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• Erica Kay Mellema, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1990)
• Antonius Jacobus Henricus Joseph Schoenmakers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• Aartje Adriana van 't Hof (89)
• Antoon van Gaalen (68), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina de Veth (90), Roosendaal-Nispen
• Berend Jan Dorlas (70), Den Haag
• "Karl Norbert" Georg Maria Ferdinand Judas Thaddäus Josef Anton Benedikt Alois Tobias von Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (67), Grabs, Suisse
• An Reubsaet (65), Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Augustinus Jacobus Schenk (73)
• Aart Bos (87), Dordrecht
• Aria Christina Gijsbertha van Heemskerk (86)
• Count Karl of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg (67), Grabs, St. Gallen

• 1986 » Vladislav Gussev, Estonian footballer
• 1987 » Juan Joseph, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1988 » Danielle Savre, American actress
• 1988 » Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1988 » Evan Ross, American actor
• 1988 » Lars Stindl, German football player
• 1988 » Wayne Simmonds, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » James Harden, American basketball player
• 1990 » Mateo Musacchio, Argentinian footballer
• 1991 » Jessica Diggins, American cross-country skier

• 1986 » Ted Knight, American actor (b. 1923)
• 1987 » Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1987 » John Goddard, Barbadian-English cricketer and manager (b. 1919)
• 1988 » Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
• 1989 » Irving Stone, American author (b. 1903)
• 1990 » Tang Chang, Thai artist (b. 1934)
• 1991 » Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Bob de Moor, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 1993 » Reima Pietilä, Finnish architect, co-designed the Kaleva Church (b. 1923)
• 1995 » John Brunner, English-Scottish author and poet (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. Linda
5. Maria
6. Jessica
7. Charlotte
8. Samantha
9. Sanne
10. Sarah
11. Chantal
12. Johanna
13. Stephanie
14. Kim
15. Michelle
16. Daniëlle

• 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 3 » United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
• January 4 » In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
• January 13 » Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office as Governor of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia.
• June 2 » The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.
• 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 23 » Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.

The temperature on August 26, 1990 was between 12.8 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.