October 7th (1988) was a Friday. It's the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 7th October, 1988
» An Inupiat people called Inupiaq hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice in Barrow, Alaska, US; the situation becomes Operation Breakthrough known as a multinational effort to free the whales.