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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 4, 1988 – Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
•  April 14, 1988 – The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
•  August 8, 1988 – The “8888 Uprising” occurs in Burma.
•  August 9, 1988 – Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in hockey history, upsetting many Canadians.
•  October 12, 1988 – Jaffna University Helidrop: Commandos of Indian Peace Keeping Force raided the Jaffna University campus to capture the LTTE chief and walked into a trap.
•  November 15, 1988 – The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
•  November 18, 1988 – War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.
•  December 2, 1988 – Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
•  December 21, 1988 – A bomb explodes on board Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270.

•  May 17, 1988 – Nikki Reed, American actress
•  June 18, 1988 – Elini Dimoutsos, Greek footballer
•  July 5, 1988 – Adriano Buzaid, Brazilian racing driver
•  July 24, 1988 – Ricky Petterd, Australian rules footballer
•  July 27, 1988 – Adam Biddle, Australian footballer
•  August 9, 1988 – Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, Greek footballer
•  September 11, 1988 – Lee Yong Dae, South Korean badminton player
•  September 15, 1988 – Chelsea Kane, American actress
•  September 28, 1988 – Esmée Denters, Dutch singer
•  November 6, 1988 – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer