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• Beatrijs Landman, Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Rivka Thialda van de Vlugt, Spijkenisse,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)

• Antonia Anna Maria van der Velden (77), Amsterdam
• Adrianus van Riel (95), Nieuw-Ginneken
• Burginus Flinterman (62), Rotterdam
• Aldegonda Johanna Hendrina van Bracht (78), Venlo
• Cornelis Nicolaas Calis (74), Toronto
• Christiaan Van Veenendaal (69), Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Leonardus Wegh (87), Weurt, Nederland
• Antje van der Meer (79)
• Cornelia Maria Anthonia Gerritzen (83), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Nikolaas Calis (74), St. Thomas (Canada)

• 1987 » A-fu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter
• 1987 » Asmir Begović, Bosnian footballer
• 1987 » Carsten Ball, Australian tennis player
• 1987 » Joseph Ebuya, Kenyan runner
• 1987 » Kierra Sheard, American gospel singer
• 1989 » Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
• 1989 » Javier Pastore, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 » Terrelle Pryor, American football player
• 1990 » DeQuan Jones, American basketball player
• 1991 » Kalidou Koulibaly, Senegalese footballer

• 1974 » Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker player (b. 1912)
• 1975 » Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, Hatian anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (b. 1913)
• 1984 » Estelle Winwood, English actress (b. 1883)
• 1995 » Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and educator (b. 1911)
• 1997 » Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (b. 1917)
• 1999 » Clifton Fadiman, American game show host, author, and critic (b. 1902)
• 2001 » Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano (b. 1900)
• 2002 » Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (b. 1905)
• 2002 » Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (b. 1916)

• 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 29 » Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
• May 30 » Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
• June 28 » On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
• August 8 » Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
• October 15 » Eight of those convicted in the Rivonia Trial are released from prison.
• November 28 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.

The temperature on June 20, 1989 was between 12.5 °C and 28.5 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 15.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.