Wrigley Field Hosts First Night Baseball Game, August 8, 1988
Date: August 8, 1988
Date: August 8, 1988
Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China. Date: January 13, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 13 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Avianca Flight 410 Crash Kills 143 Near Venezuelan Border, March 17, 1988Reagan…
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 โ ๐ Other events on March 16 ๐ Events on this day…
The USSย Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will. Date: April 14, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 14 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Lee Teng-hui Becomes First Native Taiwanese President January 13, 1988General…
In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands. Date: March 14, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 14 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988USS Vincennes Shoots…
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 โ ๐ Other events on March 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge Completed in Istanbul,…
The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Date: March 25, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 25 ๐ Events on this day in 1988 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1988Island Express Train Derails on Peruman…