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• Aukje Jacobs Zoer (91), Joure, Skarsterlân, Friesland, Nederland
• Christoffel van Alphen (61), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Akke Bijsma (92)
• Coleta Maria De bruyn (84), Bornem
• Charles Emmit Higdon (90), Grayson County, Kentucky
• Christianus Maria van Reeken (77), Maastricht
• Anna Cornelia Antonissen (80), Zundert * Nl *
• Anne Fokkes Veenstra (86), Warga, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Vos (84), Almelo
• Cleo Waye Davis **** (81), Sarasota, Florida, Verenigde Staten

• 1987 » Marina Weisband, German politician
• 1987 » Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer
• 1987 » Will Puddy, English footballer
• 1988 » Caner Erkin, Turkish footballer
• 1988 » Derrick Rose, American basketball player
• 1988 » Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater
• 1988 » Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer
• 1989 » Dakota Johnson, American model and actress
• 1990 » Sergey Shubenkov, Russian hurdler
• 1990 » Signy Aarna, Estonian footballer

• 1982 » Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1932)
• 1982 » Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, 165th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1898)
• 1988 » Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1989 » Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 1990 » Mārtiņš Zīverts, Latvian playwright (b. 1903)
• 1992 » Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1936)
• 1994 » Danny Gatton, American guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1997 » Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game designer, created Game Boy (b. 1941)
• 1997 » Otto Ernst Remer, German general (b. 1912)
• 1998 » S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian and academic (b. 1930)

• 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.
• January 18 » Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
• March 11 » Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
• May 13 » The Dinamo–Red Star riot took place at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb, Croatia between the Bad Blue Boys (fans of Dinamo Zagreb) and the Delije (fans of Red Star Belgrade).
• July 16 » The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac.
• August 8 » Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
• November 16 » Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.

The temperature on October 4, 1990 was between 8.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.