Discover what happened on 5 February 1988 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Stefan Dittrich (German politician (1912-1988))
- Arthur Ramsay (physiologist; (1909-1988))
- Stefan Dittrich (German politician (1912-1988))
- Nini von Arx-Zogg (Swiss alpine skier (1907-1988))
- Ove Arup (English engineer (1895-1988))
- Lucien Delmas (French politician (1931–1988))
- Clement Hurd (American artist (1908-1988))
- Dharmajivandasji Swami in gujarati (Hindu saint)
- Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (American mathematician (1914–1988))
- Joaquín Beleño (Panamanian journalist)
- İbrahim Kirazoğlu (Turkish politician)
- Ioan D. Popescu (Romanian lawyer, officer in the Romanian Army)
- Tommy Doyle (Irish hurler (1915-1988))
- Frederick Anthony Donaghy (Catholic bishop (1903-1988))
- Karel Horák (Czech soccer player (1918-1988))
- Vladimír Kriško
- Bryce Walton (American writer (1918-1988))
- Mihai Andrei Ionescu
- Q19206379 (Greek politician)
- Alfred Page (archdeadon of Leeds)
- Ladislav Kozák (Czech architect and urbanist (1900–1988))
- Chaim Late
- Inger Carlsen (Danish swimmer)
- Lanier Meaders (American potter (1917-1988))
- Iakov Lazarevitch Reznik
- Feliks Randel (Estonian musicologist)
- Luigi Pirovano
- Philippe Gabriel Brun (entomologist)
- Jean Lacroix
- Anthonius Cornelis Hekker (Dutch university teacher)
- Othmar Graf von Habsburg-Lothringen ((1910-1988))
- Warburton Ensor Beamish ((born 1911))
- Alexandar Stoilov
- Tomas Kratky
- Eugene Carl Starr (American electrical engineer)
- Karel Ház
- Elżbieta Temple (Polish scholar)
- Simon Jan Popma
- Gerrit Verdriet (Dutch Righteous Among the Nations)
- Richard Ciresa (Politician in Vorarlberg and Lawyer)