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• Bianca Petronella Geertruida Jochems
• Bjørnar Mellingen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway († 2010)

• Antonius Ferdinand HONCOOP (69), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Lips (93), Breda
• Anthonius Vervloed (87), Spierdijk
• Albert de Merode, Westerlo, België
• Anna Gurine Barden (87), Los Angeles, California
• * Elisabeth Maria van Gennip (86), Boxtel
• Abram Visser (77)
• Bert (Albert) Vaerewijck (67), Stekene (B)
• Arie van Maastricht (93)
• Ariaantje Been (92), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1987 » Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian skier
• 1988 » Arrelious Benn, American football player
• 1988 » Chantal Jones, American model and actress
• 1988 » Rie Kaneto, Japanese swimmer
• 1989 » Avicii, Swedish electronic musician († 2018)
• 1989 » Gylfi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1990 » Jos Buttler, English cricketer
• 1990 » Matt Barkley, American football player
• 1990 » Musa Nizam, Turkish footballer
• 1990 » Tokelo Rantie, South African footballer

• 1980 » Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1981 » Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1981 » Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and educator (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (b. 1901)
• 1983 » Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
• 1985 » John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1990 » Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1991 » Alex North, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
• 1997 » Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (b. 1932)
• 1999 » Moondog, American-German singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (b. 1916)

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

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 10 » Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
• March 7 » Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.
• April 15 » Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.
• September 13 » Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
• October 26 » China Airlines Flight 204 crashes after take off from Hualien Airport in Taiwan, killing all 54 people on board.
• November 13 » Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.

The temperature on September 8, 1989 was between 10.4 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.