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• Dean Kyle Koehn, KS, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• inge p.m. (inge) martens, helden-beringe
• Mariëlla Schonewille, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1989)
• Mariella Schonewille, Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1989)

• Barendina Gerritsen (96), Veenendaal, Nederland
• Arjaan van Zundert (71)
• Arie van Rijn (87), Katwijk
• Abraham Pieter Moggré (70), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Akse (79), Enschede
• Agnes Christina Lauwers (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Maria Catharina Smeets (85), Thorn
• Albertje Elzinga (86), -
• Adrianus Leendert Tupker (89), Zwolle, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alfons Smets (71), Balen (B), België

• 1984 » Prince Fielder, American baseball player
• 1985 » Henrique Andrade Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 » Jake Long, American football player
• 1987 » Kevin Gameiro, French footballer
• 1987 » Scott Bolton, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 » Vitaliy Pushkar, Ukrainian race car driver
• 1988 » J. R. Fitzpatrick, Canadian race car driver
• 1989 » Ellen White, English footballer
• 1991 » Majlinda Kelmendi, Kosovar judoka
• 1992 » Dan Burn, English footballer

• 1980 » Kate Molale, South African activist (b. 1928)
• 1981 » Nelson Algren, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Henry Bachtold, Australian soldier and railway engineer (b. 1891)
• 1985 » Edmond O'Brien, American actor and director (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountaineer (b. 1914)
• 1987 » Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1993 » Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1932)
• 1994 » Elias Motsoaledi, South African activist (b. 1924)
• 1997 » Marco Ferreri, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 1997 » Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (b. 1926)

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

1. Kim
2. Maria
3. Laura
4. Linda
5. Sanne
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.
• April 7 » Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.
• April 9 » Tbilisi massacre: an anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
• April 19 » A gun turret explodes on the USSIowa, killing 47 sailors.
• 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.
• July 19 » United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
• November 10 » Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall.

The temperature on May 9, 1989 was between 6.6 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.