Date: September 13, 1988
Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight. Date: April 28, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in…
"Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park Date: August 20, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Aeroflot Flight 3379 Hijacked by Ovechkin Family, Veshchevo, March 8, 1988George H. W. Bush Elected…
NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster. Date: September 29, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 29 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Killed in Plane Crash, August 17, 1988Soviet…
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 → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19888888 Uprising Ends in Myanmar, September 18, 1988New…
Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage. Date: February 12, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On…
General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests. Date: July 23, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Gare de Lyon Rail Accident Kills 56 in Paris, June 27, 1988Evangelical…