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• Godefridus Antonius H van Strijdhoven
• Jesse Marijnissen, Breda

• Elisabeth Kruimer (83), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Anne Maris (85), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cyrilla E Schu (94), Lancaster, Erie Co., New York, Verenigde Staten
• Edna Pearl Steele (92), Anaheim, Orange, California, United States
• A. Neuenhaus (53), Heerlen
• Edward Snuttjer (78), Sanborn, O'Brien County, Iowa
• Anna van Holland (93), Wisconsin
• Anna Maria Petronella van Herpen (88)
• Anna Johanna Severijns (95), Turnhout (België)
• Elisabeth BERGHMANS (73), Lommel Belgie

• 1986 » Ömer Aşık, Turkish basketball player
• 1986 » Nguyen Ngoc Duy, Vietnamese footballer
• 1987 » Guram Kashia, Georgian footballer
• 1987 » Wude Ayalew, Ethiopian runner
• 1988 » Angelique Boyer, French-Mexican actress
• 1989 » Benjamin Büchel, Liechtensteiner footballer
• 1990 » Ihar Yasinski, Belarusian footballer
• 1990 » Jake Gardiner, American ice hockey player
• 1990 » Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer
• 1990 » Richard Mpong, Ghanaian footballer

• 1984 » Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
• 1986 » Flor Peeters, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Oscar Zariski, Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1899)
• 1986 » Paul-Gilbert Langevin, French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (b. 1933)
• 1988 » Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (b. 1954)
• 1990 » Olive Ann Burns, American journalist and author (b. 1924)
• 1991 » Art Sansom, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 1991 » Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (b. 1936)
• 1992 » Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian bandoneon player and composer (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Bona Arsenault, Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (b. 1903)

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. Tim

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.
• February 8 » Independent Air Flight 1851 strikes Pico Alto mountain while on approach to Santa Maria Airport (Azores) killing all 144 passengers on board.
• March 24 » In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000m) of crude oil after running aground.
• May 4 » Iran–Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal.
• August 7 » U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
• August 25 » Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time.
• October 3 » A coup in Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed.

The temperature on July 4, 1989 was between 11.7 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.