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Born on Tuesday January 5, 1988
- Lieke Hikspoors († 1988)
- Johannes Petrus Adrianus van Rooij
- Danielle Bernadette Cornelia Verbeek, Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nederland
- Willem (Wilco) Boeve († 2005)
- Valérie Gélinas, St-Hyacinthe
- Alisha Grace Fenner, Calgary (Canada)
Died on Tuesday January 5, 1988
- Catharina Petronella Maria Goossens (49), Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Albert Kampman (82), Emmen,Emmen,Drenthe,Nederland
- Abraham van den Born (83), Oosterbeek
- Antje (Willems) Groenewoud (68)
- (90), Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Anne Jan de Bock (77), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
- Andries van der Molen (49)
- Alida van der Linden (98), Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anno Kraster (69), Assen
- Catharina Hardeman (78), Utrecht
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 5, 1988 at Delpher
Born on January 5
- 1979 » Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 » Deadmau5 (Joel Thomas Zimmerman), Canadian musician
- 1982 » Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
- 1984 » Derrick Atkins, Bahamian sprinter
- 1985 » Diego Vera, Uruguayan footballer
- 1986 » Deepika Padukone, Indian actress
- 1988 » Azizulhasni Awang, Malaysian track cyclist
- 1988 » Luke Daniels, English footballer
- 1989 » Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
- 1990 » Mark Nicholls, Australian rugby league player
Died on January 5
- 1981 » Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
- 1981 » Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1901)
- 1982 » Edmund Herring, Australian general and politician, 7th Chief Justice of Victoria (b. 1892)
- 1982 » Hans Conried, American actor (b. 1917)
- 1985 » Robert L. Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1906)
- 1987 » Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (b. 1875)
- 1987 » Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic (b. 1926)
- 1990 » Arthur Kennedy, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1991 » Vasko Popa, Serbian poet and academic (b. 1922)
- 1994 » Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1912)
Names that were popular for boys in 1988
Names that were popular for girls in 1988
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.
- April 25 » In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
- May 14 » Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
- June 19 » Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.
- June 27 » The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
- July 8 » The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
- November 8 » U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
Weather January 5, 1988
The temperature on January 5, 1988 was between 6.9 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.