Date: August 11, 1988
Benazir Bhutto, is named as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first female leader to lead a Muslim nation. Date: December 1, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Soviet Army Begins Withdrawal from…
The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands. Date: August 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day…
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 1988Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 Crashes Near Seferihisar, Turkey – January 2, 1988Aeroflot Flight 3379…
U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Date: May 29, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted. Date: May 24, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Aeroflot…
The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Date: March 25, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Manuel Noriega Indicted on Drug Smuggling…