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• Adriaan Petrus Maria Edelbroek, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Elsien (Ellie) KOENS (42), Hengelo Gelderland Netherlands
• Cornelia Eurlinks (87), Tilburg Nederland
• Elisabeth Schuurman (86), Didam
• Albert VAN DER HEIDE (70), Netherlands
• Cornelia den Braber (78), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Abraham Leendert van Dop (66)
• Aleida MESSELINK (77), Enschede (Overijssel, The Netherlands)
• Arie Bosker (87), Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Annigje Vennik (95), Smilde, Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana van de Steenoven (74), Rotterdam, Nederland

• 1985 » Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
• 1986 » Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball player
• 1986 » Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
• 1986 » Lee DeWyze, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 » Marc Pugh, English footballer
• 1987 » Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer
• 1988 » Jesse Plemons, American actor
• 1990 » Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
• 1990 » Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
• 1991 » Quavo, American rapper

• 1977 » Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)
• 1989 » Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)
• 1992 » Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician (b. 1909)
• 1992 » Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954)
• 1994 » Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (b. 1916)
• 1994 » Marc Fitch, British historian and philanthropist (b. 1908)
• 1995 » Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1997 » Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (b. 1910)
• 1998 » Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (b. 1965)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Robert
4. Michael
5. Mark
6. Niels
7. Kevin
8. Patrick
9. Jeroen
10. Nick
11. Peter
12. Robin
13. David
14. Johannes
15. Martijn
16. Sander

1. Kim
2. Maria
3. Laura
4. Sanne
5. Linda
6. Jessica
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.
• February 2 » Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.
• February 14 » Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
• April 15 » Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.
• June 3 » The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
• October 17 » The 6.9 M_w Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing Sixty-three.
• November 7 » East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.

The temperature on April 2, 1989 was between 0.9 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.