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• Baatje Cornelia Grootenboer (88), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis, Franciscus, Joannes (Cor) Hesse (78), Den Burg, Texel
• Anita Celio Gisenas (84)
• Alfons Moorthamer (76), Beveren
• Aart Jan Wijnbergen (81)
• Agatha Alida Adriana Bruin (89), Den Haag
• Cornelis Nolten (37), Voorhout
• Adriaan METSKE (74), Rhoon
• Adriaan Johannes Wirtz (77), Oudelande, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Krol (82), -

• 1987 » Adam Warren, American baseball player
• 1987 » Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 » Blake Lively, American model and actress
• 1987 » James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
• 1987 » Justin Upton, American baseball player
• 1987 » Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
• 1987 » Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer
• 1988 » Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer
• 1989 » Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer
• 1990 » Max Muncy, American baseball player

• 1980 » Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
• 1981 » Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1915)
• 1982 » Anna German, Polish singer (b. 1936)
• 1984 » Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1984 » Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (b. 1921)
• 1984 » Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1899)
• 1988 » Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901)
• 1990 » Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1995 » Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player and producer (b. 1951)
• 1998 » Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (b. 1907)

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.
• April 1 » Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
• July 27 » While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232.
• August 18 » Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
• November 7 » Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
• 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 17 » The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".

The temperature on August 25, 1989 was between 7.6 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.