Date: June 12, 1988
The first crash of an Airbus A320 occurs when Air France Flight 296Q crashes at Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield in Habsheim, France, during an air show, killing three of the 136 people on board. Date: June 26, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅…
United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. Date: July 3, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 3 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Haitian President Leslie Manigat Ousted…
A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England. Date: August 1, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Avianca Flight 410 Crash Kills 143 Near Venezuelan Border, March 17, 1988Soviet…
Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom. Date: February 27, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Avianca Flight 410 Crash Kills 143 Near Venezuelan Border, March 17,…
Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius. Date: March 6, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Pope John Paul II Canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs,…
Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq. Date: February 23, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Soviet Defense Minister Yazov Orders Afghanistan Withdrawal, April 7, 1988Haitian President Leslie…