Date: December 12, 1988
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) More events from 1988Margaret…
The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar comes to an end. Date: September 18, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Soviet Defense Minister Yazov Orders Afghanistan Withdrawal, April 7, 1988General Ne Win Resigns Amid Burma Pro-Democracy…
Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom. Date: February 27, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Pope John Paul II Canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs, June 19, 1988Sri…
The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar. Date: September 27, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 27 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Angolan and Cuban Forces Defeat South…
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 Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rectors of 388 institutions of higher learning, to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the University of Bologna. Date: September 18, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on…