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• Annabel Maria Bernadette Kuijs

• Chester Leon Heschke (52)
• Colleen Lillian (46)
• Berend Siemeling (75), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bena Stadtlander (82), Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota
• Anna Goverdina Kleemans (80), Breda
• Berend Siemeling (75), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aeilke Klazina van der Laan (80), Warffum, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan KAASHOEK (93), Benthuizen
• Berendina SNITJER (64), Oosterbroek
• Adriana Nicolasina Maria Peffer (82)

• 1986 » Emma Bell, American actress
• 1986 » Frank Winterstein, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
• 1987 » Bo Guagua, Chinese businessman
• 1987 » Chelsea Manning, American soldier and intelligence analyst
• 1987 » Maryna Arzamasova, Belorussian middle-distance runner
• 1988 » Craig Sutherland, Scottish footballer
• 1988 » David Rudisha, Kenyan runner
• 1988 » Grethe Grünberg, Estonian ice dancer
• 1988 » Kris Joseph, Canadian basketball player
• 1988 » Liisa Ehrberg, Estonian cyclist

• 1978 » Don Ellis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
• 1981 » Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Homer S. Ferguson, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1889)
• 1986 » Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925)
• 1987 » Linda Wong, American porn actress (b. 1951)
• 1987 » Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-American author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Dana Andrews, American actor (b. 1909)
• 1992 » Günther Anders, German journalist and philosopher (b. 1902)
• 1999 » Grover Washington Jr., American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1943)
• 1999 » Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1920)

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 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.
• May 15 » Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
• August 20 » The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
• September 7 » Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns to Earth after nine days on the Mir space station.
• November 16 » The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
• December 1 » World AIDS Day was proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states.

The temperature on December 17, 1988 was between 1.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.