Events in the year 1989 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents Monarch: Beatrix Prime Minister: Ruud Lubbers

Events February–March - Beginning of the 1989–1990 Dutch farmers' protests 6 September – 1989 Dutch general election 22 October – 1989 De Meer nail bombs

Births

9 January Na-Young Jeon, stage actress and singer Michaëlla Krajicek, tennis player 13 March – Annick Lipman, handball player. 30 March – Denise Kielholtz, Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial artist 6 April – Elise van Hage, racing cyclist 9 April – Monique Smit, singer and television presenter 10 April – Rico Verhoeven, kickboxer 2 May – Sallie Harmsen, actress 20 May – Martine van der Velde, politician 30 May – Gijs Jorna, volleyball player 2 June – Darius van Driel, professional golfer 21 June – Jarno Gmelich, cyclist 8 July – Rachèl Louise, singer-songwriter 14 July – Patricia van der Vliet, fashion model 15 August – Yannick van de Velde, actor 16 August – Roeland Pruijssers, chess player. 4 September – Roy Eefting, road and track cyclist 9 September – Amber Brantsen, broadcaster and journalist 1 October – Robin van Roosmalen, kickboxer and mixed martial artist 21 October – Tony Junior, DJ and record producer 5 November – Marijke Synhaeve, politician 9 November – Reinout Scholten van Aschat, actor 11 November – Oedo Kuipers, singer and actor 16 November – Sanae Orchi, model, entrepreneur, presenter and journalist 17 November – Gwen van Poorten, presenter 3 December – Bette Franke, model

Full date missing Emil Landman, folk musician Yves Rogers, basketball player

Deaths

20 January – Dolf van Kol, footballer (b. 1902) 14 March – Jan de Groote, farmer and politician (b. 1911). 11 May – Johan Schouten, wrestler (b. 1910). 30 September – Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, socialist feminist politician (b. 1891) 20 October – Jan Stender, swimming coach (b. 1906) 29 November – Ann Burton (Johanna Rafalowicz), jazz singer (b. 1933)

Full date missing Tom Dissevelt, composer (b. 1921)

References