Page 13: Historical Events In 1988
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Aug 17 NYC 1st case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy) 


Aug 18 Alexandr V Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut, dies in SU-26 crash at 42 


Aug 18 FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment. 


Aug 18 Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million 


Aug 18 Republican Convention in New Orleans select Bush-Quayle ticket 


Aug 19 Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT) 


Aug 20 In the Nepal-India border region a 6.6 quake killed 721, 6553 injured and 64470 buildings damaged in eastern Nepal 


Aug 21 Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war 


Aug 21 Hans Gunther Adler, German writer, dies at 78 


Aug 22 Australia unveils inaugural platinum coin (Koala) 


Aug 22 NBC premieres "Later" with Bob Costas (1st guest Linda Ellerbee). 


Aug 23 Mike Tyson and Mitch Green brawl at 4 A.M. in Harlem. 


Aug 24 Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49 


Aug 25 Challenger Center opens its classroom doors in Houston. 


Aug 25 NASA launches space vehicle S-214. 


Aug 25 Price Daniel, (Gov/Sen-D-Texas), dies at 77 


Aug 25 Romanian Chess master Mihai Suba and his son defect to the West during an international tournament in London. 


Aug 26 Paul Francis Lloyd, entertainer, dies 


Aug 28 70 killed in crash of 3 Italian AF fighters at air show in Germany 


Aug 28 Hazel Dawn, US singer/actress (Under Clover, Margie), dies at 98. 


Aug 29 USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir. 


Aug 30 Julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen 


Aug 30 Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills. 


Aug 31 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins 


Aug 31 A Delta Boeing 727 crashes during takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, killing 14 passengers. 


Sep 01 Leonor Sullivan, (Rep-D-Missouri, 1955-77), dies at 86. 


Sep 02 Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley 


Sep 03 Heidi Ittermann was born! 


Sep 04 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY 


Sep 05 Gert Froebe, actor (Lover's Wood, Upper Hand), dies at 75. 


Sep 05 Jerry Lewis' 23rd Labor Day telethon raises record $41132113. 


Sep 06 Crippled soviet Soyuz TM-5 lands safely with 2 cosmonauts aboard. 


Sep 07 Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito and Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame. 


Sep 07 NY Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychatrist 


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