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• Nadia Calis, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)

• Bernice Koenen (65), Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
• Antonius W.M. Segers (72), Nieuw vosmeer
• Anna Eugenie Lutke Schipholt (78), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Koppenol (87), Haarlem
• Albertus Batavus van den Hoorn (72), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Treure (77), Harderwijk
• Anna Eugenie Lutke-Schipholt (78), 's-Gravenhage
• Angele LAUS (75), La Hulpe (B)
• Catharina Volkers (76)
• Alyce Mae Harlan (76), Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa

• 1985 » Hameur Bouazza, Algerian international footballer, winger
• 1986 » Rajon Rondo, American basketball player
• 1987 » Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress and model
• 1987 » Sergio Romero, Argentinian footballer
• 1988 » Efraín Juárez, Mexican footballer
• 1988 » Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter
• 1988 » Sebastian Tyrała, Polish-German footballer
• 1989 » Franco Vázquez, Argentinian footballer
• 1990 » Luca Profeta, Italian footballer
• 1992 » Alexander Merkel, Kazakhstani-German footballer

• 1983 » Adrian Boult, English conductor (b. 1889)
• 1983 » Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1913)
• 1985 » Efrem Zimbalist, Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1985 » Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
• 1986 » John Donnelly, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
• 1987 » Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 » David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (b. 1920)
• 1992 » Markos Vafiadis, Greek general and politician (b. 1906)
• 1994 » Papa John Creach, American violinist (b. 1917)
• 1995 » Ed Flanders, American actor (b. 1934)

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

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

• 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 » After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
• February 14 » Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.
• July 27 » While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232.
• November 10 » Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall.
• November 17 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
• December 27 » The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.

The temperature on February 22, 1989 was between -2.1 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.