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Died on Thursday June 2, 1988

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 2, 1988 at Delpher


Born on June 2

Died on June 2
  • 1986 » Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)
  • 1987 » Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)
  • 1987 » Anthony de Mello, Indian-American priest and psychotherapist (b. 1931)
  • 1987 » Sammy Kaye, American bandleader and songwriter (b. 1910)
  • 1988 » Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
  • 1989 » Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1907)
  • 1990 » Jack Gilford, American actor and comedian (b. 1908)
  • 1990 » Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908)
  • 1991 » Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (b. 1927)
  • 1992 » Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)

Names that were popular for boys in 1988
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1988
  1. Maria
  2. Jessica
  3. Linda
  4. Laura
  5. Anne
  6. Johanna
  7. Sarah
  8. Sandra
  9. Samantha
  10. Sanne
  11. Kim
  12. Anna
  13. Stephanie
  14. Nicole
  15. Esther
  16. 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.
  • January 1 » The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
  • March 17 » A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
  • June 27 » The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
  • August 28 » Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
  • November 8 » U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
  • December 7 » The 6.8 Ms  Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000.
Weather June 2, 1988

The temperature on June 2, 1988 was between 11.2 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.

Source: KNMI