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Died on Tuesday June 28, 1988

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 28, 1988 at Delpher


Born on June 28

Died on June 28
  • 1978 » Clifford Dupont, English-Rhodesian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
  • 1980 » José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
  • 1981 » Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist (b. 1958)
  • 1983 » Alf Francis, German-English motor racing mechanic and racing car constructor (b. 1918)
  • 1984 » Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician (b. 1917)
  • 1985 » Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator (b. 1905)
  • 1989 » Joris Ivens, Dutch journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
  • 1992 » Guy Nève, Belgian racing driver (b. 1955)
  • 1992 » Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (b. 1936)
  • 1995 » Petri Walli, Finnish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969)

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. Sarah
  6. Anne
  7. Johanna
  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.
  • February 20 » The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
  • April 28 » Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
  • June 12 » Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 46, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81, crashes short of the runway at Libertador General José de San Martín Airport, killing all 22 people on board.
  • November 2 » The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
  • November 15 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
  • 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 28, 1988

The temperature on June 28, 1988 was between 12.1 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.

Source: KNMI