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• Roosje Monté († 1988)

• Anna Maria Catharina Bruurs (71), Breda
• Aquilla Mary Johnson (74), Okeechobee, Florida, VS
• Annie Meekhof (74), Grandville (USA: MIchigan)
• Annie MEEKHOF (74), Grandville Ottawa County Michigan U.S.A
• Bernardus Cornelus Droomers (76), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aschwin van LIPPE-BIESTERFELD (73), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsius Theophiel Alaerts (74), Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Bernard Marie François de CHATEAU THIERRY de BEAUMANOIR (73), Saint-Herblain, 44162, Loire Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
• Anna Juffer (85), Des Moines Township, Polk, Iowa, United States
• Aschwin van der Lippe-Biesterfeld (73), Den Haag, Netherlands

• 1985 » Dustin Lynch, American singer-songwriter
• 1986 » Andrea Bovo, Italian footballer
• 1986 » Clay Matthews III, American football player
• 1986 » Marco Motta, Italian footballer
• 1987 » François Steyn, South African rugby player
• 1987 » Franck Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
• 1987 » Jeong Min-hyeong, South Korean footballer († 2012)
• 1988 » Jayne Appel, American basketball player
• 1989 » Alina Talay, Belorussian hurdler
• 1989 » Rob Gronkowski, American football player

• 1983 » Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Roger J. Traynor, American academic and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (b. 1900)
• 1984 » Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Walter Rauff, German SS officer (b. 1906)
• 1987 » Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918)
• 1987 » Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian poet and playwright (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) (b. 1886)
• 1991 » Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (b. 1910)
• 1992 » Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (b. 1899)
• 1993 » William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1908)

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.
• April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
• May 9 » New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
• June 27 » The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
• September 7 » Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns to Earth after nine days on the Mir space station.
• November 15 » In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
• November 15 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.

The temperature on May 14, 1988 was between 12.5 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.