page_title: 1988
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 1988 / Deaths / December
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Roy Orbinson ontving gouden plaat voor "Pretty Woman" in Singel concertzaal, Roy Orbinson (kop) 25 maart 1965
context_page_description: 1988 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1988th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 988th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1980s decade.
  1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States and Europe as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol, Internet Relay Chat. The concept of the World Wide Web was first discussed at CERN in 1988.
  The Soviet Union began its major deconstructing towards a mixed economy at the beginning of 1988 and began its gradual dissolution. The Iron Curtain began to disintegrate in 1988 as Hungary began allowing freer travel to the West. The first extrasolar planet, Gamma Cephei Ab was detected this year and the World Health Organization began its mission to eradicate polio.
  In the 20th century, the year 1988 has the most Roman numeral digits.
context_section_description: December 2
  Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) (b. 1922)
  Paul, Finnish Orthodox archbishop and servant of God (b. 1914)
  December 4 – Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (b. 1899)
  December 6
  Roy Orbison, American rock musician (b. 1936)
  Timothy Patrick Murphy, American actor (b. 1959)
  December 7 – Dorothy Jordan, American actress (b. 1906)
  December 10
  Richard S. Castellano, American actor (b. 1933)
  Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (b. 1895)
  December 13 – Roy Urquhart, British general (b. 1901)
  December 17 – Jerry Hopper, American film and television director (b. 1907)
  December 20 – Max Robinson, American broadcast journalist, and ABC News World News Tonight co-anchor (b. 1939)
  December 21
  Willie Kamm, American baseball player (b. 1900)
  Bob Steele, American actor (b. 1907)
  Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch ornithologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1907)
  December 22 – Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, Brazilian environmental activist (murdered) (b. 1944)
  December 23 – Carlo Scorza, Italian Fascist politician (b. 1897)
  December 24 – Noel Willman, Northern Irish actor and theatre director (b. 1918)
  December 26
  John Loder, English actor (b. 1898)
  Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (b. 1907)
  Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer (b. 1897)
  December 27
  Hal Ashby, American film director (b. 1929)
  Jess Oppenheimer, American radio and television producer (b. 1913)
  December 30 – Isamu Noguchi, Japanese-American artist (b. 1904)
caption: Roy Orbison
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