About the day » Wednesday October 19, 1988Calender converter

• Erwin Haring

• Andrea Martina de Kort (74), Aruba
• Arendje van der Goot (94)
• Dieuwke Wendelina Aafke Krijthe (89), Zuidhorn, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van Mullem (75), Melbourne, Australië
• Antonij van Zalk (82), Nunspeet
• Arendje van der Goot
• Cornelis Blok (88), Roosendaal
• Anna Maria Hendrika (Annie) Muurlink (72), Oldemarkt
• Cornelia van Sluijs (92), Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL
• Anna Rozendal (81), Wijhe

• 1987 » Sam Groth, Australian tennis player
• 1987 » Tsunenori Aoki, Japanese actor
• 1988 » Chris Lawrence, Australian rugby league player
• 1988 » Markiyan Kamysh, Ukrainian writer
• 1988 » Zeph Ellis, English rapper and producer
• 1989 » James Gavet, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1989 » Janine Tugonon, Filipino model and television host
• 1989 » Miroslav Stoch, Slovakian footballer
• 1989 » Rakuto Tochihara, Japanese actor
• 1990 » Tom Kilbey, English footballer

• 1983 » Maurice Bishop, Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1944)
• 1984 » Jerzy Popiełuszko, Polish priest and activist (b. 1947)
• 1985 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Dele Giwa, Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (b. 1947)
• 1986 » Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (b. 1933)
• 1987 » Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1987 » Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist and educator (b. 1945)
• 1988 » Son House, American singer and guitarist (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Magnus Pyke, English scientist and television host (b. 1908)
• 1994 » Martha Raye, American actress and comedian (b. 1916)

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. Jessica
2. Maria
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.
• January 28 » In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws.
• May 29 » The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
• June 12 » Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 46, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, crashes short of the runway at Libertador General José de San Martín Airport, killing all 22 people on board.
• July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
• July 23 » General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
• December 21 » A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270. This is to date the deadliest air disaster to occur in British soil.

The temperature on October 19, 1988 was between 10.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.