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What Happened In August 1988 In History

Historical Events for August, 1988

  • 6th » The Tompkins Square Park Riot (1988) e.g Tompkins Square Park Riot in New York City spurs a reform of the New York City Police Department e.g NYPD, held responsible for the event.
  • 8th » The "8888 Uprising" occurs in Burma.
  • 10th » Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
  • 17th » President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and Ambassadors of the United States named U.S. Ambassador Arnold Lewis Raphel named Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
  • 20th » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fires of 1988 e.g Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
  • 20th » Peru becomes a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works called Berne Convention copyright treaty.
  • 20th » Iran–Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
  • 20th » The Troubles: Ballygawley bus bombing Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an Provisional Irish Republican Army IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
  • 25th » The Chiado area in Lisbon is partially destroyed by a fire.
  • 28th » Ramstein airshow disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1988

  • 1st » Mustafa Abdellaoue, Norwegian footballer
  • 1st » Max Carver, American actor
  • 1st » Sasha Jackson, English-American actress
  • 1st » Patryk Małecki, Polish footballer
  • 1st » Joanna Wang, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
  • 2nd » Nayer, American singer-songwriter
  • 2nd » Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 3rd » Denny Cardin, Italian footballer
  • 3rd » Leigh Tiffin, American football player
  • 4th » Carly Foulkes, Canadian model and actress
  • 4th » Tom Parker (singer) or Tom Parker, English singer (The Wanted)
  • 5th » Princess Salwa Aga Khan, American model
  • 5th » Michael Jamieson, Scottish-English swimmer
  • 5th » Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer
  • 5th » Kaimar Saag, Estonian footballer
  • 6th » Aleska Diamond, Hungarian porn actress
  • 6th » Chelsee Healey, English actress
  • 6th » Jared Murillo, American singer, dancer, and actor (V Factory)
  • 7th » Anikka Albrite, American porn actress
  • 7th » Liz Cochran, American model, Miss Alabama or Miss Alabama 2009
  • 7th » Melody Oliveria, American blogger
  • 7th » Erik Pieters, Dutch footballer
  • 7th » Beanie Wells, American football player
  • 8th » Princess Beatrice of York
  • 8th » Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player
  • 8th » Ni Ni, Chinese actress
  • 8th » Rinku Singh, Indian baseball player
  • 8th » Laura Slade Wiggins, American actress and singer
  • 9th » Anthony Castonzo, American football player
  • 9th » Vasilios Koutsianikoulis, Greek footballer
  • 10th » Francesco Acerbi, Italian footballer
  • 11th » Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
  • 12th » Justin Gaston, American singer-songwriter and actor
  • 12th » Leah Pipes, American actress
  • 13th » Keith Benson, American basketball player
  • 13th » Brandon Workman, American baseball player
  • 14th » Shahd Barmada, Syrian singer
  • 15th » Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer
  • 15th » Zaira Nara, Argentinian model and television host
  • 17th » Aidan Coleman, Irish jockey
  • 17th » Bianca Collins, American actress
  • 17th » Brady Corbet, American actor
  • 17th » Erika Toda, Japanese actress
  • 18th » G-Dragon, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer (Big Bang (South Korean band) e.g Big Bang)
  • 18th » Jack Hobbs (footballer) or Jack Hobbs, English footballer
  • 18th » Luke Jackson (author) e.g Luke Jackson, English author
  • 18th » Eggert Jónsson, Icelandic footballer
  • 19th » Hoodie Allen, American rapper
  • 19th » Kirk Cousins, American football player
  • 19th » Travis Tedford, American actor
  • 20th » Jerryd Bayless, American basketball player
  • 20th » Sarah R, Lotfi, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 20th » Ferhat Pehlivan, Turkish boxer
  • 20th » Naathan Phan, Scottish magician and actor
  • 20th » Nikki SooHoo, American actress
  • 20th » José Zamora, Spanish footballer
  • 21st » Paris Bennett, American singer
  • 21st » Robert Lewandowski, Polish footballer
  • 21st » Louise Setara, English singer-songwriter
  • 21st » Whitney Sloan, English actress
  • 22nd » Sarah Major, New Zealand actress
  • 23rd » Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player
  • 23rd » Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 23rd » Jeremy Lin, American basketball player
  • 23rd » Kim Matula, American actress
  • 24th » Rupert Grint, English actor
  • 24th » Helga Krapf, Filipino actress
  • 24th » Maya Yoshida, Japanese footballer
  • 25th » Alexandra Burke, English singer-songwriter
  • 25th » Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer
  • 25th » Ray Quinn, English actor, singer, and dancer
  • 26th » Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 26th » Tori Black, American porn actress
  • 26th » Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
  • 26th » Evan Ross, American actor and singer
  • 26th » Danielle Savre, American actress, singer, and dancer
  • 26th » Wayne Simmonds, Canadians ice hockey player
  • 27th » Alexa PenaVega, American actress and singer
  • 31st » Ken Kallaste, Estonian footballer

Famous Deaths for August 1988

  • 2nd » Joe Carcione, American activist and author (b. 1914)
  • 2nd » Raymond Carver, American author and poet (b. 1938)
  • 8th » Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1914)
  • 8th » Alan Napier, English-American actor (b. 1903)
  • 9th » Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (b. 1905)
  • 9th » Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1923)
  • 11th » Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
  • 12th » Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter (b. 1960)
  • 14th » Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Snakestretchers) (b. 1939)
  • 14th » Robert Calvert, South African singer-songwriter (Hawkwind) (b. 1945)
  • 14th » Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari (b. 1898)
  • 17th » Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
  • 17th » Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
  • 17th » Victoria Shaw (actress) known as Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (b. 1935)
  • 25th » Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901)
  • 26th » Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
  • 27th » Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (b. 1928)
  • 27th » William Sargant, English psychiatrist and theorist (b. 1907)
  • 28th » Jean Marchand, Canadian union leader and politician (b. 1918)
  • 28th » Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1919)

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