Date: May 16, 1988
NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster. Date: September 29, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 29 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Butterworth Bridge Collapse Kills 32, Injures 1,674 July 31, 1988New Parliament House Opens…
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 …
The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trainsโone of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom. Date: December 12, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 12 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events…
Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire. Date: May 14, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 14 ๐ Events on this day in…
World AIDS Day is proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states. Date: December 1, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 1 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Arzamas Train Explosion Kills 91, Injures 1,500 – June 4, 1988LOT Polish Airlines Flight…
The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II. 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 1988Aeroflot Flight 3379 Hijacked by…