About the day » Tuesday August 16, 1988Calender converter

• Kenny Moortgat

• Albert Jean Auguste NAULAERTS (75), Brugge, 31005, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Arnold Henri Frederik Jan Noordeloos (59), Den Helder
• Alice Delano DeForest (79), Rancho La Laguna de San Francisco, Los Olivos, Santa Barbara, California, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Johannes Isarin (75), Dordrecht
• Aaltien Scholte (66), Emmen
• Adriaan Johan ISARIN (75), Dordrecht
• Aaltje Koopmans (93), Oostrum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Clasina Christina van Loenen (78), Volendam
• Albertine Anna Emilia Daems (79), Hoboken 2660
• Andrew Navis (80), Brandon (Fond du Lac), Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten

• 1984 » Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater
• 1985 » Cristin Milioti, American actress
• 1986 » Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
• 1987 » Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress and singer.
• 1988 » Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer
• 1989 » Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
• 1989 » Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
• 1990 » Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 » José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer

• 1979 » John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 1984 » Duško Radović, Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902)
• 1989 » Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1990 » Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler and trainer (b. 1925)
• 1991 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1992 » Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1951)
• 1993 » Stewart Granger, English-American actor (b. 1913)

1. Thomas
2. Jeroen
3. Jan
4. Michael
5. Kevin
6. Robert
7. Mark
8. Johannes
9. Tim
10. Frank
11. Patrick
12. Dennis
13. Bart
14. Daniel
15. Nick
16. Pieter

1. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Linda
4. Laura
5. Anne
6. Johanna
7. Sarah
8. Sandra
9. Samantha
10. Sanne
11. Kim
12. Anna
13. Stephanie
14. Nicole
15. Esther
16. Chantal

• 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.
• February 29 » South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with one hundred other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
• March 17 » Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
• June 1 » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
• July 3 » The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.
• August 1 » A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
• September 29 » NASA launches STS-26, the first mission since the Challenger disaster.

The temperature on August 16, 1988 was between 8.0 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.