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• Bas Vermin, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• harjanne van den berg, zwartsluis († 2019)

• Agnes Clementine Molderings (72), Geldern, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Abraham (Bram) Mioch (79), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Josepha Francisca Adriaensen (72), Vosselaar
• Anna Liduina Wilhelmina Maria van Adrichem (58), Hoek van Holland
• Anna Genetta Soederhuijsen (93), Amsterdam
• (1) Jacob Joustra (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Albertus Samuëlsz van der Meij (76), Leiderdorp
• Ad Theunis (72), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus van der Meij (76), Leiderdorp
• Antonius Marinus van Kempen (77), Den Haag

• 1986 » Kade Snowden, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 » Nate Freiman, American baseball player
• 1987 » Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast
• 1987 » Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
• 1987 » Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
• 1987 » Nemanja Nikolić, Hungarian footballer
• 1989 » Brian Gregan, Irish sprinter and athlete
• 1990 » Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
• 1991 » Bojana Jovanovski, Serbian tennis player
• 1991 » Noelle Stevenson, American cartoonist

• 1983 » Sevim Burak, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1931)
• 1985 » Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1940)
• 1987 » Jerry Turner, American journalist (b. 1929)
• 1988 » Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (b. 1907)
• 1990 » George Allen, American football player and coach (b. 1918)
• 1990 » Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (b. 1891)
• 1990 » Vasily Lazarev, Russian physician, colonel, and astronaut (b. 1928)
• 1993 » Brandon Teena, American murder victim (b. 1972)
• 1993 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (b. 1939)
• 1994 » Woody Strode, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1914)

• 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.
• February 24 » United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
• April 26 » People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.
• July 17 » First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
• October 15 » Eight of those convicted in the Rivonia Trial are released from prison.
• December 10 » Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.

The temperature on December 31, 1989 was between 0.2 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.