Page 3: Historical Events In 1988
Tuesday, 03 February 2026
Feb 05 Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US grand jury for drugs. 


Feb 05 The inaugural prime-time wrestling match in 30 years-Andre the Giant beats Hulk Hogan. 


Feb 06 Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64. 


Feb 06 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR. 


Feb 07 Heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson marries actress Robin Givens. 


Feb 07 Lin[wood V] Carter, US, sci-fi writer (Lost World of Time), dies at 57 


Feb 08 Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67 


Feb 08 NASA launches DOD-2. 


Feb 10 3-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal) 


Feb 10 Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails 


Feb 11 Anthony M Kennedy appointed to the Supreme Court 


Feb 13 15th Winter Olympics games open at Calgary, Canada. 


Feb 13 European Community plans removal of inner boundaries on Jan 1, 1992 


Feb 13 The 15th Winter Olympics opens in Calgary, Alberta, Canada 


Feb 14 Alfredo Stroessner re-elected President of Paraguay. 


Feb 14 Frederick Loewe, US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84. 


Feb 14 General hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden. 


Feb 15 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 


Feb 16 inaugural documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador. 


Feb 18 Anthony M. Kennedy is sworn in as the 104th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 


Feb 20 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil 


Feb 20 In this year, Brian Boitano claims Olympics gold medal in figure skating at Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta 


Feb 20 Peter Kalikow purchases New York Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million 


Feb 21 Actor Dudley Moore marries actress Brogan Lane 


Feb 21 Gustafson skates world record 10 km (13 48.20) 


Feb 21 Gustafson skates world record 10 km (13:48.20) 


Feb 21 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart confesses his sins to his congregation. 


Feb 23 15th Winter Olympics games opens in Calgary, Alberta 


Feb 23 Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights and play up to 18 night games. 


Feb 23 Yvonne van Gennip skates female record 3k (4 11.94). 


Feb 23 Yvonne van Gennip skates female record 3k (4:11.94). 


Feb 24 Irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at 96. 


Feb 24 Matti Nykanen is recorded as becoming winter Olympics inaugural triple gold medalist. 


Feb 24 South African apartheid regime bans the UDF 


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