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1988 Calendar

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•  January 1, 1988 – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
•  February 17, 1988 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Dragon in Chinese astrology.
•  March 17, 1988 – A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
•  August 17, 1988 – Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
•  November 15, 1988 – Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
•  November 18, 1988 – War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.
•  December 9, 1988 – The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland is officially opened.
•  December 21, 1988 – A bomb explodes on board Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270.
•  December 22, 1988 – Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist and environmental activist, is assassinated.

•  January 3, 1988 – Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican artist and performer
•  February 22, 1988 – Ximena Navarrete, Mexican beauty queen, Miss Universe 2010
•  April 5, 1988 – Alex Valentini, Italian footballer
•  May 2, 1988 – Lara Liang, Taiwanese-American Singer
•  June 27, 1988 – Kate Ziegler, American swimmer
•  July 2, 1988 – Lee Chung-Yong, South Korean footballer
•  October 13, 1988 – Scott Jamieson, Australian footballer
•  November 15, 1988 – Zena Grey, American actress
•  December 19, 1988 – Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer
•  December 27, 1988 – Zavon Hines, English football player