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• Anne-Laure, Emmanuelle TERRIER, Sens, Yonne, Bourgogne, FRANCE († 2019)
• Franciscus Johannes Marinus de Groot, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Xavier Nicolaas Schouten, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Marjoke (Maria Johanna) van Es, Zwolle

• Albertus Hendrikus Hogerbrug (80), Rotterdam
• Bernard Bogaart van den (77), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Gebberdina Veenstra (65), Leeuwarden
• Andreas Marinus de Hoogh (77), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Alexander H Hood (83), Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach City, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Bernard Joseph Tallerico (72), San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Bart Albertus Johannes Lindhout (72), Den Haag
• Arie Blokker (86), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hordijk (94), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aladia Philippi (77)

• 1985 » Harry Judd, English drummer and songwriter
• 1986 » Balázs Dzsudzsák, Hungarian footballer
• 1986 » Beau Champion, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 » T. J. Oshie, American ice hockey player
• 1986 » Thomas Bourgin, French motorcycle racer († 2013)
• 1987 » Owen Franks, New Zealand rugby player
• 1987 » Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer
• 1988 » Mallory Hagan, Miss America 2013
• 1989 » Liis Koger, Estonian painter and poet
• 1992 » Jeff Schlupp, German footballer

• 1979 » Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector (b. 1898)
• 1982 » Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 1983 » Colin Middleton, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Joan Lindsay, Australian author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1992 » Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (b. 1934)
• 1994 » Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1995 » Patric Knowles, English actor (b. 1911)
• 1998 » Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
• 2000 » Billy Barty, American actor (b. 1924)
• 2000 » Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, pianist, and conductor (b. 1909)

• 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.
• 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.
• July 17 » First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
• August 18 » Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
• September 13 » Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
• November 28 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.

The temperature on December 23, 1989 was between 3.8 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.