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• Eric Russell Bonnema, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa († 2019)
• Halee Grace Bliek, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa († 2023)
• Hendricus Koeman, Amsterdam
• Albert Aangeenbrug, Barneveld († 1988)
• Lucie Briffault, Île-de-France, Francia († 1988)

• Dirk Dirksen (61)
• Albert William PRIMETT (88), Redbridge, Essex
• Catharina Francina BEUN (93)
• Cornelia Maria Ignatia Kaskes (76), Bussum, Gooise Meren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Gesiena Piepers (92)
• Dominicus Bauke Huitema (77)
• Alice Marie Eugenie De Smet (75), Merelbeke
• Alijda Wilhelmina Gesina Wouters (84)
• Ad van Kempen (68), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Franciscus van der Louw (45), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1985 » Ben Creagh, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 » Kris Humphries, American basketball player
• 1986 » Dane DeHaan, American actor
• 1986 » Yunho, South Korean singer and actor
• 1988 » Bailey Hanks, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1989 » Craig Cathcart, Northern Irish footballer
• 1989 » Jonny Flynn, American basketball player
• 1990 » Adam Henrique, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 » Aida Rybalko, Lithuanian figure skater
• 1990 » Jermaine Kearse, American football player

• 1985 » James Hadley Chase, English-Swiss soldier and author (b. 1906)
• 1986 » Dandy Nichols, English actress (b. 1907)
• 1986 » Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (b. 1912)
• 1987 » Julien Chouinard, Canadian lawyer and jurist (b. 1929)
• 1989 » Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (b. 1912)
• 1990 » Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1991 » Danny Thomas, American actor, producer, and humanitarian (b. 1914)
• 1991 » Salvador Luria, Italian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 1993 » Arthur Ashe, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1943)

• 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.
• May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
• May 15 » Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
• June 1 » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
• June 27 » The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
• September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
• December 21 » A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270. This is to date the deadliest air disaster to occur in British soil.

The temperature on February 6, 1988 was between 0.5 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 17.8 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.