In context
- When
- Thursday, May 5 198838 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1980s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Mervyn Westfield
At a glance
Born 1988-05-05.
Known as: cricketer. Citizenship: United Kingdom.
Listed as: human.
Who they were
Mervyn Westfield, English cricketer
Why this date
Mervyn Westfield appears on our May 5 calendar for 1988 as a birth entry.
May 5 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1987Iran–Contra affair
- 1988Mervyn Westfield
- 19911991 Washington, D.C., riot
- 1992Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
- 1994Bishkek Protocol
- 1994Caning of Michael Fay
- 2006Sudan
- 2007Kenya Airways Flight 507
- 2010Anti-austerity movement in Greece
- 2020ABS-CBN
- 2023World Health Organization
Also in 1988
- September 9Vietnam Airlines Flight 831Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes in Khu Khot, Thailand, while on approach to Don Muang International Airport, killing 76.
- March 14Johnson South Reef skirmishChina defeated Vietnam in a naval altercation while attempting to establish oceanographic observation posts on the Spratly Islands.
- September 12Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
- September 13Hurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb (26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), making it th…
- September 188888 UprisingThe 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end.
- September 18Henri NamphyGeneral Henri Namphy, president of Haiti, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Prosper Avril.
- September 18Magna Charta UniversitatumThe Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rec…
- August 10Civil Liberties Act of 1988The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during World War II.
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Questions about this entry
When did Mervyn Westfield happen?
May 5 1988 — 38 years ago, on a Thursday.
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