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• Albertje Luth (82), Ter Borg, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernardus Martinus Koster (72), Rotterdam
• Andreas Johannes Marie Haenen (42), Gennep
• Auwko Staal (92), Tiendeveen (Hoogeveen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Jonker (79), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Kimenai (83), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Drost (101), Koekange, De Wijk, De Wolden, Nederland
• Clasina Maria Cornelia Laat de (78), Eindhoven
• Cornelis Adrianus (Kees) HOLLANDERS (82), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas Johannes Josephus Snijders (76), Drunen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1985 » Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
• 1985 » Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
• 1986 » Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball player
• 1986 » Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
• 1986 » Lee DeWyze, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 » Marc Pugh, English footballer
• 1987 » Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer
• 1988 » Jesse Plemons, American actor
• 1990 » Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
• 1990 » Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast

• 1977 » Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)
• 1989 » Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)
• 1992 » Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician (b. 1909)
• 1992 » Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954)
• 1994 » Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (b. 1916)
• 1994 » Marc Fitch, British historian and philanthropist (b. 1908)
• 1995 » Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1997 » Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (b. 1910)
• 1998 » Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (b. 1965)

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. Jessica
2. Maria
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.
• March 16 » The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
• March 20 » Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
• 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.
• November 19 » Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.
• November 22 » In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
• December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.

The temperature on April 2, 1988 was between -0.2 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.