Date: January 1, 1988
The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire. Date: May 4, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Manuel Noriega Indicted on Drug Smuggling and Money Laundering…
Margaret Thatcher holds her controversial Sermon on the Mound before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Date: May 21, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Johnson South Reef Skirmish: China Defeats Vietnam,…
A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales. Date: October 7, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 7 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Iran-Contra Affair: North…
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 1988USS Vincennes Shoots Down Iran Air Flight 655,…
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 1988CAAC Flight 301 Crashes into Kowloon Bay,…
An Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes at Nizhnevartovsk Airport, killing 27 people. Date: January 24, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988PEPCON Disaster Rocks Henderson, Nevada Space Shuttle Fuel Explosion May 4, 1988Soviet Il-76 Crashes…