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Born on Monday January 4, 1988
Died on Monday January 4, 1988
- Atie (Agatha Maria) Kok (73), Amsterdam
- Antonius Hendrikus Stevens (72)
- Anna Maria de Louw (73), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Arina Adriana Visser (89), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Albertus Leeuwis (67)
- Cecelia A Bruleigh (43)
- Adrianus Marcellinus Maria Theeuwes (25), Gilze &, Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Arlo Robert Anson, Orange City, Orange, Florida, United States
- Arendina Helena Buwalda (68)
- 00 Hendrik Berkhof (82), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, NL
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 4, 1988 at Delpher
Born on January 4
- 1980 » Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer
- 1985 » Al Jefferson, American basketball player
- 1985 » Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer
- 1985 » Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball player
- 1986 » James Milner, English footballer
- 1986 » Younès Kaboul, French footballer
- 1989 » Graham Rahal, American race car driver
- 1990 » Toni Kroos, German footballer
- 1992 » Kris Bryant, American baseball player
- 1994 » Derrick Henry, American football player
Died on January 4
- 1985 » Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (b. 1895)
- 1986 » Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (b. 1904)
- 1986 » Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)
- 1988 » Lily Laskine, French harp player (b. 1893)
- 1990 » Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (b. 1903)
- 1990 » Henry Bolte, Australian sergeant and politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (b. 1908)
- 1994 » R. D. Burman, Indian film composer and music director (b. 1939)
- 1995 » Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (b. 1942)
- 1995 » Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1907)
- 1997 » Harry Helmsley, American businessman (b. 1909)
Names that were popular for boys in 1988
- Thomas
- Jeroen
- Jan
- Michael
- Kevin
- Robert
- Mark
- Johannes
- Tim
- Frank
- Patrick
- Dennis
- Bart
- Daniel
- Nick
- Pieter
Names that were popular for girls in 1988
- Jessica
- Maria
- Linda
- Laura
- Anne
- Sarah
- Johanna
- Sandra
- Samantha
- Sanne
- Kim
- Anna
- Stephanie
- Nicole
- Esther
- Chantal
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.
- January 28 » In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
- February 5 » Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
- May 8 » A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history".
- 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.
- October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
- 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.
Weather January 4, 1988
The temperature on January 4, 1988 was between 5.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.