Historical Events In 1988
Feb 21 Gustafson skates world record 10 km (13:48.20)
Feb 29 NYC Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs
Feb 04 Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges
Feb 02 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184 vs England at Sydney
Feb 28 15th Winter Olympics games close at Calgary, Canada
Feb 24 Supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody
Feb 25 Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester MA
Feb 10 Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
Apr 08 Jim Jordan radio's Fibber McGee, dies at 91 in a fall
Apr 18 Barbra Striesand records "Warm All Over"
Apr 04 New York Mets set Opening Day record with 6 homeruns
Apr 28 Aloha Airlines Boeing 737 roof tears off in flight; kills stewardess
Apr 03 Somalia & Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert
Apr 04 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Cincinnati Reds vs St Louis Cardinals)
Apr 28 NJ Devils set all time playoff mark for penalty minutes
Apr 01 Jim Jordan radio's Fibber McGee, dies at 91 in a fall
Apr 03 Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky's 7 year streak
Apr 03 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
Apr 01 Iran accuses Iraq of using mustard gas on civilians
Apr 03 7th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion Louisiana Tech beat Auburn 56-54
Apr 29 Burt Reynolds & Loni Anderson marry
Apr 14 USS Samuel B. Roberts struck Iranian mine off Qatar
Apr 26 TNN Viewers choice awards-Randy Travis wins in 5 categories
Apr 04 Eddie Hill becomes 1st to drag race a ¬ mile in under 5 seconds
Apr 05 Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their pres candidate
Apr 03 17th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott
Apr 04 Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
Apr 09 US imposes economic sanctions on Panama
Apr 21 Barbra Striesand records "You'll Never Know"
Apr 03 New Jersey Devils beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4-3 in OT, to clinch their 1st ever playoff spot
Apr 04 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79
Apr 25 "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
Apr 29 "60 Minutes" newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols
Apr 30 World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane Australia
Apr 25 NASA launches space vehicle S-211
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