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• Ricky John BENNETT († 1989)
• Timothy Robert Schumacher, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1988)

• Albertha Stoit (92)
• Antonia Jozina Nefkens (77), Krimpen aan den IJssel
• Clara Mae Edwards (77)
• Clarence Gilbert Hicks, Sr. (68), Saint Catharines, Grantham, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada
• Ann Margaret Wiering Bontje (55), Tyler, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Bertha Henrietta Raker Derck (73), Lebanon, Hunterdon, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Ann Margaret Bontje (55), Tyler, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Catharina van der Werff (88), St. Maartensdijk
• Collie Fulfer (86), Granbury, Hood County, Texas, United States of America
• Cornelius "Cornie" Kelderman (78), Des Moines

• 1982 » Cedric Benson, American football player († 2019)
• 1984 » Duane Solomon, American runner
• 1984 » Martin Kaymer, German golfer
• 1985 » Kamani Hill, American soccer player
• 1986 » Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
• 1987 » Matthias Schwarz, German footballer
• 1989 » Salvador Sobral, Portuguese singer and Eurovision winner
• 1990 » Ayele Abshero, Ethiopian runner
• 1990 » Bastiaan Lijesen, Dutch swimmer
• 1990 » David Archuleta, American singer-songwriter

• 1983 » Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1944)
• 1983 » William Demarest, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Sam Peckinpah, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922)
• 1986 » John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1990 » Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
• 1992 » Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
• 1993 » William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (b. 1904)

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.
• February 6 » Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
• February 29 » Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.
• April 10 » The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
• April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
• July 23 » General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
• 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.

The temperature on December 28, 1988 was between 6.8 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.