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• Alexander Robert Kittrell <K PqOb ||>2, Los Lunas, New Mexico op († 2013)
• Ramon Visser († 2024)
• Jorgen EVERAERTS, Leuven Vlaams Brabant († 1990)

• Cornelia van Dorp (97), Eindhoven
• Annie van Helvoort (61), Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carl William Samo (69), Grundy Co., IA
• Anthonia Henriëtte van Buuren (73), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Cornelis 't Hart (73), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina VAN DER VELDEN (100), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Agnes Banken (84), Heerlen
• Bernice E. Parks (70)
• Anthony Wade Glass (33), Lakeland, Polk, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Dol (60), Hoogkarspel, Nederland

• 1984 » Dee Brown, American basketball player
• 1984 » Liam Heath, British sprint canoeist
• 1984 » Oksana Domnina, Russian ice dancer
• 1985 » Yū Aoi, Japanese actress and model
• 1986 » Rudy Gay, American basketball player
• 1986 » Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
• 1988 » Erika Toda, Japanese actress
• 1988 » Jihadi John, Kuwaiti-British member of ISIS († 2015)
• 1988 » Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1989 » Rachel Corsie, Scottish footballer

• 1983 » Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896)
• 1987 » Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924)
• 1987 » Rudolf Hess, German soldier and politician (b. 1894)
• 1987 » Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1988 » Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
• 1988 » Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (b. 1935)
• 1990 » Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
• 1993 » Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
• 1994 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901)

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. Johanna
7. Sarah
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.
• January 28 » In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
• September 27 » The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
• September 29 » NASA launches STS-26, the first mission since the Challenger disaster.
• October 27 » Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
• November 18 » War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.
• December 7 » The 6.8 M_s  Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000.

The temperature on August 17, 1988 was between 6.9 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.