About the day » Thursday September 22, 1988Calender converter

• Anolda Gerbranda Hielkema (89), Oosterwolde, Friesland, Netherlands
• Bernardus Theodorus Fischer (57), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Tangenbergh (91), Gramsbergen
• Annie McGurk (96), Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• (79), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Alexander Maandag (63), Zwolle, Nederland
• Anna Maria Theresia VOS (78), Mol Belgie
• Cornelis Antonius de Louw (93), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annigje Tangenberg (91), Gramsbergen
• Annigje Tangenberg (91)

• 1985 » Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer
• 1987 » Derick Brassard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Stefan Denifl, Austrian cyclist
• 1987 » Tom Felton, English actor
• 1987 » Zdravko Kuzmanović, Serbian footballer
• 1988 » Nikita Andreyev, Russian footballer
• 1989 » Jon Bass, American actor
• 1989 » Kim Hyo-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girls Generation)
• 1989 » Sabine Lisicki, German tennis player
• 1990 » Denard Robinson, American football player

• 1981 » Harry Warren, American composer and songwriter (b. 1893)
• 1987 » Dan Rowan, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1922)
• 1987 » Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1908)
• 1988 » Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, scholar, and poet (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Ambrose Folorunsho Alli, Nigerian academic and politician (b. 1929)
• 1989 » Irving Berlin, Russian-born American composer and songwriter (b. 1888)
• 1992 » Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
• 1993 » Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1994 » Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Latvian-Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1924)

• 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 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
• June 1 » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
• June 4 » Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
• September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
• December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.
• December 21 » A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270. This is to date the deadliest air disaster to occur in British soil.

The temperature on September 22, 1988 was between 9.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.