1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1988 - Events. January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. January 2 - Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 - Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 - Australia celebrates its bicentennial. 1988 - February. ...

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1988 - January to March. January 2 - Edmund Brisco Ford, British geneticist (b. 1901) January 5 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947) January 7 - Trevor Howard, British actor (b. 1913) January 11 - Pappy Boyington, American pilot (b. 1912) January 13 - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910) January 14 - Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party (b. 1902) January 15 - Se ...

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1988 in South Africa - January. 1 January - Nordic countries implement comprehensive sanctions against South Africa and South West Africa which are intended to counteract apartheid 10 January - 6 African National Congress members are injured in a car bomb explosion in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 25 January - Guerrillas wound a policeman when they open fire at a police roadblock set up at Ugie A Limpet mine explodes at the Kokstad Men's Club opposite the police station 27 January - Guerrillas open fire on a police vehicle in Soweto a ...

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1988 in rail transport - February events. February 1 - MBTA restores passenger train service to Rhode Island, but only during peak rush-hour times. February 29 - Illinois Central Gulf Railroad drops the word "Gulf" from its name, returning to the premerger Illinois Central Railroad company name. 1988 in rail transport - June events. June 27 - A runaway train hits a stationary rush-hour train at Gare de Lyon in France, killing 5 ...

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Plame affair timeline - 1981. Seyni Kountche, then President of Niger stated that his country would "sell uranium even to the devil."[1] Plame affair timeline - 1988. South Africa illicitly sells enriched Uranium to Iraq through Uday Hussein[2] Plame affair timeline - 1993. An IAEA report lists 580 tons of natural uranium i ...

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In 1988, after eight years as Vice President, Bush ran for President. Though considered the early frontrunner for the nomination, Bush came in third in the Iowa caucus, beaten by winner U.S. Senator Bob Dole and runner-up televangelist Pat Robertson. However, Bush rebounded to win the New Hampshire primary, partly because of television commercials portraying Dole as a tax raiser. Once the multiple-state primaries such as Super Tuesday began, Bush's organizational strength and fundraising lead were impossibl ...

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See also: 1987 in music, other events of 1988, 1989 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1988 in music - Events. Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra. January – Broadcast of the Cinemax television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, recorded on September 30, 1987 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, California. February 13 - Michael Jackson purchases a ranch in Santa Ynez, California. H ...

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See also: 1987 in television, other events of 1988, 1989 in television and the list of 'years in television'. For the United States network television schedule, please see 1988-89 United States network television schedule. 1988 in television - Events. February 26 - Tom Hardy marries Simone Ravelle on General Hospital. It is a milestone for the genre as it is the first interracial wedding between two characters on American daytime television. April 28 - ITV in the UK broad ...

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What If is a comic book series first published intermittently (originally bimonthly) in the late 1970s by Marvel Comics that explores "the road not traveled" by its own various characters. All of the stories are set with the alien Uatu the Watcher as narrator. As the observer of events transpiring on Earth from his base on the moon, Uatu is also able to observe what transpires in "alternate realities" — that is, on worlds where the history depicted in the comic books took a different turn. The first What If issu ...

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William Oliver Studeman (born 1940) is a retired admiral of the United States Navy and former deputy director of the United States' Central Intelligence Agency. Between 1988 and 1992 he was director of the NSA; he was the Director of Naval Intelligence, September 1985 - July 1988. On 6 February 2004, Studeman was appointed to the Iraq Intelligence Commission, an independent panel tasked with investigating U.S. intelligence surrounding the United States' 2003 inva ...

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USS Greeneville (SSN-772), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Greeneville, Tennessee. The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, on 14 December 1988, and her keel was laid down on 28 February 1992. She was launched on 17 September 1994, sponsored by Tipper Gore, and commissioned on 16 February 1996, with Commander Duane B. Hatch in command. USS Greeneville SSN-772 - The Ehime Maru ...

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See also: 1988 in literature, other events of 1989, 1990 in literature, list of years in literature. 1989 in literature - Events. February 24 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini places a US$3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie. 1989 in literature - New books. Geek Love - Katherine Dunn And the Ass Saw the Angel - Nick Cave The Cardinal of the Kremlin - Tom Clancy C ...

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Alexandra Timoshenko Russian: Александра Тымошенко (born 18th February, 1972 in Boguslav, Ukraine) was a Soviet Individual Rhythmic Gymnast. She started gymnastics in 1980 at age 8 and she retired at age 20 in 1992. She was coached by the famous mother/daughter combination of Albina and Irina Deriugina. Alexandra won the All-Around Bronze at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics she won the Gold. When Alexandra was seven, her father (a construction engineer) was invited to work in ...

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Asiana Airlines (KOSDAQ: 020560) is one of South Korea's two major airlines. It is both smaller and younger than Korean Air. Asiana's headquarters and overseas hub are located at Incheon International Airport and its domestic hub is at Gimpo Airport (formerly Kimpo International Airport). Asiana Airlines - History. The airline was established on 17 February 1988 and started operations in December 1988 with flights to Bangkok. It was formed by the KumhoAsiana Group (formerly Kumho ...

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Carly Rae Patterson (born February 4, 1988 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American gymnast. She currently lives in Allen, Texas. Carly Patterson - Pre-Olympic career. Patterson was at a cousin's birthday party at a gymnastics club in 1994 when a coach noticed her doing cartwheels and roundoffs and told her mother that she should start taking lessons, which she did soon afterward. In 2000, Patterson participated in the Top Gym Tournament in Belgium; she won the silver medal in the all-around and the ...

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In 1988, after eight years as Vice President, Bush ran for President. Though considered the early frontrunner for the nomination, Bush came in third in the Iowa caucus, beaten by winner U.S. Senator Bob Dole and runner-up televangelist Pat Robertson. However, Bush rebounded to win the New Hampshire primary, partly because of television commercials portraying Dole as a tax raiser. Once the multiple-state primaries such as Super Tuesday began, Bush's organizational strength and fundraising lead were impossibl ...

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The second USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), nicknamed "Abe", is the fifth Nimitz-class supercarrier in the United States Navy. The ship is named after former president Abraham Lincoln. Its home port is Everett, Washington. USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 - Ship history. Abe's contract was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding on 27 December 1982; her keel was laid down 3 November 1984 at Newport News, Virginia. The ship was launched on 13 February 1988 and commissioned on 11 November 1989. Ab ...

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See also: 1986 in music, other events of 1987, 1988 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1987 in music - Events. January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 16 - The Beastie Boys become the first act to be censored by American Bandstand. January - Steve "Silk" Hurley's innovative "Jack Your Body" becomes the first house music record to top the UK singles chart. February 6 - Sonny Bono a ...

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1960 throughout the world.   2000s 2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005 2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000 1990s 1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995 1994 • 1993 • 1992 • 1991 • 1990 1980s 1989 • 1988 • 1987 • 1986 • 1985 1984 • 1983&# ...

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