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• Mattijs Gunst, Veurne

• Arnold Bosma (68), Ocheyedan, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Albert de Jonge (82), Blijham, Westerwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Augustinus Lycklama A Nijeholdt (89), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Wilmsen Adriaan (88), Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Catharina Rolfes (80), Emmen
• Arie Gerrit Roos (76), Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Annigje van Tarel (63), Grolloo, Rolde
• Anna Maria Adelphina Heirwegh (74), Zele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Anna Elisabeth (Lieske) Conen (75), Geleen, Netherlands
• Arthur Frederick JORDAN (71)

• 1985 » Audrey De Montigny, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1985 » Gaël Clichy, French footballer
• 1985 » Marcus Benard, American football player
• 1986 » John White, English footballer
• 1986 » Leonardo Ulloa, Argentinian footballer
• 1987 » Fredy Montero, Colombian footballer
• 1987 » Jordie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Panagiotis Kone, Greek footballer
• 1988 » Sayaka Akimoto, Filipino–Japanese actress and singer
• 1988 » Yurie Omi, Japanese female announcer

• 1984 » Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)
• 1984 » George Gallup, American mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company (b. 1901)
• 1986 » W. Averell Harriman, American politician and diplomat, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1891)
• 1988 » Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher, scholar, and academic (b. 1919)
• 1992 » Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1993 » Matthew Ridgway, American general (b. 1895)
• 1994 » James Luther Adams, American theologian and academic (b. 1901)
• 1995 » George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (b. 1907)
• 1995 » Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (b. 1917)
• 1995 » Raymond Mailloux, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1918)

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.
• February 12 » Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USSYorktown(CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
• February 20 » The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
• February 29 » Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.
• August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
• October 12 » Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
• December 13 » PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.

The temperature on July 26, 1988 was between 13.0 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.