Historical Events In 1988

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

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

Sep 28   Bronx Museum for the Arts opens on this day in history.  

Sep 28   Ethel Grandin, silent screen actress (Deserter), dies at 94 in the year 1988.  

Sep 29   Charles Addams, cartoonist (Addams Family), dies of heart attack at 76 on this day in history.  

Sep 30   Andrei A Gromyko retires on this day in history.  

Sep 30   IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer in the year 1988.  

Sep 30   Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Oct 01   Robert Englund the actor who plays Freddie Kruger weds Nancy Booth on this day in history.  

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

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

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   Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid on this day in history.  

Oct 05   On this day in history israel bans Meir Kahane's Kach Party on grounds of racism  

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

Oct 07   On this day in history latvian flag raised in Riga for First time since annexation by USSR  

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

Oct 08   On this day in history ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82  

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

Oct 09   Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Oct 11   In the year 1988 bonita Granville, actress (Lone Ranger, Hitler's Children), dies at 55  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 14   Mary Morris, actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 14   In the year 1988 mike Tyson countersues Robin Givens for divorce and annulment  

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   Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft on this day in history.  

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   Dimitri Frenkel Frank, writer/director (Hadimassa), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

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Jun 07   Milan Lucic, Canadian Hockey player (Boston Bruins) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 07   Michael Cera, American actor was born in the year 1988.  

Jul 12   Melissa O'Neil, Canadian singer was born in the year 1988.  

Jul 13   In the year 1988 birth of steven R. McQueen, American Actor  

Aug 07   Melody Oliveria, American internet blogger was born in the year 1988.  

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

Oct 23   Nicolaj Agger, Danish football player was born in the year 1988.  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history 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 in the year 1988.  

Jan 06   On this day in history brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46  

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

Jan 08   Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76 in the year 1988.  

Jan 11   In the year 1988 gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer