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• Jochem Pieper
• Nathalie Spranjers

• Alle Ykes Bergsma (86), Bergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Oenes Boonstra (90), Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Boukje Hollander (84)
• Albert de Lange (46), Hengelo
• Ancrum Jethro Benton (65), Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
• Alfons Hogendoorn (56)
• Adriana-Johanna PETRI (71)
• Arthur William Huighe (54)
• Adrianus Martens (71), Maarn,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Boonstra (90), Ureterp

• 1985 » Sanjeev, Tamil actor
• 1985 » Tomer Kapon, Israeli actor
• 1986 » Tyler Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 » Riki Christodoulou, English race car driver
• 1989 » Alisa Kleybanova, Russian tennis player
• 1989 » Anthony Randolph, American basketball player
• 1989 » Steven Jahn, German footballer
• 1990 » Damian Lillard, American basketball player
• 1990 » Tyler Young, American racing driver
• 1990 » Zach Bogosian, American ice hockey player

• 1982 » Bill Justis, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1926)
• 1986 » Billy Haughton, American harness racer and trainer (b. 1923)
• 1988 » Eleanor Estes, American librarian, author, and illustrator (b. 1906)
• 1989 » Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
• 1990 » Margaret Lockwood, English actress (b. 1916)
• 1990 » Omar Abu Risha, Syrian poet and diplomat, 4th Syrian Ambassador to the United States (b. 1910)
• 1990 » Zaim Topčić, Yugoslav and Bosnian writer (b. 1920)
• 1991 » Bert Convy, American actor, singer, and game show host (b. 1933)
• 1992 » Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani journalist and author (b. 1960)
• 1992 » Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruan educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (b. 1922)

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.
• May 24 » Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
• June 1 » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
• August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
• September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
• November 15 » In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
• November 16 » In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.

The temperature on July 15, 1988 was between 12.9 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.