About the day » Tuesday September 27, 1988Calender converter

• Arnold Perry Patton (59), Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
• Bertha Els Dom (81), Herentals, België
• Christina (Abel Bernardus Drent) Hogelink (97), Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Alphonsus Ludovicus Colman (82), Sint-Niklaas
• Cornelia Hendrina Bax (77), Zeist, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Adriana Dymphna Maria van Broekhoven (76), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Joannes Andreas Maria Verhoeven (88), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• Aubrey Wesson (38)
• Alfred R Plescia (74), Cerritos, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Annigje Hondema (101)

• 1985 » Massimo Bertocchi, Canadian decathlete
• 1986 » Matt Shoemaker American baseball player
• 1986 » Ricardo Risatti, Argentinian race car driver
• 1986 » Vin Mazzaro, American baseball player
• 1987 » Ádám Bogdán, Hungarian footballer
• 1987 » Austin Carlile, American singer-songwriter
• 1987 » Olga Puchkova, Russian tennis player
• 1987 » Vanessa James, French figure skater
• 1988 » Lisa Ryzih, German pole vaulter
• 1989 » Park Tae-hwan, South Korean swimmer

• 1981 » Robert Montgomery, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904)
• 1983 » Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (b. 1911)
• 1984 » Chronis Exarhakos, Greek actor (b. 1932)
• 1985 » Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. 1902)
• 1986 » Cliff Burton, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1962)
• 1991 » Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1904)
• 1992 » Zhang Leping, Chinese comic artist (b. 1910)
• 1993 » Fraser MacPherson, Canadian saxophonist and educator (b. 1928)
• 1993 » Jimmy Doolittle, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1896)
• 1996 » Mohammad Najibullah, Afghan physician and politician, 7th President of Afghanistan (b. 1947)

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. Jessica
2. Maria
3. Linda
4. Laura
5. Anne
6. Sarah
7. Johanna
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.
• March 17 » A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
• May 29 » The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
• August 8 » The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
• August 21 » The 6.9 M_w  Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
• November 2 » The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
• November 15 » The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.

The temperature on September 27, 1988 was between 15.0 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.