Date: June 12, 1988
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 1988China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 Crashes Near Chongqing,…
The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan. Date: March 13, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 13 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988USS Samuel B. Roberts Strikes Mine…
Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius. Date: March 6, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Angolan and Cuban Forces Defeat South Africa at…
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 1988Morris Worm Launched…
The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning). Date: August 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988USS Vincennes Shoots Down Iran…
The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands. Date: November 15, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Johnson South Reef Skirmish: China Defeats Vietnam, March 14, 1988NASA Launches STS-26 First Space…