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• Samantha van Enkhuizen, Zaandam, Nederland († 1989)
• Kelly Young, Calgary Alberta († 1998)

• Cornelia Wilhemina Norbertha Maria van Tuijl (81), Eindhoven
• Antonia Bartels (87), Bussum
• Cornelis Franken (79), Roosendaal (De Bloemsche Vaert)
• Berend Daalder (79), Hippolytushoef
• Andreas Martinus van Kessel (74), Aalst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Johan Fredrik van Kuijk (73), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Charles Eugene Lucien Michel De Thuin (83), Forest
• Boukje van der Werf (75)
• Anna Kathariena Gröniger (78), Schwartenberg, Haren-Ems, Germany
• Anna Lousbergh (86), Lafelt-Riemst

• 1985 » Michel Butter, Dutch runner
• 1986 » BoA, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1986 » Ian Mahinmi, American basketball player
• 1986 » Kasper Schmeichel, Danish footballer
• 1986 » Nodiko Tatishvili, Georgian singer
• 1987 » Chris Knierim, American figure skater
• 1987 » Kevin Jonas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1987 » O. J. Mayo, American basketball player
• 1988 » Virat Kohli, Indian cricketer
• 1989 » Andrew Boyce, English footballer

• 1985 » Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist and philologist (b. 1898)
• 1985 » Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1895)
• 1986 » Adolf Brudes, German race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Bobby Nunn, American singer (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (b. 1922)
• 1989 » Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1903)
• 1991 » Fred MacMurray, American actor and businessman (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (b. 1923)
• 1992 » Adile Ayda, Russian-Turkish engineer and diplomat (b. 1912)

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. Johanna
7. Sarah
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.
• January 13 » Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
• 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.
• 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 6 » All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.
• August 31 » Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.
• November 18 » War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.

The temperature on November 5, 1988 was between -3.6 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.