Date: May 24, 1988
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 1988Michael Stone Attacks Belfast IRA Funeral, 3 Killed,…
The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987. Date: March 22, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Eritrean People’s Liberation Front Captures Afabet,…
The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life. Date: July 6, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 6 📅 Events on…
A Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner operating as AVAir Flight 3378 crashes in Cary, North Carolina, killing 12. Date: February 19, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1988NASA Launches STS-26 First Space Shuttle Mission After Challenger…
Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight. Date: April 28, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in…
The Magna Charta Universitatum, asserting key principles essential to the free operation of universities, is signed in Bologna by the rectors of 388 institutions of higher learning, to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the University of Bologna. Date: September 18, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on…