About the day » Thursday May 4, 1989Calender converter

• Charline VERBOUWHEDE, Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1989)
• Kirsten Rolanda Tessa Thuis, Doetinchem

• Adrianus (Jos) Petrus Joannes Maria Vermeulen (76), Tilburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius Donkers (73), Breda
• Carrie A. Clayton (88), Asbury Park, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Charline VERBOUWHEDE (0), Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Dirkje Koning (55), Schiedam (Prov. Zuid Holland)
• * Maria Antonetta van Daelen (77), Waalwijk
• Bernardus Bongaarts (79), Hengelo(Bronkhorst)
• Cornelia Lems (84), Bruinisse (Schouwen-Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Joannes Maria Vermeulen (76), Tilburg
• Christianus Seijkens (85), Liessel

• 1988 » Radja Nainggolan, Belgian footballer
• 1989 » Aris Tatarounis, Greek basketball player
• 1989 » Dániel Gyurta, Hungarian swimmer
• 1989 » Henna Lindholm, Finnish figure skater
• 1989 » James van Riemsdyk, American ice hockey player
• 1989 » Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer
• 1990 » Andrea Torres, Filipino actress and model
• 1990 » Duvashen Padayachee, Australian race car driver
• 1990 » Irina Falconi, American tennis player
• 1990 » Ryan Morgan, Australian rugby league player

• 1984 » Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931)
• 1985 » Clarence Wiseman, English-Canadian 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907)
• 1985 » Fikri Sönmez, Turkish tailor and politician (b. 1938)
• 1987 » Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Paul Butterfield, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1942)
• 1988 » Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America (b. 1891)
• 1990 » Emily Remler, American guitarist (b. 1957)
• 1991 » Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer-songwriter and mandolin player (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Gregor Mackenzie, Scottish politician (b. 1927)
• 1993 » France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter (b. 1919)

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

1. Kim
2. Maria
3. Laura
4. Linda
5. Jessica
6. Sanne
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.
• January 1 » The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion.
• April 26 » The deadliest known tornado strikes Central Bangladesh, killing upwards of 1,300, injuring 12,000, and leaving as many as 80,000 homeless.
• July 17 » Holy See–Poland relations are restored.
• August 20 » The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.
• August 24 » Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
• December 15 » Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relating the abolition of capital punishment is adopted.

The temperature on May 4, 1989 was between 7.8 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.