Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 Crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, August 31, 1988
Date: August 31, 1988
Date: August 31, 1988
Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured. Date: August 28, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on August 28 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More…
Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius. Date: March 6, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 6 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Clapham Junction Rail Crash Kills 35, Injures Hundreds,…
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 โ ๐ Other events on March 13 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Morris Worm Launched from MIT, November…
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 1988Congress Overrides Reagan Veto on Civil Rights Restoration Act, March…
Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure. Date: October 27, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on October 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Johnson South Reef…
In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned. Date: April 18, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 18 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Congress Overrides Reagan…