Manuel Noriega Indicted on Drug Smuggling and Money Laundering, February 5, 1988
Date: February 5, 1988
Date: February 5, 1988
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)…
A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt. Date: October 5, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 5 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Estonia Declares Sovereignty, Not Independence November 16, 1988Angolan and Cuban Forces Defeat South Africa…
A meeting between Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan culminates in the formation of Al-Qaeda. Date: August 11, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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 1988Saddam Hussein Begins Anfal Genocide Against Kurds and Assyrians, February 23, 1988Space Shuttle Atlantis…
In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands. Date: March 14, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988World AIDS Day…
Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet. Date: March 20, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…