About the day » Saturday January 16, 1988Calender converter

• Kristina Dawn Coker, Greenville, Pitt Co., NC († 1988)
• Geatan Willemyns, Menen, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1988)
• Mark Daniel Van'thof, Grand Rapids MI († 1990)

• Bertha Ada Kennedy (83), Childress, Childress Cnty, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Sophie Krenner (90), Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Margaretha Boelhouwer (78), Amsterdam
• Adriana Maria Poels (85), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Eerde (94), Stad Vollenhove
• Dirk Bakker (81), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes de Vries (68)
• Cornelia Jongenelis (83), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Beert Zuurveld (53), Hierden
• Alida Margaretha Boelhouwer (78), Amsterdam

• 1985 » Gintaras Januševičius, Russian-Lithuanian pianist
• 1985 » Jayde Herrick, Australian cricketer
• 1985 » Joe Flacco, American football player
• 1986 » Johannes Rahn, German footballer
• 1986 » Mark Trumbo, American baseball player
• 1986 » Reto Ziegler, Swiss footballer, left back
• 1987 » Charlotte Henshaw, English swimmer
• 1987 » Jake Epstein, Canadian actor
• 1988 » Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
• 1988 » Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer

• 1978 » A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Bernard Lee, English actor (b. 1908)
• 1983 » Virginia Mauret, American musician and dancer
• 1986 » Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
• 1987 » Bertram Wainer, Australian physician and activist (b. 1928)
• 1988 » Andrija Artuković, Croatian politician, war criminal, and Porajmos perpetrator, 1st Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (b. 1899)
• 1995 » Eric Mottram, English poet and critic (b. 1924)
• 1996 » Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (b. 1903)
• 1999 » Jim McClelland, Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th Minister for Industry and Science (b. 1915)

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. 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.
• May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
• August 20 » The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
• September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
• October 19 » The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
• December 8 » A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.
• December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.

The temperature on January 16, 1988 was between 3.1 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.