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• Liesbeth Calaerts, Herentals, 2200, Antwerpen, België
• Michaël Albertus Josephus van der Zijden, Haarhug († 2016)
• Floor Altena († 2021)

• Cornelia Jacoba van der Linde (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon Donker (77), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aartje Timmer (81), Leusden, 3830, Nederland
• Aartje Timmer (81), Amersfoort (Utrecht) Nederland
• Annetje Klasina Keizer (75)
• Adrianus Maria Verschuur (70), Heusden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Kleijer (64), Ede
• Dirkje Kramer (79), Urk
• Albertus Johannes Veekens (83), Boxmeer
• Alfred Walter Hall (70), Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester

• 1986 » Alexei Emelin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1986 » Gwen Jorgensen, American triathlete
• 1986 » Thin Seng Hon, Cambodian Paralympic athlete
• 1987 » Jay Park, American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1987 » Johann Smith, American soccer player
• 1987 » Razak Boukari, Togolese footballer
• 1988 » James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama, one of the highest-ranking spiritual leaders in Tibet
• 1989 » Marie-Michèle Gagnon, Canadian skier
• 1989 » Michael van Gerwen, Dutch darts player

• 1982 » John Cody, American cardinal (b. 1907)
• 1983 » William S. Bowdern, American priest and author (b. 1897)
• 1988 » Carolyn Franklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• 1988 » Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 1990 » Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (b. 1923)
• 1992 » Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1965)
• 1995 » Art Fleming, American game show host (b. 1925)
• 1995 » Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)
• 1995 » Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian (b. 1903)
• 1996 » Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director (b. 1920)

• 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 29 » South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with one hundred other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
• March 13 » The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
• March 14 » In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
• March 16 » Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
• March 25 » The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
• August 10 » Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.

The temperature on April 25, 1988 was between -0.8 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.