Date: July 3, 1988
Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500. Date: June 4, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Wrigley Field Hosts First…
China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146 crashes near Chongqing Baishiyi Airport, killing all 98 passengers and 10 crew members. Date: January 18, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Somaliland War of Independence: SNM Offensive in…
Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius. Date: March 6, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Butterworth Bridge Collapse Kills 32, Injures 1,674 July…
Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire. Date: May 14, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in…
New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens. Date: May 9, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Saddam Hussein Begins Anfal Genocide Against Kurds and Assyrians, February 23, 1988PEPCON Disaster Rocks Henderson, Nevada Space Shuttle Fuel…
Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. Date: May 15, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988USS Samuel B. Roberts Strikes Mine…