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• Adrianna Roosen, Spijkenisse
• Sandy Danenberg († 1989)
• Tonny Koffeman († 1989)

• Barend de Graaf (82)
• Adrianus Gerardus van de Poll (79), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berthus Antonius Hogervorst (70), Leiderdorp
• Alta Beatrice Olinger (89), Appalachia, Wise, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Barbara Vanheeswijck (77), Maaseik
• Anna Maria Gertrud Hartman (79), San Pedro de Estoril (Portugal)
• Andre Vermeiren (77)
• Aaltjo de Boer (58)
• Bertha de Weijer (81), Baarn
• Albertha Brandina van Zeggelaar (72)

• 1987 » Bo Guagua, Chinese businessman
• 1987 » Chelsea Manning, American soldier and intelligence analyst
• 1987 » Maryna Arzamasova, Belorussian middle-distance runner
• 1988 » Craig Sutherland, Scottish footballer
• 1988 » David Rudisha, Kenyan runner
• 1988 » Grethe Grünberg, Estonian ice dancer
• 1988 » Kris Joseph, Canadian basketball player
• 1988 » Liisa Ehrberg, Estonian cyclist
• 1991 » James Hurst, American football player
• 1991 » Jordan Rankin, Australian rugby league player

• 1981 » Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1982 » Homer S. Ferguson, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1889)
• 1986 » Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925)
• 1987 » Linda Wong, American porn actress (b. 1951)
• 1987 » Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-American author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Dana Andrews, American actor (b. 1909)
• 1992 » Günther Anders, German journalist and philosopher (b. 1902)
• 1999 » C. Vann Woodward, American historian and academic (b. 1908)
• 1999 » Grover Washington Jr., American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1943)
• 1999 » Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1920)

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

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.
• February 1 » The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
• February 6 » The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
• July 19 » United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
• August 2 » A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
• August 19 » Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years.
• August 22 » Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.

The temperature on December 17, 1989 was between 9.3 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.