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• Wenstoney Vicente Basilio Boeldak

• Augustinus SEGERS (82), Geel,2440,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Arlie MILAM (82), Bolt, Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States of America
• Annabelle Mansperger (79), Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Heesakkers (75), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anneke Smit (43), Enkhuizen, NH, Nederland
• (91), Kruibeke
• antonius (toon) teeuwen (87), helden-panningen (wietel)
• Alida Gerarda Elisabeth Johanna Dubelaar (71)
• Alice Kathleen Cavanagh (81), Malborough, Massachesetts
• Adrianus Boon (46), Den Helder

• 1987 » Ben McKinley, Australian footballer
• 1987 » Cameron Wood, Australian footballer
• 1988 » Adam Watts, English footballer
• 1988 » Gal Mekel, Israeli basketball player
• 1988 » Laura Siegemund, German tennis player
• 1989 » Benjamin Kiplagat, Ugandan long-distance runner
• 1990 » Andrea Bowen, American actress
• 1990 » Draymond Green, American basketball player
• 1990 » Fran Mérida, Spanish footballer
• 1990 » Paddy Madden, Irish footballer

• 1986 » Albert L. Lehninger, American biochemist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1986 » Elizabeth Smart, Canadian poet and author (b. 1913)
• 1986 » Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1943)
• 1987 » Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1988 » Beatriz Guido, Argentine author and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Tiny Grimes, American guitarist (b. 1916)
• 1990 » Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
• 1991 » Godfrey Bryan, English cricketer (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Art Babbitt, American animator and director (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Pare Lorentz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)

• 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 8 » Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.
• 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.
• September 11 » Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
• December 22 » Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife flee Bucharest in a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.
• December 25 » Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.
• December 29 » Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.

The temperature on March 4, 1989 was between 3.5 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.