Discover what happened on 24 May 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
- Gustav Åkerman (Swedish military personnel)
- Leo Schamroth (South African cardiologist)
- Ramón Bruguera Álvarez (Spanish goalkeeper (1899-1988))
- Ola Frost (Norwegian politician (1919–1988))
- Serafim Severni︠a︡k (Bulgarian writer)
- Tom Burtt (New Zealand cricketer (1915-1988))
- María Gómez Carbonell (Cuban politician (1903-1988))
- Paul Henderson (American photojournalist)
- Alípio Correia Neto
- C. E. T. Warren (Royal Navy submariner and author)
- Johann Jacobs (German politician)
- Hans Rolf Radula
- Julie Kernan (born:1901-01-24|died:1988-05-24|; Kernan, Julie, 1901-; Kernan, Julie; Kernan, Julia)
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- Marie Louise Bernadotte, Countess Bernadotte ((1935-1988))
- Helena Havlasová-Partajová
- Galiano Pividori (Italian cyclist)
- Gregory M. Luebbert (Ph.D. Stanford University 1983)
- Wayne C. Gagné (American entomologist (1942—1988))
- Johann Ulrich Meng
- Freddie Frith (British motorcycle racer (1909–1988))
- Chenji Zhang (Chinese Buddhist scholar (1920–1988))
- Aleksei Losev (Russian philosopher and philologist (1893-1988))
- Erich Tamm (German politician (1911-1988))
- Josef Ortner (Austrian politician (1925-1988))
- Raymond Turpin (French geneticist (1895-1988))
- Tom Adair (American lyricist, composer, and screenwriter (1913-1988))
- Sergio Marullo Di Condojanni (Italian politician (1918–1988))
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- Avenir Popandopulo (chess composer (1920–1988))
- Bill Horton (Canadian ice hockey defenceman)
- Igor Vieru (painter from Moldova (1923-1988))
- L. A. Puntila (Finnish historian and politician)