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• Maxime COPPENS, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles, 1070, Brabant, Belgique
• Charlotte Matze, Leiden († 1989)
• Michiel Schrijver († 2005)
• Florent POELMANS
• James Stol, Edmonton (Canada) († 1989)
• Kevin Stol, Edmonton (Canada) († 1989)
• Natalie Matze, Leiden († 1989)
• Thomas Platje († 1996)
• Matthew Ryan STEARNS, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 1990)

• Cornelia Mulder (94), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Martina (Toos) Tuerlings (55), Tilburg
• Antje Bregtje Kostelijk (72), Den Haag
• Evert Turksema (71), Nieuwegein
• Emilien Hubert Albert Armand PONET (67), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Antoinetta Josephina Linders (90), Nederweert
• Anna LIEFTINK (80), Wisch, Gelderland, NEDERLAND, Sinderen
• Clementina Amalia Josephina Borcharding (79), Zoetermeer
• Cornelis van der Plas (80), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Petrus van Diepen (92), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1987 » Knut Børsheim, Norwegian golfer
• 1987 » Sara Errani, Italian tennis player
• 1988 » Alfred Hui, Hong Kong singer
• 1988 » Elías Hernández, Mexican footballer
• 1988 » Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 » Jovan Leacock, American football player
• 1988 » Taoufik Makhloufi, Algerian athlete
• 1988 » Younha, South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer
• 1991 » Adam Smith, English footballer
• 1991 » Jung Hye-sung, South Korean actress

• 1978 » Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1979 » Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (b. 1899)
• 1982 » Raymond Bussières, French actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Mae Clarke, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1993 » Michael Gordon, American actor and director (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1946)
• 1997 » Mike Royko, American journalist and author (b. 1932)
• 1998 » Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)

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

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 4 » Second Gulf of Sidra incident: A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
• May 1 » Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
• May 12 » The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people. A week later an underground gasoline pipeline explodes killing two more people.
• May 30 » Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
• 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.
• July 6 » The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: Sixteen bus passengers are killed when a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad took control of the bus and drove it over a cliff.

The temperature on April 29, 1989 was between -1.8 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.