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• Ramon Weijermars

• Antonius Aloysius Meester (70), Koedijk, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Caroline "Carol" Krzyszyniak (84), Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Cornelia Kunst (84), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Schoemans (67), Tongeren, België
• Antonie Van Maanen (85), Hespeler, Canada
• Albertus Arnoldus Schouten (66), Breda
• Bartholomeus Henricus Leonardus de Bruijn (74), Schaijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Jacobus Nolte (73), Groningen
• Christ Driessen (58), Soerendonk, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonie van Maanen (85), Hespeler Ont, Canada

• 1986 » Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer
• 1986 » Matt Simon, Australian footballer
• 1987 » Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian skier
• 1987 » Shane Long, Irish footballer
• 1988 » Asher Allen, American football player
• 1988 » Greg Oden, American basketball player
• 1988 » Marcel Schmelzer, German footballer
• 1989 » Theo Robinson, English-Jamaican footballer
• 1990 » Alizé Cornet, French tennis player
• 1990 » Dean Whare, New Zealand rugby league player

• 1980 » Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1888)
• 1981 » Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and academic (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (b. 1911)
• 1985 » Arthur Bryant, English historian and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1987 » R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (b. 1939)
• 1989 » S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan author and academic (b. 1924)
• 1991 » Robert Choquette, Canadian author, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
• 1993 » Kōbō Abe, Japanese playwright and photographer (b. 1924)
• 1994 » Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)
• 1994 » Telly Savalas, American actor (b. 1924)

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. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Linda
4. Laura
5. Anne
6. Sarah
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 6 » Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
• March 14 » In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
• April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
• August 1 » A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
• December 2 » Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
• 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 January 22, 1988 was between 0.2 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 16.7 mm of rain during 11.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.