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• Melissa Constance Linszen
• Dennis Kramer, Velp († 1989)
• Sanne Johans van Bruggen († 2009)
• Meagan Danielle Boughner, Pensacola,, Flevoland, Nederland († 2000)

• Anna Helena HOEKSTRA (80), Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adeline Paulina Vandewynckele (93), Menen
• Anthonia van de Klok (91), Utrecht
• Adriaan Brandwijk (78)
• Cornelia de Fluiter (91), Enschede
• Adriaan Brandwijk (78)
• Adrianus Zwaans (82), Waspik St Jozefhuis
• "Marc" Anne François Joseph Ghislain Gerard (77), Paris
• Albertus Wilhelmus Hetterscheidt (83), Varseveld (Gl)
• Clyde Franklin Hart (82), Lafayette County, Florida, Verenigde Staten

• 1987 » Bradley Johnson, English footballer
• 1987 » Ryan Conroy, Scottish footballer
• 1987 » Samantha Akkineni, Indian actress and model
• 1987 » Zoran Tošić, Serbian footballer
• 1988 » Jonathan Biabiany, French footballer
• 1988 » Juan Manuel Mata, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Katariina Tuohimaa, Finnish tennis player
• 1989 » Emil Salomonsson, Swedish footballer
• 1989 » Kim Sung-kyu, South Korean singer
• 1990 » Niels-Peter Mørck, Danish footballer

• 1980 » Tommy Caldwell, American bass player (b. 1949)
• 1987 » Ben Linder, American engineer and activist (b. 1959)
• 1991 » Steve Broidy, American film producer (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Francis Bacon, Irish painter (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Diva Diniz Corrêa, Brazilian zoologist (b. 1918)
• 1993 » Jim Valvano, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1946)
• 1994 » Berton Roueché, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1996 » Lester Sumrall, American minister, founded LeSEA (b. 1913)
• 1997 » Ann Petry, American novelist (b. 1908)
• 1998 » Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter (b. 1923)

• 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.
• April 26 » People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.
• June 5 » The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
• 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 7 » U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
• August 23 » Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
• October 15 » Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.

The temperature on April 28, 1989 was between -0.2 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.