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February 10, 1988 
February 8, 1988
Born on Tuesday February 9, 1988
- Erik Doppenberg, Harderwijk Gld († 1989)
- Erik Doppenberg, Harderwijk, Nederland († 1989)
Died on Tuesday February 9, 1988
- Cornelia Catharine Eijking (83), Heemskerk, Nederland
- Adriana Maria Nathalia Klaasen (84), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Christien Cornelia Schönherr (76), Amsterdam
- Bartholomeus Hendrikus van Warmerdam (65), Haarlem
- Christina Faber (80), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
- Bernardus Johannes Peters (76), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
- van Gelder (87)
- Anna Katharina Wessels (77), Hulsberg
- Aafje Simondr Wagenaar (85), Edmonton, Canada
- Bartholomeus Hendrikus van Warmerdam (65), Haarlem
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 9, 1988 at Delpher
Born on February 9
- 1984 » Maurice Ager, American basketball player, singer, and producer
- 1985 » David Gallagher, American actor
- 1987 » Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer
- 1987 » Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
- 1987 » Michael B. Jordan, American actor
- 1987 » Sam Coulson, English guitarist
- 1988 » Lotte Friis, Danish swimmer
- 1989 » Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier
- 1990 » Tariq Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
- 1991 » Logan Ryan, American football player
Died on February 9
- 1978 » Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893)
- 1979 » Allen Tate, American poet and academic (b. 1899)
- 1980 » Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900)
- 1981 » Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
- 1981 » M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1900)
- 1984 » Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
- 1989 » Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)
- 1994 » Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)
- 1995 » David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1995 » J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
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
- Maria
- Jessica
- Linda
- Laura
- Anne
- Johanna
- Sarah
- 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.
- February 29 » Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.
- March 16 » Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
- 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.
- August 20 » Iran-Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
- October 7 » A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
- November 2 » The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
Weather February 9, 1988
The temperature on February 9, 1988 was between 2.8 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.