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Born on Tuesday October 4, 1988
- Jan (Arjan) Fennema, Stadskanaal Groningen Nederland († 2002)
- Jan Fennema, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland († 2002)
- Jan Fennema, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands († 2002)
- Rick van der Linden
- Linda de Ram († 1988)
- Elsemieke Willems, Arnhem
- Robin Pieter Cornelis Peters, Emmen († 1988)
- Nadie Winde, Rotterdam
Died on Tuesday October 4, 1988
- Ethel Chloe Cooper (83), Kehoe, Kentucky
- * Johannes Schroijen (89), Horn
- Albertus Johannes Petrus Marinus Rooij de (81), Nijmegen, Gld, Nederland
- Albertus Lenaerts (72), Vremde, Provincie Antwerpen
- Cornelia Maria Antoinette Star (89)
- Edward H Daume (91), Gwinnett Med Ctr, Lawrencevllle, Gwinnett Co, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
- Evert Jan Makkinga (63), ommen
- Antoon VAN CAPPELLEN (91), Jette,1090,Bruxelles,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
- Florimond Petrus van OVERMEEREN (69), Hulst (Zeeland) (NL)
- Fillipo di Stefano (61), Messina, Sicilia, Italy
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 4, 1988 at Delpher
Born on October 4
- 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
Died on October 4
- 1980 » Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Byelorussia (b. 1918)
- 1981 » Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
- 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 » Otto Ernst Remer, German general (b. 1912)
Names that were popular for boys in 1988
- Thomas
- Jeroen
- Jan
- Michael
- Kevin
- Robert
- Mark
- Johannes
- Tim
- Frank
- Patrick
- Dennis
- Bart
- Daniel
- Pieter
- Nick
Names that were popular for girls in 1988
- Maria
- Jessica
- Linda
- Laura
- Sarah
- Anne
- Johanna
- Sandra
- Sanne
- Samantha
- Anna
- Kim
- Stephanie
- Nicole
- Esther
- Chantal
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1988
- 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
- April 4 » Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
- April 25 » In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
- May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
- August 20 » Iran-Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
- August 21 » The 6.9 Mw Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
- October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
Weather October 4, 1988
The temperature on October 4, 1988 was between 8.2 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.