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• Anne-Marije Cornelisse
• Dennis Bruers
• Ellen Langenkamp
• angela j. opstals, helden-dorp

• Abel Jozef VINCKE (81)
• Alida Prins (76)
• Annemie de Wijs (45), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Teunis (Sjaan) van der Stelt (75), Genemuiden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Andreas Janus Heeffer (85), Ossendrecht
• Albert Mooi(j)weer (82)
• Arie Houwaart (73), Leiden
• Baukje Tijttje Folkersma (67), Groningen
• Boukje Vos (91), Schoonoord
• Albertus (Albert) Vanheeswijck (68), Hasselt

• 1987 » Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
• 1987 » Zac Efron, American actor and singer
• 1988 » Tessa Schram, Dutch director and actress
• 1989 » Laci Green, American YouTube personality, video blogger, sex educator, and activist
• 1989 » Riisa Naka, Japanese model and actress
• 1990 » Bristol Palin, American public speaker and reality television personality
• 1990 » Brittney Griner, American professional basketball player
• 1990 » Drew Crawford, American basketball player
• 1991 » Roly Bonevacia, Dutch footballer
• 1991 » Tyler Posey, American actor and musician

• 1980 » Edwin Way Teale, American photographer and author (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 40th First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)
• 1982 » Dwain Esper, American director and producer (b. 1892)
• 1982 » John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)
• 1982 » Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 143rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Willie Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1984 » Henri Michaux, French painter and poet (b. 1899)
• 1987 » Adriaan Ditvoorst, Dutch director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 1988 » Frederick Ashton, Ecuadorian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)

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 6 » Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.
• August 19 » Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
• August 22 » Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
• October 3 » A coup in Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed.
• November 9 » Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin.
• 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).

The temperature on October 18, 1989 was between 6.6 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.