Black Saturday Yellowstone Fire in Yellowstone National Park, August 20, 1988
Date: August 20, 1988
Date: August 20, 1988
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 β π Other events on March 6 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 Crashes Near Chongqing,…
Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom. Date: February 27, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 27 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 Crashes Near Chongqing, 108 Killed, January…
Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq. Date: February 23, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 23 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988PEPCON Disaster Rocks Henderson, Nevada Space Shuttle Fuel Explosion May 4, 1988Wrigley…
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 β π Other events on March 8 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Soviet Union Signs Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal Agreement April…
IranβIraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war. Date: August 20, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 20 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Supreme Court of Canada Strikes Down Anti-Abortion Laws, January 28, 1988Soviet Union Signs…
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 β π Other events on March 13 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Ojhri Camp Explosion Kills Over 1,000…