Historical Events In 1988

Sep 27   Senate votes for major federal tax code changes in the year 1988.  

Sep 27   In the year 1988 william V Shannon, US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61  

Sep 28   Bronx Museum for the Arts opens in the year 1988.  

Sep 28   In the year 1988 ethel Grandin, silent screen actress (Deserter), dies at 94  

Sep 29   In the year 1988 charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76  

Sep 30   Andrei A Gromyko retires in the year 1988.  

Sep 30   In the year 1988 iBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer  

Sep 30   In the year 1988 joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at 86  

Oct 01   In the year 1988 robert Englund the actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth  

Oct 02   On this day in history police breakup domestic disturbance between Mike Tyson and Robin Givens  

Oct 03   On this day in history 26th Space Shuttle Mission, Discovery 7 returns to Earth after 4-days  

Oct 03   Franz Josef Strauss, German FR min of defense (1956-62), dies at 73 in the year 1988.  

Oct 03   On this day in history lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months)  

Oct 04   In the year 1988 pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid  

Oct 05   In the year 1988 israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism  

Oct 07   Billy Daniels, singer, dies of cancer at 73 on this day in history.  

Oct 07   In the year 1988 latvian flag raised in Riga for First time since annexation by USSR  

Oct 07   Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson in the year 1988.  

Oct 08   Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1988.  

Oct 08   In the year 1988 fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage  

Oct 09   On this day in history edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at 84  

Oct 11   Bonita Granville, actress (Lone Ranger, Hitler's Children), dies at 55 in the year 1988.  

Oct 12   Ken Murray, actor (Bill & Coo, Crooner, Half-Marriage), dies at 85 in the year 1988.  

Oct 13   In the year 1988 concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary fest  

Oct 13   Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, NY in the year 1988.  

Oct 14   In the year 1988 mary Morris, actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies  

Oct 14   Mike Tyson countersues Robin Givens for divorce and annulment in the year 1988.  

Oct 15   On this day in history amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires  

Oct 15   With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of 85th World Series in the year 1988.  

Oct 17   On this day in history 31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome  

Oct 17   In the year 1988 phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft  

Oct 17   In the year 1988 scottish scientist James Black awarded the Nobel prize for his work on treating angina and blood pressure  

Oct 18   On this day in history dimitri Frenkel Frank, writer/director (Hadimassa), dies at 60  

Oct 19   In the year 1988 3 Americans win Nobel in physics; 3 W Germans win chemistry Nobel  

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Jun 07   On this day in history birth of milan Lucic, Canadian Hockey player (Boston Bruins)  

Jun 07   Michael Cera, American actor was born on this day in history.  

Jul 12   In the year 1988 birth of melissa O'Neil, Canadian singer  

Jul 13   On this day in history birth of steven R. McQueen, American Actor  

Aug 07   In the year 1988 birth of melody Oliveria, American internet blogger  

Sep 02   On this day in history birth of ishant Sharma, Indian Cricketer  

Oct 23   On this day in history birth of nicolaj Agger, Danish football player  

Nov 06   Erik Lund, Swedish footballer was born in the year 1988.  

Jan 01   In the year 1988 leo Steiner, NY Carnegie Deli's owner, dies  

Jan 03   In the year 1988 gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72), dies at 82  

Jan 04   On this day in history death of lily Laskine, French harpist (b. 1893)  

Jan 05   "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46 in the year 1988.  

Jan 07   Trevor Howard, actor (Ryan's Daughter), dies of bronchitis at 71 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76  

Jan 11   Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer on this day in history.