Date: March 16, 1988
The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom. Date: December 12, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 12 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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 1988CAAC Flight 301 Crashes into Kowloon Bay, August 31, 1988Surgeon General Report: Nicotine as Addictive as Heroin and Cocaine,…
A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England. Date: August 1, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Killed in Plane Crash, August 17,…
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Date: February 20, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Ramstein Air Show Disaster: Frecce Tricolori Collision Kills…
The first crash of an Airbus A320 occurs when Air France Flight 296Q crashes at Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield in Habsheim, France, during an air show, killing three of the 136 people on board. Date: June 26, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅…
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 1988World AIDS Day…