Soviet Shuttle Buran Makes Only Space Flight, November 15, 1988
Date: November 15, 1988
Date: November 15, 1988
In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned. Date: April 18, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Ramstein Air Show…
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…
The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan. Date: March 13, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 13 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Johnson South Reef Skirmish: China Defeats…
Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq. Date: February 23, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Provisional IRA Volunteers Killed by SAS in Gibraltar, March 6, 1988USS Samuel…
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 1988Pope John Paul…
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 1988Soviet Shuttle Buran Makes Only Space Flight,…