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August 15, 1988
Born on Tuesday August 16, 1988
Died on Tuesday August 16, 1988
- Adrianus Cornelius Rooijakkers (80), Eindhoven
- Clasina Christina van Loenen (78), Volendam
- Arie van de Kleut (77), Amersfoort
- Albert Dijk (86), Enschede
- Anna Dorothea Elisabeth WILLKOMM (84), Hazel/Ostfriesland, Germany
- Alida VOOGD (83), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Clasina Christina van Loenen (78), Volendam
- Alice Marie Josephine Roosen (76), Sint-Truiden, België
- Anna Steur (89), De Goorn, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Adriaan Johannes Isarin (75), Dordrecht
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 16, 1988 at Delpher
Born on August 16
- 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
Died on August 16
- 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)
Names that were popular for boys in 1988
- Johannes
- Jan
- Michael
- Thomas
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jeroen
- Maria
- Hendrik
- Robert
- James
- Alexander
- John
- David
- Mark
Names that were popular for girls in 1988
- Maria
- Johanna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Anne
- Jessica
- Laura
- Anna
- Elizabeth
- Nicole
- Cornelia
- Linda
- Sarah
- Sanne
- Wilhelmina
- Louise
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1988
- 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.
- June 1 » European Central Bank is founded in Brussels.
- June 4 » Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
- August 21 » The 6.9 Mw Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709–1,450 people killed and thousands injured.
- September 27 » The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
- December 2 » Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
The weather on Tuesday August 16, 1988
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.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI