Black Saturday Yellowstone Fire in Yellowstone National Park, August 20, 1988
Date: August 20, 1988
Date: August 20, 1988
LancangβGengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the ChinaβMyanmar border in Yunnan Province. Date: November 6, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 6 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie Bombing Kills…
The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II. Date: April 18, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Clapham Junction Rail Crash Kills…
Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 crashes near Seferihisar, Turkey, killing 16 people. Date: January 2, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 2 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Reagan Suspends Moscow Embassy Construction Over Soviet Bugs, October 27, 1988Chilean Opposition Defeats Pinochet…
A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales. Date: October 7, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 7 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Congress Overrides Reagan…
Margaret Thatcher holds her controversial Sermon on the Mound before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Date: May 21, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 21 π Events on this day in 1988 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1988USS Samuel B. Roberts Strikes Mine in…
Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight. Date: April 28, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 28 π Events on this day in…