49 events found for 1988
The first crash of an Airbus A320 occurs when Air France Flight 296Q crashes at Mulhouse–Habsheim Airfield in Habsheim,
The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people
Villa Tunari massacre: Bolivian anti-narcotics police kill nine to 12 and injure over a hundred protesting coca-growing
United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people…
The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the…
The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil…
The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into…
General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in…
A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England.
The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in…
The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).
Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000…
A meeting between Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad…
President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
"Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
Iran–Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in…
The 6.9 Mw Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal–India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving…
Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls…