About the day » Wednesday June 29, 1988Calender converter

• Daniel William ALLEN († 1988)
• Michaël Annes Waterlander († 1989)
• Jasper Berger, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antonia Johanna (Janine) Poorte, Leeuwarden († 1988)

• Betty Autrice Centennial Harlen (75), Riverside, Riverside, California, Verenigde Staten
• Charles Jacobus Franciscus van Susante (74), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Petronella Wolvers (29), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Maria van Brakel (86), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles J. Kalk (86)
• Antje Eisinga (71), Bargercompascuum
• Akke Vis (90), Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annie Riekena (102)
• Antje Hendrika Maria Oudkerk (95), AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anton, Hubert Godschalk (78), Heerlen (L)

• 1984 » Aleksandr Shustov, Russian high jumper
• 1985 » Quintin Demps, American football player
• 1986 » Edward Maya, Romanian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1986 » José Manuel Jurado, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Éver Banega, Argentinian footballer
• 1990 » Kim Little, Scottish footballer
• 1990 » Yann M'Vila, French footballer
• 1991 » Addison Timlin, American actress
• 1991 » Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player
• 1991 » Suk Hyun-jun, South Korean footballer

• 1980 » Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (b. 1912)
• 1982 » Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
• 1982 » Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (b. 1914)
• 1986 » Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1897)
• 1990 » Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 1992 » Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian soldier and politician, President of Algeria (b. 1919)
• 1993 » Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1994 » Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor and educator (b. 1908)
• 1995 » Lana Turner, American actress (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.
• April 14 » In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
• July 8 » The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
• September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
• 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.
• November 8 » U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
• December 12 » The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on June 29, 1988 was between 10.0 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.