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• Jolijn Bremer, Den Helder
• Zsani Jaël Dionne Boeldak, Willemstad, Curacao

• Cornelis van de Berkt (84), Scherpenzeel, NL-GE
• Anna Johanna Baars (74), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ancil Conder **** (77), Anderson, Madison, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Cornelia van Meijgaard (85)
• van der Laan (83), Wormerveer
• Clasina Elisabeth Hopman (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Alphonsius Spin (55), Losser, acte geg bidprentje
• Agatha Pekel (60), Beverwijk
• Cornelis van de Berkt (84), Scherpenzeel
• Catharina Kleerekoper (93), Bryan, Brazos, Texas, Verenigde Staten van Amerika

• 1986 » Brett Cecil, American baseball player
• 1986 » Lindsay Lohan, American actress and singer
• 1987 » Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Lee Chung-yong, South Korean footballer
• 1989 » Alex Morgan, American soccer player
• 1989 » Nadezhda Grishaeva, Russian basketball player
• 1990 » Kayla Harrison, American judoka
• 1990 » Margot Robbie, Australian actress and producer
• 1990 » Merritt Mathias, American soccer player
• 1990 » Morag McLellan, Scottish field hockey player

• 1978 » Aris Alexandrou, Greek author and poet (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
• 1988 » Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1894)
• 1989 » Andrei Gromyko, Soviet economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1909)
• 1990 » Snooky Lanson, American singer (b. 1914)
• 1991 » Lee Remick, American actress (b. 1935)
• 1993 » Fred Gwynne, American actor (b. 1926)
• 1994 » Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (b. 1967)
• 1995 » Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (b. 1920)
• 1997 » James Stewart, American actor (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. 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.
• February 27 » Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
• March 16 » Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
• 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.
• April 14 » The USSSamuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
• May 24 » Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
• October 19 » The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.

The temperature on July 2, 1988 was between 10.6 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.