Date: November 19, 1988
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…
Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China. Date: January 13, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 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 Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three persons, one of them a member of PIRA, are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded. Date: March 16, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this…
Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage. Date: September 12, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988NASA Launches STS-26 First Space Shuttle…
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 1988Illinois Bell Hinsdale…
Angolan and Cuban forces defeat South Africa in the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. Date: March 23, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Hurricane Gilbert Strongest Recorded Western Hemisphere Hurricane September 13, 1988John Demjanjuk Sentenced…