Page 18: Historical Events In 1988
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Nov 30 NYC furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92000 for non payment of purchase. 


Nov 30 Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; inaugural time in 38 years. 


Nov 30 UN General Assembly (151-2) censures US for refusing PLO's Arafat visa. 


Dec 01 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless. 


Dec 01 Benazir Bhutto named inaugural female PM of a Moslem country (Pakistan). 


Dec 01 NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics. 


Dec 02 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel. 


Dec 02 STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission). 


Dec 02 Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) 


Dec 02 UN votes 151-2 (Isr and US) to move PLO debate to Geneva, Britain abstains 


Dec 03 In this year, Barry Sanders claims the Heisman Trophy. 


Dec 04 Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash 


Dec 05 Shuttle Atlantis launches world's inaugural nuclear-war-fighting satellite. 


Dec 06 Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden. 


Dec 06 Bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63 


Dec 06 Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown. 


Dec 06 STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission. 


Dec 07 Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies. 


Dec 07 Armenian earthquake in Armenia killing 25000 people 


Dec 07 Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55000 die). 


Dec 07 Gorbachev announces 10% unilateral Soviet troop reductions at UN. 


Dec 07 Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St crowds upon arrival in NYC. 


Dec 07 Yasser Arafat recognizes existence of Israel 


Dec 08 Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79 


Dec 10 Dick Clair, comedian (Clair and McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS 


Dec 10 Massive Earthquake in Armenia results in the deaths of 100000 in cities of Leninakan and Spitak 


Dec 12 John Canning, NY Post managing editor, dies at 56 


Dec 12 NYC Subway system adds new stations (the Z line). 


Dec 12 Sandra Miller of Queens sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment. 


Dec 13 Arafat addresses UN in Geneva 


Dec 14 Spanish general strike to protest austerity measures. 


Dec 14 US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs) 


Dec 15 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks. 


Dec 16 H "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies. 


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