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• Marthe Frances Wijmenga, Glimmen, Groningen, Nederland († 2008)

• ANGELA MICHELLE Hillman (0), Australia
• Cheryl Joy Loomans (32)
• Celeste Gloria Suiker (55)
• Anna Maria Timmermans (78), Bakel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Beulah L. Hoskin (76), Spokane, Spokane Co., Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Aloys Schoneveld (61), Lonneker
• Carol A Cain (49)
• Alphonsus Lodewijk Jacob Geerts (87), Antwerpen, Belgium
• Alfons Ooms (79), Heusden, Limburg, België
• Bernardus Wilhelmus Liebrand (70), Doetinchem

• 1987 » Brian Dozier, American baseball player
• 1987 » David Adams, American baseball player
• 1987 » Mark Fayne, American ice hockey player
• 1987 » Michael Brantley, American baseball player
• 1988 » Indrek Kajupank, Estonian basketball player
• 1988 » Scott Laird, English footballer
• 1989 » Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer
• 1990 » Jordan Eberle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 » Lee Jong-hyun, Korean guitarist
• 1990 » Stella Maxwell, New Zealand model

• 1985 » Jackie Curtis, American actress and writer (b. 1947)
• 1986 » Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
• 1986 » Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1989 » Luc Lacourcière, Canadian ethnographer and author (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian ethnologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1991 » Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)
• 1991 » Fritz Riess, German race car driver (b. 1922)
• 1993 » Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (b. 1933)
• 1994 » Gilbert Roland, American actor (b. 1905)

• 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.
• June 19 » The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
• June 20 » The 7.4 M_w  Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.
• July 11 » Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
• August 12 » Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
• August 13 » A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwan's naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese illegal immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.

The temperature on May 15, 1990 was between 4.6 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.