USS Samuel B. Roberts Strikes Mine in Persian Gulf, April 14, 1988
Date: April 14, 1988
Date: April 14, 1988
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 โ ๐ Other events on July 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Congress Overrides Reagan…
Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq. Date: February 23, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 23 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Illinois Bell Hinsdale Fire Triggers Major 1AESS Network Outage, May 8, 1988Ramstein…
The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II. Date: April 18, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 18 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Takes…
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 โ ๐ Other events on May 14 ๐ Events on this day in…
The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan. Date: March 13, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 13 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Founded,…
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 โ ๐ Other events on March 16 ๐ Events on this…