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Day of death December 26, 1986

• The temperature on December 26, 1986 was between 0.6 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written.
  • June 4 » Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
  • June 14 » The Mindbender derails and kills three riders at the Fantasyland (known today as Galaxyland) indoor amusement park in Edmonton, Alberta.
  • August 31 » The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
  • October 21 » In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
  • November 26 » Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress (b. 1902)
• 1987 » Dorothy Bliss, American invertebrate zoologist, curator at the American Museum of Natural History (b. 1916)
• 1988 » Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (b. 1907)
• 1988 » Pablo Sorozábal, German-Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1897)
• 1989 » Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
• 1990 » Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (b. 1923)