Pope John Paul II Canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs, June 19, 1988
Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.
Date: June 19, 1988
Similar Posts
Reagan Suspends Moscow Embassy Construction Over Soviet Bugs, October 27, 1988
Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure. Date: October 27, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces…
Margaret Thatcher’s Sermon on the Mound Controversy, May 21, 1988
Margaret Thatcher holds her controversial Sermon on the Mound before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Date: May 21, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 Crashes in…
Uganda Airlines Flight 775 Crashes at Rome Airport, 33 Killed, October 17, 1988
Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people. Date: October 17, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 17 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Supreme Court Strikes Down Anti-Abortion Laws in R v Morgentaler,…
Black Sea Bumping Incident: USS Yorktown Rammed by Soviet Frigate, February 12, 1988
Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage. Date: February 12, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On…
Halabja Chemical Attack Kills 5,000, Injures 10,000 – March 16, 1988
Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people. Date: March 16, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day…
Avianca Flight 410 Crash Kills 143 Near Venezuelan Border, March 17, 1988
A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143. Date: March 17, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Ramstein Air Show Disaster: Frecce Tricolori Collision…
