Date: August 28, 1988
A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143. Date: March 17, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Aeroflot Flight 3379 Hijacked by Ovechkin Family,…
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Date: February 20, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Estonia Declares Sovereignty, Not Independence November 16, 1988Piper…
Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office. Date: April 4, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Angolan and Cuban Forces Defeat South Africa at Cuito Cuanavale,…
Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet. Date: March 17, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this…
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 → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19881988 Nepal Earthquake Kills Hundreds on Nepal-India…
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 → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More…