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April 8, 1988Born on Saturday April 9, 1988
- Laurens Vanhooren, Roeselare († 2010)
Died on Saturday April 9, 1988
- Cornelis Albertus Konijnenbelt (79), Canada
- Antonia Wilhelmina Kerstens (84), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Willemse (66), Wieringerwerf
- Andre Vos (58), Mortsel, Antwerpen, België
- Alfons (Fons) Horions (76), Wilrijk Antwerpen
- Daniël van Vossen (63), Sint-Maartensdijk
- Adriaan "Aad" Cornelis Vroom (80)
- Anna Johanna Antonia Vincentius Rooijackers (72), Druten
- Dina Hendrika Henriette Schouten (91), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Eelke Meindertsma (67), Burum
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 9, 1988 at Delpher
Born on April 9
- 1986 » Mike Hart, American football player
- 1987 » Craig Mabbitt, American singer
- 1987 » Graham Gano, American football player
- 1987 » Jarrod Mullen, Australian rugby league player
- 1987 » Jazmine Sullivan, American singer-songwriter
- 1987 » Jesse McCartney, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1987 » Kassim Abdallah, French-Comorian footballer
- 1988 » Jeremy Metcalfe, English racing driver
- 1988 » Michel Alves Baroni, Brazilian footballer
- 1989 » Danielle Kahle, American figure skater
Died on April 9
- 1980 » Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric and philosopher (b. 1935)
- 1982 » Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1896)
- 1988 » Brook Benton, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1931)
- 1988 » Dave Prater, American singer (b. 1937)
- 1988 » Hans Berndt, German footballer (b. 1913)
- 1991 » Forrest Towns, American hurdler and coach (b. 1914)
- 1993 » Joseph B. Soloveitchik, American rabbi and philosopher (b. 1903)
- 1996 » Richard Condon, American author and publicist (b. 1915)
- 1997 » Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- 1997 » Mae Boren Axton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1914)
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
- Sarah
- Johanna
- Sandra
- Samantha
- Sanne
- Anna
- Kim
- Stephanie
- Nicole
- Esther
- Kelly
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.
- March 14 » In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
- May 6 » All thirty-six passengers and crew were killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy.
- July 23 » General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
- 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.
- December 1 » World AIDS Day was proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states.
- December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.
Weather April 9, 1988
The temperature on April 9, 1988 was between -1.7 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 8.7 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.