Aug 16 156 die as Northwest Flight 255 crashes at take off in Detroit

Aug 20 The Canadian federal government slaps a total ban on smoking in public service offices, starting Jan. 1, 1988. Smoking by government employees at all public service counters ends immediately, well maybe not quite??

Aug 01 Crossbow flight record (2,005 yds 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada

Aug 30 Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec

Oct 24 Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by senate

Oct 26 Dow Jones down 156.83 points

Oct 15 Fiji becomes a republic, after belonging to Britain since 1874

Oct 16 175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England

Oct 19 US warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf

Oct 13 Shares on the 'Wall Street' stock exchange plunge to record lows

Oct 15 Fiji's governor-general resigns, ending century of allegiance by the South Pacific island to British crown.

Oct 13 Costa Rican Pres Oscar Arias wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 19 "Black Monday"-Dow Jones down 508.32, 4 times previous record

Oct 13 First military use of trained dolphins (US Navy in Persian Gulf)

Oct 27 Gilbert McNamee sentenced to 25 years in prison for being an IRA bombmaker

Oct 01 6 killed by an earthquake measuring 6.1 in LA

Oct 27 South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution

Oct 15 NFL Players Assn orders an end to the 24 day strike

Oct 20 10 die as Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis

Oct 02 In Peru a 5.4 earthquake killed 3 people and several homes damaged at Santiago de Chuco.

Oct 11 200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington

Oct 17 First World Series game in a covered stadium in Minnesota Metrodome

Oct 10 Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love"

Oct 20 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz sentenced to 6 months in jail

Oct 29 Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title

Oct 03 Michael Pruffer of France skis 135.26 MPH at Portillo, Chile

Oct 26 Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads

Oct 16 Jessica McClure rescued 58 hrs after falling 22 feet into a well shaft

Oct 14 In Midland, Tx 1«-year-old Jessica McClure falls 22' (7m) down a well

Jul 18 Yanks Don Mattingly ties major league record of HRs in 8 cons games

Jul 04 Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" convicted by a French court

Jul 29 Ben & Jerry's & Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor Cherry Garcia

Jul 14 Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law

Jul 07 Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women

Jul 07 Lt Col Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing

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