Date: May 8, 1988
Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China. Date: January 13, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988New Parliament House Opens in Canberra May 9, 1988Surgeon General Koop Compares…
The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. Date: April 10, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Japanese American Internment Civil Liberties Act Signed August 10,…
A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing five people and injuring 50 others. Date: December 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Benazir Bhutto…
CAAC Flight 301 overshoots the runway at Kai Tak Airport and crashes into Kowloon Bay, killing seven people. Date: August 31, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988General Ne Win Resigns Amid Burma Pro-Democracy…
The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will. Date: April 14, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Surgeon General Report: Nicotine as Addictive as Heroin and Cocaine,…
U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Date: May 29, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More…