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1988 Calendar

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•  February 17, 1988 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dragon in Chinese astrology.
•  April 18, 1988 – The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
•  July 3, 1988 – United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
•  August 20, 1988 – Iran–Iraq War: a cease-fire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
•  August 28, 1988 – Ramstein airshow disaster: three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. 75 are killed and 346 seriously injured.
•  September 7, 1988 – Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.
•  September 8, 1988 – Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
•  September 11, 1988 – The St Jean Bosco massacre takes place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
•  September 23, 1988 – José Canseco of the Oakland Athletics becomes the first member of the 40-40 club.
•  December 8, 1988 – A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.

•  January 12, 1988 – Claude Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player
•  January 28, 1988 – Paul Henry, English footballer
•  February 8, 1988 – Rucha Hasabnis, Indian TV actress
•  February 28, 1988 – Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player
•  March 2, 1988 – Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress
•  March 14, 1988 – Stephen Curry, American basketball player
•  June 23, 1988 – Isabella Leong, Macau-born Hong Kong singer, actress and model
•  July 2, 1988 – Lee Chung-Yong, South Korean footballer
•  July 7, 1988 – Jack Whitehall, British comedian
•  July 12, 1988 – Melissa O'Neil, Canadian singer