Angolan and Cuban Forces Defeat South Africa at Cuito Cuanavale, March 23, 1988
Date: March 23, 1988
Date: March 23, 1988
A Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner operating as AVAir Flight 3378 crashes in Cary, North Carolina, killing 12. Date: February 19, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988New Parliament House Opens in Canberra May 9, 1988Clapham…
Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire. Date: May 14, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in…
War on drugs: The United Nations agrees upon and promulgates the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, one of three major drug control treaties currently in force. Date: December 20, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1988…
Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted. Date: May 24, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Clapham…
Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. Date: July 31, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Villa Tunari Massacre:…
The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA, are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded. Date: March 16, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this…