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• Tessy Floor Bezemer, Uitgeest
• Ralisson Vitor Monteiro Bernardes do Nascimento, Paraiba do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1989)
• Derrick Austin Rensink († 2013)
• Sara Groenewoudt, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Aaltje Arema (83), Laren
• Antonia Maria Scheepers (88), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• André RICHARD (81), Biot Alpes-Maritimes Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur France
• Catharina Margaretha den Boer (75), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Allan Frederick Young Sr. (66)
• Anna Maria Gertrudis Schouenberg (90), Tegelen
• Abel Bruining (54), Eerbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberta van Piekeren (70), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Nöhrer (79), Schagen
• Elisabeth Elsie Dontje (91), Amsterdam

• 1987 » Jorge Andújar Moreno, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Ben Spina, Australian rugby league player
• 1988 » Gareth Evans, English footballer
• 1988 » Manuel Viniegra, Mexican footballer
• 1989 » Melvin Ingram, American football player
• 1990 » Mitch Rein, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 » Nevin Spence, Northern Irish rugby player († 2012)
• 1991 » Isaac Liu, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1991 » Lazaros Fotias, Greek footballer
• 1991 » Peter Handscomb, Australian cricketer

• 1986 » Bessie Love, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1986 » Broderick Crawford, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
• 1987 » John Silkin, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Shankar, Indian composer and conductor (b. 1922)
• 1989 » Lucille Ball, American model, actress, comedian, and producer (b. 1911)
• 1991 » A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist and historian, (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Leo Arnaud, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1904)
• 1991 » Richard Hatfield, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1931)

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.
• January 24 » Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, with over 30 known victims, is executed by the electric chair at the Florida State Prison.
• April 7 » Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.
• May 4 » Iran–Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal.
• December 1 » Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.
• December 2 » The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia.
• December 6 » The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.

The temperature on April 26, 1989 was between 0.2 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.