Page 5: Historical Events In 1988
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Mar 11 Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74. 


Mar 11 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire 


Mar 12 Billie Rhodes, dies 


Mar 13 14th People's Choice Awards Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby win 


Mar 13 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby win 


Mar 13 Olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at 92. 


Mar 14 Iran and Iraq unleash missiles on each other's capitals as so-called "war of the cities" erupts 


Mar 15 Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for US, executed 


Mar 15 Eugene Marino of Atlanta, appointed inaugural African American archbishop 


Mar 15 NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by CFK. 


Mar 16 As part of the Iran-Contra affair, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver L. North and Vice Admiral John M. Poindexter of the National Security Council (NSC) are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States 


Mar 16 Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88. 


Mar 16 Federal grand jury indicts Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North and Navy Vice Adm. John M. Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair. 


Mar 16 North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed. 


Mar 16 US sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras 


Mar 17 Iran says Iraq uses poison gas. 


Mar 17 Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies 


Mar 19 2 British soldiers lynched in Belfast North Ireland 


Mar 19 Em Winter was born! 


Mar 19 Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15 5.25). 


Mar 19 Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15 :5.25) 


Mar 20 David Henry Hwang's "M Butterfly", premieres in New York NY 


Mar 20 Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75. 


Mar 20 Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title. 


Mar 22 Congress overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill. 


Mar 24 Quarterback Dan Fouts retires. 


Mar 25 In this year, Robin Givens formally claims full access to husband Mike Tyson's money. 


Mar 25 NASA launches space vehicle S-206. 


Mar 27 Jan van den Weghe, Flemish writer, dies at about 67 


Mar 27 World Ice Dance Championship in Budapest won by Bestemianova and Bukin (USSR) 


Mar 27 Wrestlemania IV at Trump Plaza, "Macho Man" Savage pins Ted Dibiase. 


Mar 29 US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras. 


Mar 30 second Soul Train Music Awards. 


Mar 31 Death of Sir William McMahon, Australian Liberal prime minister. 


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