The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trainsโone of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom. Date: December 12, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 12 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today)
A Soviet Air Force Il-76 aircraft crashes while participating in the Armenian earthquake relief, killing 78 people. Date: December 11, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today)
A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing five people and injuring 50 others. Date: December 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 8 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The 6.8 Msโฏ Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,000โ50,000 and injuring 31,000โ130,000. Date: December 7, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 7 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-27, a classified mission for the United States Department of Defense. Date: December 2, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 2 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state. Date: December 2, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 2 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Benazir Bhutto, is named as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first female leader to lead a Muslim nation. Date: December 1, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 1 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today)
World AIDS Day is proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states. Date: December 1, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 1 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Miloลกeviฤ publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia. Date: November 19, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 19 ๐ …
In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan. Date: November 16, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 16 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today)