About the day » Saturday January 2, 1988Calender converter

• Erik Schallenberg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Mubarak Abdulmumini, Katsina, Nigeria († 1999)
• Y MAZENIER, Emmen († 1988)
• Y. Mazenier, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1988)
• x Mazenier, Emmen († 1988)

• Annie Loeffen (59), Tiel
• Alida Petronella Massa (64), Nijmegen
• Anna Johanna Christina Sprong (75), Rotterdam, ZH Netherlands
• Carolus Ludovicus (Louis) HERINX (81), Brunssum (NL/LI)
• Arina Clazina Goedhart (82), Gouda
• Adriana Cornelia Brekelmans (88)
• Berend Wolters (82)
• Aleida Johanna Oude Nijhuis (76), Hengelo
• "Adrien" François Xavier Jean Frédéric Hubert Marie Ghislain du Bois d'Aische (66), Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Bruxelles, Belgique
• Ada Irene Pearce Combest [sWksFwkmctBu]Wk? "Irene" (72), Henderson County, Kentucky

• 1977 » Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
• 1979 » Jonathan Greening English footballer
• 1981 » Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 » Kate Bosworth, American actress
• 1987 » Robert Milsom, English footballer
• 1988 » Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player
• 1992 » Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
• 1992 » Paulo Gazzaniga, Argentinian footballer, goalkeeper
• 1998 » Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Dutch footballer

• 1977 » Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (b. 1899)
• 1989 » Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954)
• 1990 » Alan Hale Jr., American film and television actor (b. 1921)
• 1990 » Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence (b. 1910)
• 1994 » Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician; 17th Governor of Washington (b. 1914)
• 1994 » Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French lawyer and businessman (b. 1915)
• 1995 » Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1995 » Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician; 3rd President of Somalia (b. 1919)

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.
• March 25 » The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
• April 14 » The USSSamuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
• April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
• April 25 » In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
• August 28 » Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
• September 8 » Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.

The temperature on January 2, 1988 was between 6.9 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.