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• Cassandra Brittney Willson, Hamiton, Ontario, Canada
• Judith Mijnsbergen, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 1998)
• Berend Hospers, Vriezenveen
• William Delane “Will” Todd ?****, Florence, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2019)

• Elisabeth Eleonora Hallewaard (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf van Deest (84), groningen
• Annelies van Boxtel (40), Goirle
• Annie Heidstra (55)
• Elisabeth Berendina Holstra * (95), Wolvega
• Bertha Bomhof (66), Apeldoorn
• Elisabeth Maria (Lies) Kubbinga (63), Eindhoven
• Alfons Frans BAEYENS (68), Lebbeke,9280,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adolf Jean Camille Pannecoucke (62), Izegem, België
• Elisabeth Berendina Holstra (95)

• 1986 » Carlo Janka, Swiss skier
• 1986 » Lee Donghae, South Korean singer-songwriter
• 1987 » Chantal Strand, Canadian voice actress and singer
• 1987 » Jesse Levine, Canadian-American tennis player
• 1987 » Ott Tänak, Estonian race car driver
• 1988 » Lassy Mbouity, Congolese writer and politician
• 1988 » Mesut Özil, German footballer
• 1989 » Anthony Joshua, British professional boxer
• 1989 » Blaine Gabbert, American football player
• 1989 » Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian-Italian footballer

• 1981 » Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Pat O'Brien, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Donald Wandrei, American author and poet (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949)
• 1988 » Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (b. 1892)
• 1989 » Danilo Kiš, Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. (b. 1935)
• 1990 » Delphine Seyrig, French actress and director (b. 1932)
• 1993 » Aydın Sayılı, Turkish historian and academic (b. 1913)
• 1994 » Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (b. 1934)
• 1995 » Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1967)

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 20 » Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
• April 28 » Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
• August 28 » Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
• September 29 » NASA launches STS-26, the first mission since the Challenger disaster.
• October 27 » Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.

The temperature on October 15, 1988 was between 12.8 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.