About the day » Sunday June 5, 1988Calender converter

• John L Rosser, reg'd Orange, NSW, AU
• Freek de ROO, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)

• Catharina Wilhelmina Maria Lourens (88)
• Annigje Pietertje Hofland (88), Lopik
• Arnoldus Johannus van Liessum (58), Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia van Houts (86), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Schouwenaar (80), Oudelande, Nederland
• Alice Catherine McCool (82), Hamilton, Butler, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Broshuis (89), Oldenzaal, Overijsel, The Netherlands
• Arthur Paul Hanneuse (85), Anderlecht, België
• Anna Josefa Sørås (82)
• Aaltje Willemijntje Haeck (78), Goes Zld. NL

• 1985 » Ekaterina Bychkova, Russian tennis player
• 1985 » Jeremy Abbott, American figure skater
• 1986 » Dave Bolland, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 » Vernon Gholston, American football player
• 1987 » Marcus Thornton, American basketball player
• 1988 » Alessandro Salvi, Italian footballer
• 1989 » Cam Atkinson, American ice hockey player
• 1989 » Megumi Nakajima, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1990 » Radko Gudas, Czech ice hockey defenceman
• 1991 » Sören Bertram, German footballer

• 1993 » Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1933)
• 1996 » Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian poet and scholar (b. 1933)
• 1997 » J. Anthony Lukas, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
• 1998 » Jeanette Nolan, American actress (b. 1911)
• 1998 » Sam Yorty, American soldier and politician, 37th Mayor of Los Angeles (b. 1909)
• 1999 » Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
• 2000 » Don Liddle, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 2002 » Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1951)
• 2003 » Jürgen Möllemann, German soldier and politician, 10th Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1945)
• 2003 » Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor (b. 1904)

• 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 6 » Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo.
• April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
• May 15 » Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
• June 27 » The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
• August 10 » Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
• November 18 » War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.

The temperature on June 5, 1988 was between 8.7 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.