About the day » Friday September 2, 1988Calender converter

• Ayesta van HEEL, Kerkdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• David Robert KING, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia († 1990)
• Jeffrey Cardinaal

• Carel van der Weide (96), Velp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arne Marius Solvang, Steigen, Nordland, Norge
• Adriaan (Ad) Van Barneveld (69), Velp
• Adriaantje Lijntje Maris (79), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland
• Antonius Schellekens (79), Boxtel
• Albertus Adrianus Monije de (89), Boulogne-s-Mer
• Anna Cornelia Jacoba de Vries (82), Oegstgeest
• Amerika Meijvogel (65), Leiden
• Albert Bakker (22)
• Antonius Schellekens (79), Boxtel

• 1987 » Scott Moir, Canadian ice dancer
• 1988 » Ibrahim Šehić, Bosnian footballer
• 1988 » Ishant Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1988 » Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer († 2008)
• 1988 » Javi Martínez, Spanish footballer
• 1988 » Keisuke Kato, Japanese actor and singer
• 1989 » Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 » Marcus Morris, American basketball player
• 1989 » Markieff Morris, American basketball player
• 1989 » Zedd, Russian-German record producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter

• 1983 » Feri Cansel, Turkish-Cypriot actress (b. 1944)
• 1984 » Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (b. 1908)
• 1985 » Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
• 1985 » Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (b. 1955)
• 1985 » M. Alalasundaram, Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician
• 1985 » V. Dharmalingam, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (b. 1918)
• 1987 » Brian Clay, Australian rugby league player (b. 1935)
• 1990 » Robert Holmes à Court, South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (b. 1937)
• 1991 » Alfonso García Robles, Mexican politician and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1992 » Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

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. Johanna
7. Sarah
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.
• February 5 » Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
• February 29 » South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with one hundred other clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 7 » A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
• November 3 » Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours.

The temperature on September 2, 1988 was between 11.4 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.