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• Roeland Huttenga, Drachten
• Henricus Wilhelmus Michels, Tilburg

• Anna Heinen (92), Zwolle
• Adolf HERINCKX (85), Ukkel/Brussel (B)
• Antonius Cornelius Maria van Mensvoort (74), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adiel Lanssens (88), Dentergem
• Arlene Kolehouse (84), Wright, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bea Terwee (79), Geleen
• Aukje Wester (89), -
• Aleida Bernardina Lensen (96), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Boer (85), Los Angeles (USA)
• Antje Bosscher (86), Gorredijk

• 1987 » Dillon Francis, American DJ and record producer
• 1987 » Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver
• 1987 » Kevin Mirallas, Belgian footballer
• 1987 » Luigi Vitale, Italian footballer
• 1987 » Park So-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
• 1987 » Tim Ream, American soccer player
• 1988 » Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter
• 1988 » Benny Howell, English cricketer
• 1988 » Kevin Olusola, American musician, beatboxer, singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer
• 1988 » Maja Salvador, Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host

• 1981 » Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1985 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)
• 1986 » James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1919)
• 1986 » Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver and accountant (b. 1947)
• 1992 » Eddie Kendricks, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1996 » Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (b. 1925)
• 1997 » Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler (b. 1962)

• 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.
• March 16 » The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
• May 15 » Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
• June 4 » Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
• August 8 » The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
• November 2 » The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
• 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.

The temperature on October 5, 1988 was between 9.0 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.