What Happened In January 1988 In History

Historical Events for January, 1988

• 1st » The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheranism known as Lutheran religious denomination called denomination in the United States.
• 13th » Lee Teng-hui becomes the first Taiwanese people e.g native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
• 28th » In R. v. Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws, effectively allowing abortions in Canada in all 9 months of pregnancy.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1988

• 1st » Nelufar Hedayat, Afghan-British journalist
• 1st » Ghazala Javed, Pakistani singer (d. 2012)
• 1st » Grzegorz Panfil, Polish tennis player
• 2nd » Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player
• 3rd » Ikechi Anya, Scottish-Nigerian footballer
• 3rd » Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican singer-songwriter
• 3rd » Jonny Evans, Irish footballer
• 3rd » Matt Frattin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 3rd » J. R. Hildebrand American race car driver
• 4th » Anestis Argyriou, Greek footballer
• 4th » Nabila Jamshed, Indian author
• 4th » Maximilian Riedmüller, German footballer
• 5th » Mario de Luna, Mexican footballer
• 5th » Pauline (singer) named Pauline, French singer-songwriter
• 6th » Mikael Daez, Filipino model and actor
• 7th » Haley Bennett, American actress and singer
• 7th » Sergei Mošnikov, Estonian footballer
• 7th » Scott Pendlebury, Australian footballer
• 7th » Robert Sheehan, Irish actor
• 8th » Allison Harvard, American model and actress
• 8th » Adrián López Álvarez, Spanish footballer
• 8th » Michael Mancienne, English footballer
• 9th » Marc Crosas, Spanish footballer
• 10th » Marvin Martin, French footballer
• 10th » Vladimir Zharkov, Russian ice hockey player
• 11th » Daniel Dzufer, Australian footballer
• 11th » Rodrigo José Pereira, Brazilian footballer
• 11th » Epiphanny Prince, American-Russian basketball player
• 12th » Ytalo (footballer) called Ytalo, Brazilian footballer
• 12th » Chris Casement, Irish footballer
• 12th » Holder da Silva, Guinea-Bissauan sprinter
• 12th » Claude Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 12th » Andrew Lawrence (actor) known as Andrew Lawrence, American actor
• 13th » Josh Freeman, American football player
• 13th » Daniel Scheinig, German footballer
• 14th » Farshad Bashir, Afghan-Dutch politician
• 14th » Mikalah Gordon, American singer
• 14th » Hakeem Nicks, American football player
• 14th » Tom Rosenthal, English actor and comedian
• 14th » Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
• 14th » Keren Shlomo, Israeli tennis player
• 15th » Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer
• 15th » Jun. K, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (2PM)
• 15th » Aija Putniņa, Latvian basketball player
• 15th » Skrillex, American singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer (From First to Last and Dog Blood)
• 16th » Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
• 16th » Li Xiaoxia, Chinese table tennis player
• 16th » Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
• 17th » Andrea Antonelli, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)
• 17th » Will Genia, Australian rugby player
• 17th » Héctor Moreno (footballer) or Héctor Moreno, Mexican footballer
• 19th » JaVale McGee, American basketball player
• 19th » Yusuke Yamamoto, Japanese actor
• 20th » Colin Bensadon, Gibraltarian swimmer
• 20th » Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé, Nigerian footballer
• 20th » Jeffrén Suárez, Spanish footballer
• 20th » Benjamin Ulrich, German rugby player
• 21st » Rapsody, American rapper
• 21st » Ashton Eaton, American decathlete
• 21st » Vanessa Hessler, Italian-American model
• 21st » William C. Woxlin, Swedish author and composer
• 22nd » Asher Allen, American football player
• 22nd » Greg Oden, American basketball player
• 23rd » Alan Power, Irish footballer
• 24th » Jade Ewen, English singer-songwriter and actress (Sugababes)
• 25th » Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player
• 26th » Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Cypriot high jumper
• 26th » Yukiyo Mine, Japanese softball player
• 26th » Miguel Torres Gómez, Spanish footballer
• 27th » Kerlon, Brazilian footballer
• 27th » Toni Gänge, German footballer
• 27th » Liu Wen, Chinese model
• 28th » Paul Henry (English footballer) e.g Paul Henry, English footballer
• 28th » Seiya Sanada, Japanese wrestler
• 29th » Tatyana Chernova, Russian heptathlete
• 29th » Stephanie Gilmore, Australian surfer
• 29th » Shaleum Logan, English footballer
• 29th » Margarita Žernosekova, Estonian footballer
• 30th » Maksim Krychanov, Russian footballer
• 30th » Rob Pinkston, American actor
• 31st » Justine Ozga, German tennis player
• 31st » Taijo Teniste, Estonian footballer

Famous Deaths for January 1988

• 3rd » Rose Ausländer, German poet (b. 1901)
• 3rd » Joie Chitwood, American race car driver and stuntman (b. 1912)
• 4th » Lily Laskine, French harp player (b. 1893)
• 5th » Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)
• 7th » Michel Auclair, French actor (b. 1922)
• 7th » Trevor Howard,English actor (b. 1913)
• 12th » Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
• 13th » Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
• 14th » Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician, 5th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1902)
• 15th » Seán MacBride, French-Irish politician, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 16th » Andrija Artuković, Croatian politician (b. 1899)
• 16th » Ballard Berkeley, English actor (b. 1904)
• 17th » Percy Qoboza, South African journalist and author (b. 1938)
• 20th » Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist (b. 1890)
• 20th » Dora Stratou, Greek author (b. 1903)
• 22nd » Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (b. 1891)
• 23rd » Charles Glen King, American biochemist (b. 1896)
• 24th » Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (b. 1905)
• 26th » Ethelreda Leopold, American actress (b. 1914)
• 27th » Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian author (b. 1938)
• 28th » Klaus Fuchs, German physicist (b. 1911)

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