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1988 Historical Event(s)
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.
February 29, 1988
– South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town
April 25, 1988
– In Israel, John Demjanuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
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.
August 20, 1988
– Peru becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
October 5, 1988
– The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt and a general election is called the following year.
October 12, 1988
– Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down executional style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
November 2, 1988
– The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
December 7, 1988
– Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.
Who Were Born On 1988?
January 2, 1988
– Damien Tussac, French-born German rugby player
March 4, 1988
– Laura Siegemund, German tennis player
March 8, 1988
– Armanti Edwards, American college football player
April 6, 1988
– Leigh Adams, Australian footballer
April 11, 1988
– Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
May 30, 1988
– Antonio Winterstein, Australian rugby league footballer
July 22, 1988
– Jeremy Schilling, Jewish-American radio personality
September 23, 1988
– Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player