Date: January 31, 1988
A Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner operating as AVAir Flight 3378 crashes in Cary, North Carolina, killing 12. Date: February 19, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988New Parliament House Opens in Canberra, May 9, 1988Provisional…
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 → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in…
All thirty-six passengers and crew are killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashes into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy. Date: May 6, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 Crash Kills Nine, January…
Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. Date: May 15, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Margaret Thatcher’s Sermon on the Mound…
Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people. Date: March 16, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day…
The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987. Date: March 22, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 Crashes…