Inglis Barracks Bombing Kills British Soldier, London, August 1, 1988
Date: August 1, 1988
Date: August 1, 1988
A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history". Date: May 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
An Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40 crashes at Nizhnevartovsk Airport, killing 27 people. Date: January 24, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Yellowstone National Park Closes Due to Fires, September 8, 1988Nagorno-Karabakh Votes to Join Armenia,…
A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales. Date: October 7, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 7 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988China Southwest Airlines…
Aeroflot Flight 3379 is hijacked by the Ovechkin family and diverted to Veshchevo in the Soviet Union. Date: March 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Nagorno-Karabakh Votes to Join Armenia, Triggering War, February…
War on drugs: The United Nations agrees upon and promulgates the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, one of three major drug control treaties currently in force. Date: December 20, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1988…
All thirty-six passengers and crew are killed when Widerøe Flight 710 crashes into Mt. Torghatten in Brønnøy. Date: May 6, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Eritrean War of Independence: Battle of Afabet Begins,…