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• Anthony Huff, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa († 1988)
• Xander de Buck, Etten-Leur, Nederland
• Kirsten Hellewise Bos, Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1988)

• Antonia van Otterlo (89), Apeldoorn
• Agatha Lorist (75), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie Boele (68)
• Bastiaantje Woordmeijer (70), Gouda
• Anna Jeanette Dewitt (77), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Age Wedzinga (90), -
• Adriana Johanna de Bruin (84), Amsterdam
• Anna Margaretha Allegonda Goverde (86), Etten-Leur
• Carolus Franciscus van Loon (64), Kalmthout, Antwerpen
• Arie Timmer (77), Oosterend (Texel, NH)

• 1986 » Edewin Fanini, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 » Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist
• 1986 » Takahiro Hōjō, Japanese actor and musician
• 1986 » Yoan Gouffran, French footballer
• 1987 » Kamil Stoch, Polish ski jumper
• 1987 » Moritz Stehling, German footballer
• 1987 » Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer
• 1987 » Yves De Winter, Belgian footballer
• 1988 » Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer
• 1988 » Dávid Škutka, Slovak footballer

• 1981 » Fredric Warburg, English author and publisher (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer (b. 1912)
• 1983 » Idris of Libya (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Jack Stewart, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1917)
• 1983 » Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Chester Bowles, American journalist and politician, 22nd Under Secretary of State (b. 1901)
• 1990 » Vic Tayback, American actor (b. 1930)
• 1995 » Élie Bayol, French racing driver (b. 1914)
• 1995 » Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927)
• 1995 » Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player and coach, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer 1996 (b. 1948)

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. Sarah
6. Anne
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.
• 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.
• August 20 » The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
• 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.
• December 21 » The first flight of Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft in the world.

The temperature on May 25, 1988 was between 10.0 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.