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• Timotheus Carolus Antonius van den Bogaert, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Adrianus van de Wijngaard (75), Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catherine Elizabeth Harris (57), Dayton, OH
• Adriaan Wijand (74), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Bauke Tijmstra (77), Breda, NB, Nederland
• Albertus Zomer (86), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Johanna BOSVELT (95), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bertha van den Bogaard (85), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anske Jan de Boer (76), Laren
• Bernardus Bekkers (86), Laren
• Albert Crommen (70), Romershoven

• 1987 » Luke Burgess, English rugby league player
• 1987 » Miles Teller, American actor
• 1988 » Jiah Khan, Indian singer and actress († 2013)
• 1988 » Kealoha Pilares, American football player
• 1988 » Ki Bo-bae, South Korean archer
• 1988 » Rihanna, Barbadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1989 » Daly Cherry-Evans, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Ciro Immobile, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Giovanni Kyeremateng, Italian footballer
• 1991 » Hidilyn Diaz, Filipino weightlifter

• 1981 » Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker and publisher (b. 1904)
• 1987 » Wayne Boring, American illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1992 » A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Dick York, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1993 » Ernest L. Massad, American general (b. 1908)
• 1993 » Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, founded Lamborghini (b. 1916)
• 1996 » Audrey Munson, American model (b. 1891)
• 1996 » Solomon Asch, American psychologist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1996 » Toru Takemitsu, Japanese pianist, guitarist, and composer (b. 1930)
• 1999 » Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. 1971)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Robert
4. Michael
5. Mark
6. Niels
7. Nick
8. Kevin
9. Jeroen
10. Patrick
11. Peter
12. Robin
13. David
14. Johannes
15. Sander
16. Willem

1. Kim
2. Maria
3. Laura
4. Chantal
5. Linda
6. Sanne
7. Jessica
8. Lisanne
9. Anne
10. Anna
11. Stephanie
12. Johanna
13. Sarah
14. Tamara
15. Charlotte
16. Samantha

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
• February 3 » A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
• February 6 » The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
• April 1 » Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
• July 17 » First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
• September 19 » A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.
• October 17 » The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.

The temperature on February 20, 1989 was between 2.5 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.