About the day » Wednesday May 23, 1990Calender converter

• Kees Rijk, Oudeschild (Texel, NH) († 1994)
• Timothé Georges Jacques Victor Boerstra, Caluire (F) († 2002)
• Kees Rijk, Oudeschild († 1994)

• Agnes Maria Mathea Giesen (75), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Candler Warren White (91), Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia
• Cornelia Kardol (84), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Antonia ARINK (79), Winterswijk
• Anthony James Williams (66), Danzig
• Bernardus KRABBE (77), Enschede, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barend Jansen (85), Diever, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina Elsje Wind (74), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Josepha Kemmerling (103), Heerlen, LI, Netherlands
• Aagje Elisabeth Molenaar (80), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1988 » Angelo Ogbonna, Italian footballer
• 1988 » Morgan Pressel, American golfer
• 1988 » Rosanna Crawford, Canadian biathlete
• 1989 » Ezequiel Schelotto, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Dan Evans, British tennis player
• 1990 » Kristina Kucova, Slovakian tennis player
• 1990 » Oliver Venno, Estonian volleyball player
• 1991 » Aaron Donald, American football player
• 1991 » César Pinares, Chilean footballer
• 1991 » Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter

• 1986 » Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Karl Koch, German computer hacker (b. 1965)
• 1991 » Fletcher Markle, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)
• 1991 » Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1907)
• 1991 » Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
• 1992 » Giovanni Falcone, Italian lawyer and judge (b. 1939)
• 1992 » Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (b. 1948)
• 1994 » Olav Hauge, Norwegian poet (b. 1908)
• 1996 » Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1934)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Michael
4. Johannes
5. Mark
6. Kevin
7. Tim
8. Jeroen
9. Dennis
10. Nick
11. Rick
12. Alexander
13. Robin
14. Bas
15. Robert
16. Wouter

1. Laura
2. Anne
3. Anna
4. Maria
5. Linda
6. Jessica
7. Charlotte
8. Samantha
9. Sanne
10. Sarah
11. Chantal
12. Stephanie
13. Johanna
14. Kim
15. Michelle
16. Lisa

• 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 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 14.9 million citizens.
• March 15 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
• April 12 » Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
• August 8 » Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
• September 20 » South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
• October 15 » Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
• December 22 » Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.

The temperature on May 23, 1990 was between 6.2 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.