Date: March 16, 1988
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…
A meeting between Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan culminates in the formation of Al-Qaeda. Date: August 11, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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 1988Uganda Airlines Flight 775 Crashes at Rome Airport, 33 Killed, October…
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 1988Japanese American Internment Civil Liberties Act Signed August 10,…
U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president. Date: November 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Avianca Flight 410 Crash Kills 143 Near Venezuelan Border, March 17, 1988Delta…
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 → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988CAAC Flight 301…