About the day » Thursday June 23, 1988Calender converter

• Hilde Rikkers, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1988)
• Dirkje Wilhelmina de Gier, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Virgenia (Anna) BEX (60), Alken (B)
• August Cambré (77), Lier, België
• Bertha, Suzanne Lemaire (85), Oostende
• Adelbertus GIELING (75), Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Huibregtse (81)
• "Jean" Louis Joseph Ghislain Lion (75)
• Alan Herbert ANDREWS (80), Ballina
• Andries Huibregtse (81), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Anna Spruijt (86), Vlaardingen
• Antonia Helena van Bokhoven (van Bockhoven) (89), Helmond, Nederland

• 1985 » Marcel Reece, American football player
• 1986 » Christy Altomare, American actress and singer songwriter
• 1987 » Alessia Filippi, Italian swimmer
• 1988 » Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast
• 1988 » Chet Faker, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1989 » Jordan Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Lisa Carrington, New Zealand flatwater canoeist
• 1990 » Clevid Dikamona, French footballer
• 1990 » Laura Ràfols, Spanish footballer
• 1990 » Vasek Pospisil, Canadian tennis player

• 1980 » Clyfford Still, American painter and academic (b. 1904)
• 1980 » Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (b. 1946)
• 1989 » Werner Best, German police officer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1990 » Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor, and politician (b. 1898)
• 1992 » Eric Andolsek, American football player (b. 1966)
• 1995 » Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
• 1995 » Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (b. 1914)
• 1995 » Roger Grimsby, American journalist (b. 1928)
• 1996 » Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 174th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
• 1996 » Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and rugby player (b. 1921)

• 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 20 » Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
• April 10 » The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
• May 15 » Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
• August 8 » The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
• September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
• November 16 » The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.

The temperature on June 23, 1988 was between 6.4 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.