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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 5, 1988 – Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
- February 17, 1988 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- 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 17, 1988 – President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
- 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 4, 1988 – U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted for fraud.
- October 7, 1988 – An Inupiat hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice in Barrow, Alaska, US; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
- November 15, 1988 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
- November 17, 1988 – The National Revival Day - in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, a demonstration starts against the Soviets, the perceived ignorance of the inflaming tension around Nagorno-Karabakh. The demonstration forcibly dispersed 17 days later would become the largest of its kind held in the USSR
- December 6, 1988 – The Australian Capital Territory is granted self-government.
Who Were Born On 1988?
- January 17, 1988 – Héctor Moreno, Mexican footballer
- March 6, 1988 – Agnes Carlsson, Swedish singer
- April 8, 1988 – Kim Myung-sung, South Korean baseball player
- August 7, 1988 – Beanie Wells, American football player
- September 3, 1988 – Hana Makhmalbaf, Iranian director and producer
- September 8, 1988 – Chantal Jones, American model and actress
- November 7, 1988 – Simone Favaro, Italian rugby player
- November 15, 1988 – Zena Grey, American actress
- November 28, 1988 – Scarlett Pomers, American actress and singer
- December 6, 1988 – Nils Petersen, German footballer