What day of the week was Christmas 1988, December 25, 1988?

The day of the week December 25th, 1988 fell on was a Sunday. It was Christmas Day.

Shōhei Ōoka the Japanese author and critic (b. 1909) died on this day in 1988. As did Edward Pelham-Clinton the 10th Duke of Newcastle, English lepidopterist (b. 1920) .