Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Killed in Plane Crash, August 17, 1988
Date: August 17, 1988
Date: August 17, 1988
The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Date: March 25, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Supreme Court of Canada Strikes Down…
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 1988Piper Alpha Disaster Kills 167 in North Sea July…
Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires. Date: September 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches Classified DoD Mission December 2,…
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 → 📅 Other events on March 13 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Uganda Airlines Flight 775 Crashes at…
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 19881988 Nepal Earthquake Kills Hundreds on Nepal-India Border, August 21, 1988Candle Demonstration in Bratislava…
In R v Morgentaler the Supreme Court of Canada strikes down all anti-abortion laws. Date: January 28, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Manuel Noriega Indicted on Drug Smuggling and Money Laundering Charges, February…