About the day » Thursday June 2, 1988Calender converter

• Esther Naomi Reesink

• C.m. Veldhuyzen (91)
• Antonius Wilhelmus EWALS (81), Tegelen, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Jan Luyckx (59), Bornem
• Herman Kielman + (73), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Anje Slob (95), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Petronella Wilhelmina den Brok (73)
• Cornelia Carolina Wessels (82), South Africa
• Anna Maria Hubertina Muijrers (74), Meerssen
• Albert Jan Luyckx‏‎ (59), Bornem, België
• Cornelis Adrianus Hoogervorst (80)

• 1987 » Angelo Mathews, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1987 » Darin Zanyar, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1987 » Maryka Holtzhausen, South African netball player
• 1987 » Matthew Koma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 » Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress
• 1987 » Yoann Huget, French rugby player
• 1988 » Patrik Berglund, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1988 » Sergio Agüero, Argentinian footballer
• 1988 » Staniliya Stamenova, Bulgarian canoeist
• 1989 » Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American footballer

• 1986 » Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)
• 1987 » Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)
• 1987 » Anthony de Mello, Indian-American priest and psychotherapist (b. 1931)
• 1987 » Sammy Kaye, American bandleader and songwriter (b. 1910)
• 1988 » Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1907)
• 1990 » Jack Gilford, American actor and comedian (b. 1908)
• 1990 » Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (b. 1927)
• 1992 » Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)

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. Pieter
16. Nick

1. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Linda
4. Laura
5. Sarah
6. Anne
7. Johanna
8. Sandra
9. Sanne
10. Samantha
11. Anna
12. Kim
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 14 » In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
• March 16 » Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.
• December 13 » PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.

The temperature on June 2, 1988 was between 11.2 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.