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• Mirjam de HAAN, Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Sander van den Berg
• Patrick Hardeman, Wageningen († 2008)

• Annegina van Waggendorff van Rijn (74), Anna Paulowna (gem. Alkmaar)
• Cornelis Pieter Boezel (63), Badhoevedorp, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Gerardus Norbertus Elias (80), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacobdr van der Molen (86), Broek op Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Bloks (83), Eindhoven
• Donald E. Stiffler (59)
• Aaltje Roelofje Bijker (93)
• Derk Haan (75), Deventer
• Anje (Anne) Evenhouse (86), Modesto California, Verenigde Staten
• Aart de Jong (61), Haarlem

• 1988 » Anthony Castonzo, American football player
• 1988 » Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, Greek footballer
• 1988 » Willian, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 » Jason Heyward, American baseball player
• 1989 » Kento Ono, Japanese actor and model
• 1989 » Stefano Okaka, Italian footballer
• 1990 » İshak Doğan, Turkish footballer
• 1990 » Brice Roger, French skier
• 1990 » Sarah McBride, American LGBT activist
• 1990 » Stuart McInally, Scottish rugby player

• 1979 » Walter O'Malley, American businessman (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906)
• 1981 » Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (b. 1904)
• 1985 » Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1927)
• 1988 » Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer and poet (b. 1905)
• 1988 » M. Carl Holman, American author, educator, poet, and playwright (b. 1919)
• 1990 » Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
• 1992 » Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer and actor (b. 1938)
• 1995 » Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1996 » Frank Whittle, English soldier and engineer, invented the jet engine (b. 1907)

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.
• February 14 » Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.
• June 3 » The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
• August 2 » A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
• November 10 » Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall.
• November 13 » Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.
• December 17 » The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".

The temperature on August 9, 1989 was between 10.9 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.