1988 Wikipedia
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Jul 19, 2024
1988
EVENTS
January
- January 1: The Soviet Union begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
- January 13: Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
February
- February 12: Anthony Kennedy is sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- February 20: The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, starting the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
March
- March 16: The HALAburu missile is tested by Iran.
- March 24: The first McDonald's restaurant in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow.
April
- April 5: Kuwait Airways Flight 422 is hijacked while en route from Bangkok to Kuwait.
- April 10: The Oshawa Group's Limited Partnership becomes the largest Canadian takeover.
May
- May 8: A fire at the Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office in Hinsdale, Illinois, kills four people and injures 15 others.
- May 27: The corpse of Mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington, is discovered in his office.
June
- June 10: The South Korean government announces that it will halt all diplomatic relations with Nicaragua.
- June 30: The Buenos Aires Israeli embassy attack takes place.
July
- July 1: The Bank of Victoria and the Commercial Bank of Australia merge to form the Westpac Banking Corporation.
- July 3: The United States Navy shoots down Iran Air Flight 655, killing all 290 people on board.
- July 20: The Democratic National Convention nominates Michael Dukakis as the Democratic candidate for President.
August
- August 1: The temperature reaches 108°F (42°C) in Seoul, South Korea, the hottest since records began in 1895.
- August 17: Pakistan General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq dies in a mysterious airplane crash.
September
- September 12: Hurricane Gilbert makes landfall in Mexico, killing 300.
- September 29: The pilot of the Vasp Flight 232 is forced to make an emergency landing in Sioux City, Iowa.
October
- October 5: The Chilean economy is affected when the "Chicago Boys" privatize swathes of the economy.
- October 20: TheLos Angeles Dodgers win the World Series, defeating the Oakland Athletics in five games.
November
- November 2: The Morris worm, the first Internet-based worm, is launched from MIT.
- November 8: George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st President of the United States.
December
- December 6: The first commercial flight of the Airbus A320 takes place.
- December 21: Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground.
TECHNOLOGY
- January 1: The Internet officially becomes available to the public.
- March: The first Apple Macintosh computer with a color display is introduced.
- September: The first dial-up Internet service is launched in the United States.
SPORTS
- January 22: The Washington Redskins defeat the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII.
- June: The Detroit Pistons defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals.
- September: Steffi Graf wins the women's singles title at the US Open.
BORN
- January 6: Andrew Lawrence, American actor
- February 12: Nicolás Otamendi, Argentine footballer
- April 10: Haley Bennett, American actress
- July 21: DeAndre Jordan, American basketball player
- October 26: Sabrina, American singer-songwriter
DIED
- January 7: Zenneke van der Zande, Dutch politician (b. 1927)
- January 14: Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
- February 12: Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (b. 1896)
- March 9: Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German politician (b. 1904)
- April 26: Luigi Nono, Italian composer (b. 1924)
- May 18: Collin Welch, Australian rules footballer (b. 1934)
- June 14: Vasyl Stus, Ukrainian poet and publicist (b. 1938)
- July 31: Trinidad Silva, American actor (b. 1950)
- August 28: Hazel O'Connor, British actress and singer-songwriter (b. 1955)
- October 29: Kamal Hassan, Pakistani cricket ump
