NASA Launches STS-26 First Space Shuttle Mission After Challenger Disaster September 29, 1988
Date: September 29, 1988
Date: September 29, 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…
Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges. Date: February 5, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Wrigley Field Hosts First Night Baseball Game, August 8, 1988Iran-Iraq War Ceasefire Agreed After…
Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured. Date: August 28, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov orders the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. Date: April 7, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Illinois Bell Hinsdale Fire Causes Worst Telecom Outage May 8, 1988Surgeon General Report: Nicotine…
Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. Date: July 31, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Candle Demonstration in…
The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning). Date: August 8, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Piper Alpha Disaster Kills 167…