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• Mathijs Annaars, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Jasper Jan Haring, Blokker († 1988)
• Jasper Jan Haring, Blokker, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1988)

• Bert Rouw (71), Hedrick, Iowa
• Cornelis (Jerry) Verschoor (69), Hoofddorp
• Burl Featherston (ALASKA) Clymer (76), Kodiak Island, Alaska
• Berber de Vries (71), Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland
• Derk van der Laan (79), Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernhard Krüssel (64)
• Abraham Frans Becks (94), Maastricht
• Arendje van der Knaap (85), Schoonhoven
• Christiana van de Roer (95)
• Abram (Bram) Jansz Groen (74), Alkmaar, Nederland

• 1986 » Daniel Preussner, German rugby player
• 1986 » Michael Lerchl, German footballer
• 1986 » Tyler Smith, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1987 » Marek Niit, Estonian sprinter
• 1988 » Anthony Castonzo, American football player
• 1988 » Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, Greek footballer
• 1988 » Willian, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 » Jason Heyward, American baseball player
• 1989 » Kento Ono, Japanese actor and model
• 1989 » Stefano Okaka, Italian footballer

• 1979 » Walter O'Malley, American businessman (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1927)
• 1988 » Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer and poet (b. 1905)
• 1988 » M. Carl Holman, American author, educator, poet, and playwright (b. 1919)
• 1990 » Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
• 1992 » Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer and actor (b. 1938)
• 1995 » Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1996 » Frank Whittle, English soldier and engineer, invented the jet engine (b. 1907)

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.
• April 14 » In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
• May 9 » New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
• July 31 » Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.
• September 29 » NASA launches STS-26, the first mission since the Challenger disaster.
• October 7 » A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
• October 12 » Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.

The temperature on August 9, 1988 was between 13.1 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.