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• Lyan Rijzinga, Groningen
• Geert Vonk, St.Pancras († 2002)
• Cyriel van Steden († 2012)

• Anna Vliem (90), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Catharina van Eijsden (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Johanna van Baren (77), Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Margaretha VERBREE (88), Bussum
• Cornelia Adriana van Kuijk (91), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Hendrika Blokland (79), Ameide
• Arend Kramer (73), Den Helder
• Antje de Wit (83), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Pieterse (77), Zoeterwoude
• Aarke Francina Saltzherr (89), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1987 » Justin Young, English singer and songwriter
• 1987 » Kris Russell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Nana Kitade, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 » Pat McAfee, American football player
• 1987 » Saara Aalto, Finnish singer and actress
• 1988 » Neftalí Feliz, Dominican baseball player
• 1988 » Stephen Henderson, Irish footballer
• 1989 » Jeanette Pohlen, American basketball player
• 1990 » Kay Panabaker, American actress
• 1990 » Paul George, American basketball player

• 1984 » Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (b. 1918)
• 1985 » Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (b. 1951)
• 1985 » Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1909)
• 1986 » Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (b. 1956)
• 1986 » Sergio Cresto, American race car driver (b. 1956)
• 1989 » Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (b. 1906)
• 1989 » Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author (b. 1902)
• 1990 » David Rappaport, English-American actor (b. 1951)
• 1991 » Gauri Shankar Rai, Indian Politician(b.1924)
• 1991 » Ronald McKie, Australian journalist and author (b. 1909)

• 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 14 » Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
• July 3 » The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.
• July 23 » General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
• August 20 » Iran-Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
• August 21 » The 6.9 M_w  Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
• November 18 » War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.

The temperature on May 2, 1988 was between 8.9 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.