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• Guido Johan Witmer, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Aria Krikke
• Toine Christian Witmer, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Zachary Thomas Davis Borgman, Battle Creek Calhoun Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1991)

• Charlotte Alice Ehlen (89), Cranwell, Linconshire
• Aafien van Loenen (79), Westerbroek
• Amélia Teixeira de Carvalho (81), São Roque, São Paulo, Brasil
• Dirk Versloot (60)
• Angenietje Hendrika Van Der Molen (92), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Stolk (76), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Derkje Thomassen (87), Lochem
• Egbert Snijders (94), Anerveen
• Arnolda Jacoba Spierings (89), Tilburg
• Anna Eleanor Morey (77), Lima, Allen Co.Ohio

• 1985 » Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler and actress
• 1986 » Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actress
• 1986 » Lucas Duda, American baseball player
• 1986 » Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater
• 1988 » Cho Kyuhyun, South Korean singer
• 1989 » Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer
• 1990 » Martin Taupau, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 » Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 1991 » Corey Norman, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » Olli Aitola, Finnish ice hockey player

• 1975 » Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1904)
• 1975 » William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (b. 1873)
• 1985 » Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1912)
• 1989 » John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1989 » Lionel Newman, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1916)
• 1991 » Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1927)
• 1996 » Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker (b. 1922)
• 1999 » Gwen Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1950)
• 2005 » Zurab Zhvania, Georgian biologist and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)

• 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 20 » George H. W. Bush is inaugurated the 41st President of the United States of America.
• February 3 » A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
• July 5 » Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions are later overturned.
• August 23 » Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
• October 1 » Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
• December 28 » A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.

The temperature on February 3, 1989 was between 0.5 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.