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Born on Monday October 24, 1988
- Kaitlyn Rae Higgins, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii († 2002)
- Rosanne van der Zwet
- Robert Feller, Drachten
Died on Monday October 24, 1988
- adraantje dirkje KRUITHOF (85), rotterdam
- Catharina Maria van Boesschooten (91), Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Albert Pieter Ubbens (76), Uithuizermeeden
- Anton Ronald Rigters (50)
- Achiel COLPAERT (80), Roeselare, 36015, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
- Anna Josephine Holtappels (88), Hasselt, België
- Catharinus Veenstra (67), Leeuwarden
- Catharina (Toos) Leguijt (83), Purmerend
- Anje Dallinga (91)
- Arie Doornkamp (76)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 24, 1988 at Delpher
Born on October 24
- 1986 » Drake, Canadian rapper and actor
- 1986 » John Ruddy, English footballer
- 1987 » Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
- 1987 » Charlie White, American figure skater
- 1988 » Christopher Linke, German race walker
- 1988 » Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer
- 1988 » Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player
- 1989 » Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
- 1989 » Eric Hosmer, American baseball player
- 1989 » PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber
Died on October 24
- 1983 » Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer and educator (b. 1910)
- 1985 » Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (b. 1905)
- 1985 » Richie Evans, American race car driver (b. 1941)
- 1989 » Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
- 1991 » Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (b. 1921)
- 1991 » Ismat Chughtai, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
- 1992 » Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1944)
- 1993 » Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (b. 1930)
- 1994 » Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (b. 1940)
- 1994 » Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician and author (b. 1930)
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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 13 » Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
- April 4 » Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
- 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.
- August 10 » Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
- September 13 » Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
- October 27 » Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
Weather October 24, 1988
The temperature on October 24, 1988 was between 9.3 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.