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• Pieter ZEGERS, Hasselt,3500,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2003)
• Andrew Kamp
• James STEVERLYNCK, Kortrijk, 34022, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 2007)
• Sarah De Ryck, Lier, België

• Cornelis van der Jagt (74)
• Annie "Anita" Teresa Daly (75), Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
• Alfred Percy Spry (83)
• Antonia van der Harst (79), Den Haag
• Cornelis Josephus Admiraal (69), Dunedin, Nieuw-Zeeland
• Charles Ernest FLINKERBUSCH (82), Den Haag
• Bernard Broer (58), Giethoorn
• Cornelia Jacobs Koster (90), Hilversum
• Aart Oosterom (70), Gouda,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Riemens (92), Den Burg

• 1986 » Joseph Akpala, Nigerian footballer
• 1986 » Nick Adenhart, American baseball player († 2009)
• 1987 » Anže Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Daichi Miura, Japanese singer-songwriter, dancer, and choreographer
• 1988 » Joel Thompson, Australian rugby league player
• 1988 » Manu Ma'u, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1988 » Maya Yoshida, Japanese footballer
• 1988 » Rupert Grint, English actor
• 1989 » Reynaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 » Rocío Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer

• 1980 » Yootha Joyce, English actress (b. 1927)
• 1982 » Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (b. 1913)
• 1983 » Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (b. 1883)
• 1985 » Paul Creston, American composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1987 » Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (b. 1936)
• 1990 » Gely Abdel Rahman, Sudanese-Egyptian poet and academic (b. 1931)
• 1990 » Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (b. 1941)
• 1991 » Bernard Castro, Italian-American inventor (b. 1904)
• 1992 » André Donner, Dutch academic and judge (b. 1918)

• 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 6 » Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
• 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 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
• May 15 » Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
• November 8 » U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.

The temperature on August 24, 1988 was between 10.3 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.