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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

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.
• March 16, 1988 – Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
• March 17, 1988 – Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
• April 14, 1988 – In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
• May 24, 1988 – Section 28 of the United Kingdom’s Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
• June 27, 1988 – Gare de Lyon rail accident In Paris a train collides with a stationary train killing 56 people.
• July 3, 1988 – The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.
• September 11, 1988 – The St. Jean Bosco massacre takes place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
• September 27, 1988 – National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
• 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 2, 1988 – Zosia Mamet, American actress and singer
• February 26, 1988 – Christian Meaas Svendsen, Norwegian bassist (Mopti)
• March 23, 1988 – Michal Neuvirth, Czech ice hockey player
• March 27, 1988 – Anatoli Pulyayev, Russian footballer
• April 16, 1988 – Jullie, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress
• June 12, 1988 – Dakota Morton, Canadian actor and radio host
• September 13, 1988 – John Park, American singer
• September 20, 1988 – Sergei Bobrovsky, Russian ice hockey player
• November 10, 1988 – Massimo Coda, Italian footballer