Date: July 6, 1988
A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history". Date: May 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens. Date: May 9, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Haitian President Leslie Manigat Ousted in Coup d’État June 20, 1988Lee Teng-hui Becomes First Native Taiwanese President of Republic…
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…
In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands. Date: March 14, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Manuel Noriega Indicted…
An Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes at Nizhnevartovsk Airport, killing 27 people. Date: January 24, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Supreme Court Strikes Down Anti-Abortion Laws in R v Morgentaler, January 28, 1988Reagan Begins…
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…