16 events found for 1988
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 experienced explosive decompression while airborne between Hilo and Honolulu, Hawaii, with one
Widerøe Flight 710 crashed into the fog-covered mountain of Torghatten in Brønnøy, Norway, killing all 36 people on boar
Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act of 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authorit
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was ratified, banning all American and Soviet land-based missiles with a ra
Group representation constituencies were introduced to the parliament of Singapore
The US Navy warship Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
Kylie Minogue's first album, Kylie, was released, and went on to top the charts in the UK and New Zealand.
Tropical Storm Beryl formed over southeastern Louisiana, making it one of the few tropical cyclones to form over land.
A series of marches, demonstrations, protests, and riots, which became known as the 8888 Uprising, began against the…
Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player…
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 became law, authorizing reparations to surviving Japanese Americans interned during…
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a bus carrying British Army soldiers in Northern Ireland,…
Fires in the United States' Yellowstone National Park ravaged more than 150,000 acres (610 km2) on the single worst…
More than 150,000 acres (610 km2) were burned on the worst day of the largest wildfire in the recorded history of…
Hurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb (26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph…
British prime minister Margaret Thatcher gave a landmark speech at the Belfry of Bruges, Belgium, against federalism…