About the day » Tuesday July 5, 1988Calender converter

• Joyce Seijkens, Geldrop († 2009)
• Johannes Bruno Daamen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Annet Meesters (31), Arnhem
• Barend Cornelis de Koning (85), Scherpenzeel
• Antoinette Margaretha Josephine Bruijnel (94), Maastricht
• Arend van Duijvenvoorde (76), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Sterrenberg (93)
• Anna Cornelia Knook (82), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Huijbrechts (61), Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Bertha Elenor Peterson (84), Rockford (Winnebago, Illinois, USA)
• Edgard Henri Félicien Lersch (77)
• Cornelis Cornelsz HouwaarD (59), Leiden

• 1986 » Iurii Cheban, Ukrainian canoe sprinter
• 1987 » Alexander Kristoff, Norwegian cyclist
• 1987 » Andrija Kaluđerović, Serbian footballer
• 1987 » Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor
• 1987 » Mohd Safiq Rahim, Malaysian footballer
• 1988 » Martin Liivamägi, Estonian swimmer
• 1988 » Samir Ujkani, Albanian footballer
• 1989 » Charlie Austin, English footballer
• 1989 » Dwight King, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Georgios Efrem, Cypriot footballer

• 1975 » Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1892)
• 1983 » Harry James, American trumpet player and actor (b. 1916)
• 1984 » Chic Murray, Canadian politician, 2nd Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1914)
• 1991 » Howard Nemerov, American poet and essayist (b. 1920)
• 1995 » Jüri Järvet, Estonian actor and screenwriter (b. 1919)
• 1997 » A. Thangathurai, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
• 1998 » Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916)
• 2002 » Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (b. 1924)
• 2002 » Ted Williams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1918)
• 2004 » Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923)

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

1. Jessica
2. Maria
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 13 » The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan.
• March 17 » A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
• April 10 » The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
• April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
• August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
• December 7 » The 6.8 M_s  Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000.

The temperature on July 5, 1988 was between 12.7 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.