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1988 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2044. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1988 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1988
- February 17, 1988 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- February 29, 1988 – South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
- April 14, 1988 – In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
- August 20, 1988 – Iran–Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
- September 13, 1988 – Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
- September 18, 1988 – End of pro-democracy uprisings in Myanmar after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council. Thousands, mostly monks and civilians (primarily students), are killed by the Tatmadaw.
- October 5, 1988 – The Brazilian Constitution is ratified by the Constituent Assembly.
- October 13, 1988 – Naguib Mahfouz wins Nobel Prize in Literature.
- December 14, 1988 – The ET3 television network is launched in Thessaloniki, Greece.
- December 21, 1988 – A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270.
Who Were Born On 1988?
- February 22, 1988 – Sebastian Tyrała, Polish-German footballer
- March 11, 1988 – Katsuhiko Nakajima, Japanese wrestler
- March 16, 1988 – Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
- March 27, 1988 – Nazario Fiakaifonu, Vanuatuan judoka
- April 3, 1988 – Brandon Graham, American football player
- May 15, 1988 – Nemanja Nešić, Serbian rower (d. 2012)
- June 28, 1988 – Kanon Wakeshima, Japanese singer and cellist
- July 29, 1988 – Sabrina van der Donk, Dutch model, Miss Earth 2006
- November 10, 1988 – Massimo Coda, Italian footballer