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• Julien MALBRECQ, Ath, 7800, Hainaut, Belgique

• Adrianus Joannes Maria Mutsaers (63), Tilburg Netherlands
• Anna Slangen (86), Amsterdam
• Arend Jan Huiskes (91), Hengelo
• André Barbiers (62), Sint-Amandsberg
• Anna Maria Barbara VROMEN (77), Kerkrade
• Antonie Cornelis Koudijs (81), Austerlitz
• Barend Bakker (81), Ameland (friesland)
• * Adrianus (Janus) van Rooden (80), Hei-en Boeicop
• Antje Joukes Feddema (89), Leeuwarden
• Adolph Conrad Swanson (85), Stanislaus County-California (USA)

• 1984 » Duane Solomon, American runner
• 1984 » Martin Kaymer, German golfer
• 1985 » Kamani Hill, American soccer player
• 1986 » Tom Huddlestone, English footballer
• 1987 » Matthias Schwarz, German footballer
• 1989 » Salvador Sobral, Portuguese singer and Eurovision winner
• 1990 » Ayele Abshero, Ethiopian runner
• 1990 » Bastiaan Lijesen, Dutch swimmer
• 1990 » David Archuleta, American singer-songwriter
• 1994 » Adam Peaty, English swimmer

• 1983 » William Demarest, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Sam Peckinpah, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1986 » Jan Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (b. 1922)
• 1986 » John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Hermann Oberth, Romanian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1990 » Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
• 1992 » Sal Maglie, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
• 1993 » William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911)

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.
• June 4 » Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
• August 8 » Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
• August 24 » Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
• 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).
• December 16 » Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés.
• December 17 » Fernando Collor de Mello defeats Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected President in almost 30 years.

The temperature on December 28, 1989 was between 0.2 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.