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• Bjørnar Mellingen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway († 2010)
• Jens Wyffels, Menen († 2024)
• Bianca Petronella Geertruida Jochems

• Antoon Peter Louis Hubert Thissen (78), Stein,, Limburg, Nederland
• Antoon Ruth Aantjes (74), Amsterdam
• Ariaantje Been (92), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert de Merode, Westerlo, België
• Albert Vaerewijck (67), Stekene, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• André Jansz X Tros (85), Alkmaar
• "Geoffroy" Marie Emmanuel Budes de Guébriant (77), Westerloo, Belgique
• Arijaantje (Goosje) Groot (95), Hoofddorp, NH, Nederland
• Andreas Arnoldus (André) Tros (85), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bettie Cathren Cox (87), Bell County, Texas

• 1987 » Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian skier
• 1988 » Arrelious Benn, American football player
• 1988 » Chantal Jones, American model and actress
• 1988 » Rie Kaneto, Japanese swimmer
• 1989 » Avicii, Swedish electronic musician († 2018)
• 1989 » Gylfi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1990 » Jos Buttler, English cricketer
• 1990 » Matt Barkley, American football player
• 1990 » Musa Nizam, Turkish footballer
• 1990 » Tokelo Rantie, South African footballer

• 1980 » Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1981 » Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1981 » Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and educator (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (b. 1901)
• 1983 » Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
• 1985 » John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1990 » Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1991 » Alex North, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
• 1997 » Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (b. 1932)
• 1999 » Moondog, American-German singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (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 30 » The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.
• February 3 » After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
• April 27 » The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
• 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 2 » A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
• December 17 » Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timișoara, Romania, with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.

The temperature on September 8, 1989 was between 10.4 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.