About the day » Sunday February 14, 1988Calender converter

• Emily Victoria Ronkes Agerbeek, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Odette Nieman, Hartbeespoortdam

• Aaltien Prent (69), jisp
• Aaltje Zwiep (77), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba Kuijten (81), Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Archie Krahmer (59), Horn
• Anthonia Petronella Hogervorst (89), Warnsveld
• Antje Boersma (71), -
• "Anne" Jeanne Elise Marie COVELIERS (93), Oudenaarde, 45035, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Antonius Wilhelmus Coppens (79), Wouw
• Antonius Hendrikus Heuven (72)
• Alida Lebbing (101)

• 1987 » David Wheater, English footballer
• 1987 » Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer
• 1987 » Tom Pyatt, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 » Ángel Di María, Argentinian footballer
• 1988 » Asia Nitollano, American singer and dancer
• 1988 » Katie Boland, Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1988 » Siim Liivik, Estonian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Adam Matuszczyk, Polish footballer
• 1989 » Emma Miskew, Canadian curler
• 1989 » Néstor Calderón, Mexican footballer

• 1983 » Lina Radke, German runner and coach (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Edmund Rubbra, English composer and conductor (b. 1901)
• 1987 » Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1904)
• 1988 » Frederick Loewe, German-American composer (b. 1901)
• 1989 » James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1900)
• 1989 » Vincent Crane, English pianist (b. 1943)
• 1994 » Andrei Chikatilo, Soviet serial killer (b. 1936)
• 1994 » Christopher Lasch, American historian and critic (b. 1932)
• 1995 » Michael V. Gazzo, American actor and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1995 » U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1907)

• 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.
• March 16 » Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
• June 1 » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
• September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
• September 18 » The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
• 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.
• November 15 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.

The temperature on February 14, 1988 was between 3.6 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.