Historical Events In 1988

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

Sep 27   On this day in history william V Shannon, US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61  

Sep 28   In the year 1988 bronx Museum for the Arts opens  

Sep 28   On this day in history ethel Grandin, silent screen actress (Deserter), dies at 94  

Sep 29   Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76 in the year 1988.  

Sep 30   Andrei A Gromyko retires in the year 1988.  

Sep 30   IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer on this day in history.  

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

Oct 01   On this day in history robert Englund the actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth  

Oct 02   Police breakup domestic disturbance between Mike Tyson and Robin Givens on this day in history.  

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

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

Oct 03   In the year 1988 lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months)  

Oct 04   Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid in the year 1988.  

Oct 05   Israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism in the year 1988.  

Oct 07   In the year 1988 billy Daniels, singer, dies of cancer at 73  

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

Oct 07   On this day in history robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson  

Oct 08   Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 09   In the year 1988 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   On this day in history concert at Masada ends Israel's 40th-anniversary fest  

Oct 13   On this day in history mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, NY  

Oct 14   On this day in history mary Morris, actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies  

Oct 14   Mike Tyson countersues Robin Givens for divorce and annulment on this day in history.  

Oct 15   Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires in the year 1988.  

Oct 15   On this day in history 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  

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

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

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

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

Oct 19   3 Americans win Nobel in physics; 3 W Germans win chemistry Nobel on this day in history.  

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Jun 07   In the year 1988 birth of milan Lucic, Canadian Hockey player (Boston Bruins)  

Jun 07   On this day in history birth of michael Cera, American actor  

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   In the year 1988 birth of ishant Sharma, Indian Cricketer  

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

Nov 06   In the year 1988 birth of erik Lund, Swedish footballer  

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

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

Jan 04   In the year 1988 death of lily Laskine, French harpist (b. 1893)  

Jan 05   "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40 in the year 1988.  

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

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

Jan 08   In the year 1988 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 in the year 1988.