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• Elizabeth Dewar Schleef († 1989)
• Loes van der Zande, Rotterdam († 1989)
• Lisanne van Ellen, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland

• Cornelis Bernardus (Antonie Emma Huls) Rolink (82), Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Agatha Petronella Josephine Scholte (75), Rotterdam
• Cornelis Joannes Augustinus Vercoelen (85), Veldhoven
• Annie Harrell (74)
• Cornelis Gerardus Josephus Verbeek (86), Den Haag
• Albert Brugmans (80), Zaltbommel
• Anna KUPERUS (94), Heemstede
• Cornelia Blok (93), Maassluis
• Adam Post (68)
• Cornelis Ijsbrands Veenstra (62), Tietjerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1985 » Chace Crawford, American actor
• 1985 » James Norton, English actor
• 1985 » Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer
• 1986 » Natalia Mikhailova, Russian ice dancer
• 1987 » Tontowi Ahmad, Indonesian badminton player
• 1988 » Änis Ben-Hatira, German-Tunisian footballer
• 1988 » César Villaluz, Mexican footballer
• 1989 » Jamie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Sebastian Mielitz, German footballer
• 1989 » Yohan Mollo, French footballer

• 1982 » Roman Jakobson, Russian–American linguist and theorist (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Grigori Kromanov, Estonian director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 1984 » Lally Bowers, English actress (b. 1914)
• 1987 » Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman (b. 1907)
• 1988 » Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1924)
• 1988 » Nico, German singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and actress (b. 1938)
• 1989 » Donnie Moore, American baseball player (b. 1954)
• 1989 » Rebecca Schaeffer, American model and actress (b. 1967)
• 1990 » Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1896)
• 1990 » Yun Posun, South Korean politician, 2nd President of South Korea (b. 1897)

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

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 29 » Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
• March 19 » The Egyptian flag is raised at Taba, marking the end of Israeli occupation since the Six Days War in 1967 and the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in 1979.
• April 26 » People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests.
• September 8 » Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.
• November 17 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
• December 1 » Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.

The temperature on July 18, 1989 was between 12.9 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.