antoine Harte, Soerabaja

• Antonia Frederika Koekoek (76), Beilen
• Angeline Hubertine PUTS (74), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna M Kuhl (85), Fauske Nursing Home, Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota
• Albertus Brouwer (63)
• Andries Ariensz Wink (74), Amsterdam, nh.nld
• Cornelis Gerardus Johannes Parlevliet (82), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Hamelink (76), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Charles Fulton Dortch (36), SUDBURY
• Alberdina Frijlink (83)
• Aaltje Jager (93)

• 1985 » Trell Kimmons, American sprinter
• 1988 » Colton Haynes, American actor, model and singer
• 1988 » Marcos Paulo Gelmini Gomes, Brazilian-Italian footballer
• 1988 » Raúl Spank, German high jumper
• 1988 » Steven R. McQueen, American actor and model
• 1988 » Tulisa, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1989 » Charis Giannopoulos, Greek basketball player
• 1989 » Leon Bridges, American soul singer, songwriter and record producer
• 1990 » Eduardo Salvio, Argentinian footballer
• 1990 » Kieran Foran, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1976 » Frederick Hawksworth, English engineer (b. 1884)
• 1976 » Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (b. 1915)
• 1979 » Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1913)
• 1980 » Seretse Khama, Botswana lawyer and politician, 1st President of Botswana (b. 1921)
• 1983 » Gabrielle Roy, Canadian engineer and author (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Davey Allison, American race car driver (b. 1961)
• 1995 » Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (b. 1920)
• 1996 » Pandro S. Berman, American director, producer, and production manager (b. 1905)
• 1997 » Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
• 1999 » Konstantinos Kollias, Greek general and politician, 168th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1901)

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. Nick
16. Pieter

1. Jessica
2. Maria
3. Linda
4. Laura
5. Anne
6. Sarah
7. Johanna
8. Sandra
9. Samantha
10. Sanne
11. Kim
12. Anna
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.
• February 20 » The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
• March 6 » Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius.
• July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
• August 17 » President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
• October 12 » Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
• 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.

The temperature on July 13, 1988 was between 11.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.