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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 โ ๐ Other events on September 13 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Palestinian National Council…
The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA, are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded. Date: March 16, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 16 ๐ Events on this…
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 1988Supreme Court Strikes…
Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Miloลกeviฤ publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia. Date: November 19, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 19 ๐ …
A Soviet Air Force Il-76 aircraft crashes while participating in the Armenian earthquake relief, killing 78 people. Date: December 11, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Takes Effect June 1,…
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 โ ๐ Other events on March 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 19888888 Uprising Ends in Myanmar, September 18,…