Date: April 28, 1988
Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. Date: July 31, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Condor Flugdienst Flight…
In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned. Date: April 18, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Sumgait Pogrom Targets…
Angolan and Cuban forces defeat South Africa in the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. Date: March 23, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Somaliland War of Independence: SNM Offensive in Hargeisa and Burao, May 27,…
Aeroflot Flight 3379 is hijacked by the Ovechkin family and diverted to Veshchevo in the Soviet Union. Date: March 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Johnson South Reef Skirmish: China Defeats Vietnam, March…
NASA launches STS-26, the first Space Shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster. Date: September 29, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 29 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Nagorno-Karabakh Votes to Join Armenia, Triggering War, February 20, 1988Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782…
PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York. Date: December 13, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1988…