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• Breanna Engelman († 2003)

• Clasina Crama (81), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Jacobus van der Hooft (57), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Carolyn Groenenboom (77), Ìowa
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• Arie Dwarswaard (83), Breezand, 1764, Nederland
• Catharina van Oevelen (85)
• Antonia Fluit (79), Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Mommers (72), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Wilhelmus FREQUIN (74), Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland
• Bastiaan van der Wal (74), Hillegom

• 1984 » Ángel Guirado, Spanish–Filipino footballer
• 1984 » Leon Hall, American football player
• 1984 » Michael Adam, German politician
• 1985 » Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer
• 1987 » Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese-American chess player
• 1987 » Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer
• 1987 » Mat Latos, American baseball player
• 1988 » Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer
• 1990 » Denise Hannema, Dutch cricketer
• 1991 » Choi Minho, Korean singer and actor

• 1982 » Leon Jaworski, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
• 1991 » Berenice Abbott, American photographer (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Vincent Gardenia, American actor (b. 1922)
• 1993 » Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1926)
• 1995 » Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (b. 1907)
• 1995 » Toni Cade Bambara, American author and academic (b. 1939)
• 1996 » Alain Poher, French lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1996 » Diana Morgan, Welsh playwright and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1996 » Mary Leakey, English archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1913)
• 1996 » Patty Donahue, American singer-songwriter (b. 1956)

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.
• April 14 » The USSSamuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
• 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.
• May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
• August 1 » A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
• September 29 » NASA launches STS-26, the first mission since the Challenger disaster.
• October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.

The temperature on December 9, 1988 was between 5.1 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.