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• Adrianus Johannes van der Noll (79), Rotterdam
• Alain Pierre Jacques Paris (36), Paris 10, France
• Anna Francisca Josepha Becx (85), Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Berkhoff (83)
• Clinton Vernon Crider (79), Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus van Mierlo (91), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Hubertina Savelberg (87), Heerlen
• Angela Catharina Cammaart (89), Hulst
• Anna Francisca Josepha Becx (85), Ubbergen, Ned
• Carolus Josephus Franciscus van der Meer (81), Den Haag, Nederland

• 1985 » Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player
• 1986 » Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player
• 1986 » Sean Edwards, English race car driver († 2013)
• 1988 » Adam Eaton, American baseball player
• 1988 » Nils Petersen, German footballer
• 1988 » Nobunaga Shimazaki, Japanese voice actor
• 1988 » Ravindra Jadeja, Indian Cricketer
• 1988 » Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian singer and violinist
• 1989 » Felix Schiller, German footballer
• 1990 » Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player

• 1985 » Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1893)
• 1985 » Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917)
• 1988 » Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1989 » John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1912)
• 1989 » Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1990 » Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
• 1990 » Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903)
• 1991 » Mimi Smith, English nurse (b. 1906)
• 1991 » Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)

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. 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 28 » In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
• February 5 » Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
• June 4 » Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
• July 8 » The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
• August 31 » Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.
• November 22 » In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.

The temperature on December 6, 1988 was between 2.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.