Date: April 18, 1988
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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 → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this…
The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT. Date: November 2, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 2 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Aloha Airlines Flight 243 Fuselage Rips Open,…
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 1988Provisional IRA Volunteers Killed by SAS in Gibraltar, March…
A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine. Date: May 16, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 crashes near Seferihisar, Turkey, killing 16 people. Date: January 2, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Pope John Paul II Canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs, June 19, 1988Gray Whales Trapped Under…
The 6.8 Ms  Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000–50,000 and injuring 31,000–130,000. Date: December 7, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…