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• Ellen Stoter, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Andries (Andrew) Kooiman (66), Lowell, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Aernouts (86), Mesnil-Saint-Blaise
• Anna Maria Aernouts (86), Mesnil-Saint-Blaise
• Constantia Elisabeth Jacoba Vanheertum (80), Turnhout
• Christoffer Padding (67), LEIDEN, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiana Johanna Stokhof (82), Den Helder
• Bernard Johan te Beest (62), Doetinchem
• Anna Cornelia van den Berg (90), het rusthuis 'De Gollards', De Zes 12 in den Burg
• Alida Adriana van Heijst (80)
• Catharina Konijnenberg (80), Haarlem

• 1987 » Kendrick Lamar, American rapper
• 1987 » Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer and actress
• 1988 » Andrew Ogilvy, Australian basketball player
• 1988 » Shaun MacDonald, Welsh footballer
• 1988 » Stephanie Rice, Australian swimmer
• 1989 » Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer
• 1989 » Simone Battle, American singer and actress († 2014)
• 1990 » Jordan Henderson, English footballer
• 1990 » Josh Mansour, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 » Daniel Tupou, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

• 1979 » Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Richard O'Connor, Indian-English general (b. 1889)
• 1981 » Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (b. 1889)
• 1982 » Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
• 1983 » Peter Mennin, American composer and educator (b. 1923)
• 1985 » John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 1986 » Kate Smith, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1987 » Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)
• 1996 » Curt Swan, American illustrator (b. 1920)
• 1996 » Thomas Kuhn, American historian and philosopher (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 30 » The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.
• April 2 » Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
• August 23 » Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
• September 11 » Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
• November 9 » Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin.
• December 29 » Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.

The temperature on June 17, 1989 was between 13.5 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.