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• Maria Swanette Poppema, Zuidhorn († 2022)
• Charissa Talitha Eisma
• Hazel Miriam Francine Bernadette Andrea Margaretha CASTELEIN, Calcutta (India) († 2011)

• Cornelia Adriana van Gils (62), Noordwijk
• Bram van der Sta (25)
• Bruce B Bleeker (21)
• Alice Maria Vanackere (72), Torhout
• Chloe Picou (87), Des Allemands, La
• Annie Platvoet (72), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonius Tussanus Maria Petrus Canisius van den Bogaard (71), Wijchen,Gemeente Wijchen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Catharina Alida Warmerdam (85), 's Gravenhage
• Arie Pronk (78), Amsterdam
• Anna Susette Dau (90), Amsterdam

• 1985 » Kelvin Wilson, English footballer
• 1985 » Scott Carson, English footballer
• 1986 » OMI, Jamaican singer
• 1986 » Shaun White, American snowboarder, skateboarder, and guitarist
• 1987 » Allie, Canadian wrestler
• 1987 » Dawid Malan, English cricketer
• 1987 » James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Modibo Maïga, Malian footballer
• 1988 » Hana Makhmalbaf, Iranian director and producer
• 1988 » Jérôme Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer

• 1981 » Alec Waugh, English soldier and author (b. 1898)
• 1985 » Johnny Marks, American songwriter (b. 1909)
• 1986 » Beryl Markham, English-Kenyan pilot, horse trainer, and author (b. 1902)
• 1987 » Morton Feldman, American composer and educator (b. 1926)
• 1988 » Ferit Melen, Turkish civil servant and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1906)
• 1989 » Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (b. 1953)
• 1991 » Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1993 » David Brown, English businessman (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Billy Wright, English footballer and manager (b. 1924)
• 1994 » James Thomas Aubrey, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (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 » The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.
• June 1 » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
• August 8 » The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
• December 1 » World AIDS Day was proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states.
• December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.

The temperature on September 3, 1988 was between 10.1 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.