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• Mattijs Gunst, Veurne

• Arnold Bosma (68), Ocheyedan, Osceola County, Iowa
• Anne Woudwijk (86)
• Anna {Ciccone} {Chico} Ribick (84), Royersford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Anna Maria Oomen (91), Oosterhout, NB, Nederland
• Adonijah HOLLINGS (86), Farsley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England
• Anna Maria (Anne) (Johannes (Jans) Arling) Rohling (71), Erica, 7887, Nederland
• Annigje van Tarel (63), Grolloo, Nederland
• Anna Marion Burnett (90), Sequim, Clallam, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• anna catharina rolfes (80), emmen
• Antje Augustinus Lycklama A Nijeholdt (89), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland

• 1985 » Audrey De Montigny, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1985 » Gaël Clichy, French footballer
• 1985 » Marcus Benard, American football player
• 1986 » John White, English footballer
• 1986 » Leonardo Ulloa, Argentinian footballer
• 1987 » Fredy Montero, Colombian footballer
• 1987 » Jordie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Panagiotis Kone, Greek footballer
• 1988 » Sayaka Akimoto, Filipino–Japanese actress and singer
• 1988 » Yurie Omi, Japanese female announcer

• 1984 » Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)
• 1984 » George Gallup, American mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company (b. 1901)
• 1986 » W. Averell Harriman, American politician and diplomat, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1891)
• 1988 » Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher, scholar, and academic (b. 1919)
• 1992 » Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1993 » Matthew Ridgway, American general (b. 1895)
• 1994 » James Luther Adams, American theologian and academic (b. 1901)
• 1995 » George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (b. 1907)
• 1995 » Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (b. 1917)
• 1995 » Raymond Mailloux, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1918)

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.
• 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 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.
• April 14 » In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
• April 14 » The USSSamuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
• April 28 » Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.

The temperature on July 26, 1988 was between 13.0 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.