Date: February 12, 1988
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 → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Margaret Thatcher’s Sermon on the…
The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan. Date: April 10, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Johnson South Reef Skirmish: China Defeats Vietnam, March 14,…
Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 crashes in Bayfield, Colorado, killing nine. Date: January 19, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Iran-Contra Indictments of Oliver North and John Poindexter March 16, 1988Lee Teng-hui Becomes First Native…
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…
The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA, are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded. Date: March 16, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this…
Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 crashes near Seferihisar, Turkey, killing 16 people. Date: January 2, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 Crash Kills Nine, January 19, 1988USS Samuel B. Roberts Strikes…