General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests. Date: July 23, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, Kerala in India killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more. Date: July 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 8 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This…
The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life. Date: July 6, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 6 📅 Events on…
The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus. Date: July 3, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 3 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. Date: July 3, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 3 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
Villa Tunari massacre: Bolivian anti-narcotics police kill nine to 12 and injure over a hundred protesting coca-growing peasants. Date: June 27, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people. Date: June 27, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first crash of an Airbus A320 occurs when Air France Flight 296Q crashes at Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield in Habsheim, France, during an air show, killing three of the 136 people on board. Date: June 26, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅…
Haitian president Leslie Manigat is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant General Henri Namphy. Date: June 20, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs. Date: June 19, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)