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• Mariëlle Kraal
• Lieselot Willaert, Gent (Bel)
• Marloes Mulders

• Antonia Petronella Schuijffel (68), Eindhoven
• Alide Hendrika van de Pavoordt (70), Gouda
• Aleida Maria Kroeze (77), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bertha Hermans (94), Diepenbeek, België
• Willem (Bob) Biesen (72), Vlissingen
• Antje Geertina Hulshof (78), Rotterdam
• Alexander de Lang (74), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alexander de Lang (74), Utrecht
• Alide Hendrika van de Pavoordt (70), Gouda
• Antje Geertina Hulshof (78), Rotterdam

• 1986 » François Hamelin, Canadian speed skater
• 1987 » Ayaka, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
• 1987 » Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater
• 1987 » Yuki Furukawa, Japanese actor
• 1988 » Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Canadian heptathlete
• 1988 » Imad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
• 1988 » Lizzie Deignan, English cyclist
• 1988 » Seth Doege, American football player
• 1990 » Sierra Kay, American singer-songwriter
• 1991 » Marcus Butler, English internet celebrity

• 1985 » Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author (b. 1916)
• 1987 » Conny Plank, German keyboard player and producer (b. 1940)
• 1988 » Niyazi Berkes, Turkish Cypriot-English sociologist and academic (b. 1908)
• 1990 » Anne Revere, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1990 » Joseph Zubin, Lithuanian-American psychologist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1990 » Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer (b. 1914)
• 1991 » George Abecassis, English race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1992 » Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (b. 1915)
• 1993 » Helm Glöckler, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Sam Wanamaker, American-English actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)

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. 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 15 » Soviet–Afghan War: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
• April 19 » A gun turret explodes on the USSIowa, killing 47 sailors.
• May 2 » Cold War: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.
• June 5 » The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
• September 14 » The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year old pressman, killed 8 people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.
• December 13 » The Troubles: Attack on Derryard checkpoint: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launches an attack on a British Army temporary vehicle checkpoint near Rosslea, Northern Ireland. Two British soldiers are killed and two others are wounded.

The temperature on December 18, 1989 was between 8.9 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.