The temperature on October 7, 1988 was between 8.5 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
February 12 » Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USSYorktown(CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
February 29 » Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to come out as gay.
June 27 » The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.
September 27 » The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
November 18 » War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.
December 1 » World AIDS Day was proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states.
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