Wrigley Field Hosts First Night Baseball Game, August 8, 1988
Date: August 8, 1988
Date: August 8, 1988
Villa Tunari massacre: Bolivian anti-narcotics police kill nine to 12 and injure over a hundred protesting coca-growing peasants. Date: June 27, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Iran-Iraq War Ceasefire Agreed After Eight Years,…
Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people. Date: March 16, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 16 ๐ Events on this day…
China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 crashes near Chongqing Baishiyi Airport, killing all 98 passengers and 10 crew members. Date: January 18, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 18 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Clapham Junction Rail Crash Kills 35, Injures…
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…
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 โ ๐ Other events on May 29 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More…
The USSย Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will. Date: April 14, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 14 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Haiti Coup Ousts President Henri Namphy September 18, 1988Inglis Barracks…