About the day » Saturday September 17, 1988Calender converter

• Teresa Elizabeth Batten, ARKANSAS († 1989)
• Soufiane Amro Amrani, Antwerpen

• Ana Maria van Hoof (96), Maastricht
• Arnold W Gulnac (79), Lewis Run, Mckean, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Antonie van Gils (91), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Gravekamp (73), Valkenburg Z-H
• Bregje Jantje Donker (75), Hoorn
• Antonia Hubertina Leonie Frissen (83), Houthem, Valkenburg aan de Geul
• Benjamin Schiebout (66), Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
• Derkje Klein Lankhorst (81), Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Hendricus Kraker, Zaltbommel
• Alwyn Clarence Downie (52), Orange, NSW, AU

• 1985 » Brendan Clarke, Irish footballer
• 1985 » José Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 » Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player
• 1986 » Paolo De Ceglie, Italian footballer
• 1986 » Ravichandran Ashwin, Indian cricketer
• 1986 » Yussef Suleiman, Syrian footballer († 2013)
• 1987 » Paul Huntington, English footballer
• 1989 » Kate Deines, American soccer player
• 1990 » Pixie Geldof, English model and singer
• 1990 » Sean Scannell, English footballer

• 1982 » Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (b. 1937)
• 1983 » Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (b. 1915)
• 1984 » Richard Basehart, American actor and director (b. 1914)
• 1985 » Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1925)
• 1987 » Harry Locke, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1991 » Zino Francescatti, French violinist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Roger Wagner, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
• 1993 » Christian Nyby, American director and producer (b. 1913)
• 1993 » Willie Mosconi, American pool player and actor (b. 1913)
• 1994 » John Delafose, American accordion player (b. 1939)

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

1. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Linda
4. Laura
5. Anne
6. Sarah
7. Johanna
8. Sandra
9. Samantha
10. Sanne
11. Kim
12. Anna
13. Stephanie
14. Nicole
15. Esther
16. Chantal

• 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.
• July 3 » The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.
• July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
• 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 27 » The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
• December 13 » PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
• December 21 » The first flight of Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft in the world.

The temperature on September 17, 1988 was between 11.5 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.