Iran-Iraq War Ceasefire Agreed After Eight Years, August 20, 1988
Date: August 20, 1988
Date: August 20, 1988
The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus. Date: July 3, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 3 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Carrollton…
Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure). Date: September 13, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 13 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Fatih Sultan Mehmet…
PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York. Date: December 13, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 13 π Events on this day in 1988…
Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia. Date: October 12, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 12 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 19881988 Nepal Earthquake Kills Hundreds on Nepal-India Border,…
Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state. Date: December 2, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 2 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988British Government Imposes…
The 6.8 Msβ― Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000β50,000 and injuring 31,000β130,000. Date: December 7, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 7 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from…