In history, year 1988 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1988.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1988:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 29 january | On the Test cricket debut 107 runs were scored by Mark great batch when he was playing against England. |
| 20 february | The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast voted to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War. |
| 27 february | The Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan was the targetof a violent pogrom. |
| 29 february | On the test cricket debut, 107 runs were scored by Mark Greatbatch when he was playing against England |
| 06 march | In Operation Flavius, the British Special Air Service killed three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers while they were conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar. |
| 13 march | The Seikan Tunnel, the longest and deepest tunnel in the world,opened between the cities of Hakodate and Aomori, Japan. |
| 14 march | China defeated Vietnam in a naval battle as the formerattempted to establish oceanographic observation posts on the SpratlyIslands. |
| 15 march | NASA reports accelerated break dawn of arome layer by CFK. It is a very serious matter. Nowadays instead of decreasing the problems is going on increasing. |
| 16 march | Using pistols and grenades, loyalist Michael Stone attacked thefuneral of three Provisional IRA volunteers who had been killed inGibraltar ten days earlier, killing three attendees and injuring over 60more. |
| 16 march | Iran–Iraq War: Iraqi forces began attacking the Kurdish town of Halabja with chemical weapons, killing up to 5, 000 people. |
| 17 march | Eritrean War of Independence-The Eritrean People's LiberationFront encircled an Ethiopian force and gained a decisive victory in theBattle of Afabet. |
| 04 april | Governor of Arizona Evan Mecham was removed from office afterbeing convicted in his impeachment trial. |
| 14 april | “Mails” opens at Music Box Theater New York City. It was for 36 performances. |
| 14 april | U.S.S.R., U.S., Pakistan and Afghanistan sign Afghanistan treaty. |
| 15 may | The last troop withdrawal of Soviet Army started on May 15, 1988 from Afghanistan following the end of Soviet Afghan War. This conflict is also known as ‘Bear Trap’ and it played a very significant role for emerging of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and a new era of terrorism. |
| 03 july | United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. |
| 06 august | New York City Police officers charged a crowd protesting acurfew for the previously 24-hour Tompkins Square Park, sparking a riotthat led to more than 100 complaints of police brutality. |
| 08 august | A series of marches, demonstrations, protests, and riots, whichbecame known as the 8888 Uprising, began against the one-party state ofthe Burma Socialist Programme Party. |
| 09 august | Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions inice hockey history. |
| 10 august | Japanese American internment-The Civil Liberties Act of 1988became law, authorizing US$20,000 in reparations to each survivinginternee. |
| 20 august | The worse fire in the Yellowstone National Park destroys over 150,000 acres of the park. It caused a summer where over 1/3 of the park was ruined while the fire gained between 5 to 10 miles a day. |
| 20 august | Fires in the United States' Yellowstone National Park destroyedmore than 150,000 acres (610 km2), the single-worst day of theconflagration. |
| 13 september | Hurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb(26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph (295 km/h),making it the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record at the time. |
| 27 september | Led by pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi , thepolitical party National League for Democracy was founded in Burma. |
| 12 october | Sri Lankan Civil War-Indian troops mounted a failed assault onJaffna University, which served as the Tamil Tigers' militaryheadquarters. |
| 19 october | A bill approved by the senate restricts the amount of ads that can be shown during children's TV programs. |
| 04 november | Thousands of computers have been the targets of a computer virus. Due to the virus a number of computers were shut down as it slowed down their functioning and they were forced to reboot. |
| 15 november | The Soviet Buran spacecraft, a reusable vehicle built inresponse to NASA's Space Shuttle program, was launched, unmanned, on herfirst and only space flight. |
| 15 november | PLO leader Yasser Arafat proclaimed the creation of the Stateof Palestine as 'the state of Palestinians wherever they may be'. |
| 22 november | Angela Merkel assumed office as the first female Chancellor ofGermany. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1988:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 July | Dedé / Footballer / Brazil |
| 02 August | Rob Kwiet / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 03 February | Gregory van der Wiel / Footballer / Netherlands |
| 04 September | John Tyler Hammons / Politician / United States of America |
| 05 April | Jon Kwang-ik / Footballer / North Korea |
| 06 June | Israel Dagg / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 07 October | Lauren Mayberry / Singer / Scotland |
| 07 April | Ed Speleers / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 09 April | Michel Alves Baroni / Footballer / Brazil |
| 11 November | David Depetris / Footballer / Argentina |
| 11 August | Patty Mills / Basketball Player / Australia |
| 11 June | Jesús Fernández Collado / Footballer / Spain |
| 14 November | Michael Cox / Footballer / United States of America |
| 16 May | Jaak Põldma / Tennis Player / Estonia |
| 18 December | Imad Wasim / Cricketer / Pakistan |
| 19 November | Timo Eichfuss / Basketball Player / Estonia |
| 22 July | Thomas Kraft / Footballer / Germany |
| 23 October | Aleksandr Salugin / Fooballer / Russia |
| 28 January | Paul Henry / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 30 May | Antonio Winterstein / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1988:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 20 February | Zia Khan / Actress / India |
| 21 April | Aditi Gupta / Actress / India |
| 28 November | Yami Gautam / Actress / India |
| 13 September | Simran Kaur Mundi / Actress / India |
| 08 April | Nitya Menon / Actress / India |
| 05 November | Virat Kohli / Cricketer / India |
| 05 November | Gaelyn Mendonca / Actress / India |
| 01 May | Anushka Sharma / Actress / India |
| 24 June | Sumona Chakravarti / Actress / India |
| 02 September | Ishmeet Singh / Singer / India |
| 02 September | Ishant Sharma / Cricketer / India |
| 20 February | Jiah Khan / Actress / India |
| 16 July | Ansa Syed / Actress / India |
| 03 October | Erica Car / Actress / India |
| 15 December | Geeta phogat / Player / India |
| 07 August | Anisa Mohammed / Cricketer / India |
| 22 October | Parineeti Chopra / Actress / India |
| 23 August | Vaani Kapoor / Actress / India |
| 22 October | Parineeti Chopra / Actress / India |
| 21 December | Shilpa Singh / Model / India |
