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• Zoe Anne DUNCAN, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 2017)
• Marsha Verhoeven († 1989)

• Albertus Jan Bouwmeester (78), Apeldoorn
• Adrianus Hendrikus Meeuwisse (69), Breda
• Bernardus Jacobus Maria Kaandorp (48), Rotterdam
• Carl E. Elmendorf (75), Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
• Arnolda Johanna Geertruida Otterspoor (89), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clazina Dorothea Kriek (91), Leidschendam
• Catharina van Hinsbergen (76)
• Abe Goldkind (75), San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
• Beatrice Leal (102), Havenstreet, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
• Bijke Schreuder (88), Stadskanaal

• 1986 » Ignazio Abate, Italian footballer
• 1987 » Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Jason Day, Australian golfer
• 1987 » Kengo Kora, Japanese actor
• 1988 » Russell Westbrook, American basketball player
• 1989 » Hiroshi Kiyotake, Japanese footballer
• 1990 » Florent Manaudou, French swimmer
• 1990 » Harmeet Singh, Norwegian footballer
• 1990 » Siim-Sander Vene, Estonian basketball player
• 1991 » Gijs Van Hoecke, Belgian cyclist

• 1981 » William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1986 » Minoru Yasui, American lawyer and activist (b. 1916)
• 1987 » Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1937)
• 1990 » Eve Arden, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Gabriele Tinti, Italian actor (b. 1932)
• 1993 » H. R. Haldeman, American diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)
• 1994 » Wilma Rudolph, American sprinter and educator (b. 1940)
• 1997 » Carlos Surinach, Spanish-American composer and conductor (b. 1915)
• 1998 » Roy Hollis, English footballer (b. 1925)
• 1998 » Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (b. 1938)

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

1. Kim
2. Maria
3. Laura
4. Linda
5. Sanne
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.
• January 24 » Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, with over 30 known victims, is executed by the electric chair at the Florida State Prison.
• April 21 » Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
• May 4 » Iran–Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal.
• June 28 » On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
• July 17 » Holy See–Poland relations are restored.
• October 1 » Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.

The temperature on November 12, 1989 was between 1.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.