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What Happened In March 1988 In History

Historical Events for March, 1988

  • 6th » Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are killed by Special Air Service on the territory of Gibraltar in the conclusion of Operation Flavius.
  • 13th » The Seikan Tunnel, the longest undersea tunnel in the world, opens between Aomori, Aomori known as Aomori and Hakodate, Hokkaidō named Hakodate, Japan.
  • 14th » Johnson South Reef Skirmish: Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in Johnson South Reef, disputed Spratly Islands.
  • 16th » Iran-Contra Affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy (crime) known as conspiracy to defraud the United States.
  • 16th » Halabja poison gas attack: The Kurdish town of Halabjah in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5000 people and injuring about 10000 people.
  • 16th » The Troubles: Ulster loyalism Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone (loyalist) Michael Stone Milltown Cemetery attack attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. Three people are killed and more than 60 wounded. The attack was
  • 17th » A Colombian Boeing 727 jet airliner named jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
  • 25th » The Candle demonstration in Bratislava known as Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1988

  • 1st » Trevor Cahill, American baseball player
  • 1st » Katija Pevec, American actress
  • 1st » Yang Hyeon-Jong, South Korean baseball player
  • 2nd » Edgar Andrade, Mexican footballer
  • 2nd » James Arthur (singer) e.g James Arthur, English singer-songwriter
  • 2nd » Nicola Geuer, German tennis player
  • 2nd » Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
  • 2nd » Chris Rainey, American football player
  • 2nd » Geert Arend Roorda, Dutch footballer
  • 2nd » Nadine Samonte, German-Filipino actress
  • 3rd » Riccardo Bocchino, Italian rugby player
  • 3rd » Christa-Elizabeth Goulakos, Canadian-Greek ice dancer
  • 3rd » Teodora Mirčić, Serbian tennis player
  • 3rd » Michael Morrison (footballer) or Michael Morrison, English footballer
  • 3rd » Jan-Arie van der Heijden, Dutch footballer
  • 4th » Josh Bowman, English actor
  • 4th » Cody Longo, American actor and singer
  • 4th » Gal Mekel, Israeli basketball player
  • 4th » Laura Siegemund, German tennis player
  • 4th » Mikuru Uchino, Japanese model
  • 4th » Adam Watts (footballer) e.g Adam Watts, English footballer
  • 5th » Trevor Carson, Irish footballer
  • 5th » Bjarni Viðarsson, Icelandic footballer
  • 6th » Agnes Carlsson, Swedish singer
  • 6th » Simon Mignolet, Belgian footballer
  • 7th » Larry Asante, American football player
  • 8th » Armanti Edwards, American football player
  • 8th » Elly Jackson, English singer-songwriter and producer (La Roux)
  • 8th » Laura Unsworth, English field hockey player
  • 9th » Alodia Gosiengfiao, Filipino model, actress, and singer
  • 10th » Christian Beck (footballer) or Christian Beck, German footballer
  • 10th » Michael Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer
  • 10th » Ivan Rakitić, Croatian footballer
  • 11th » Fábio Coentrão, Portuguese footballer
  • 11th » Katsuhiko Nakajima, Japanese wrestler
  • 12th » Sebastian Brendel, German canoe racer
  • 12th » Konstantinos Mitroglou, Greek footballer
  • 12th » Tyler Ward, American singer
  • 12th » Myles Weston, English footballer
  • 13th » Furdjel Narsingh, Dutch footballer
  • 14th » Stephen Curry (basketball) called Stephen Curry, American basketball player
  • 14th » Rico Freimuth, German decathlete
  • 14th » Sasha Grey, American porn actress and singer (ATelecine)
  • 15th » Ever Guzmán, Mexican footballer
  • 15th » Maria Minerva, Estonian singer-songwriter and producer
  • 15th » James Reimer (ice hockey) e.g James Reimer, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 16th » Jhené Aiko, American singer-songwriter (Cocaine 80s)
  • 16th » Brett DiBiase, American wrestler and referee
  • 16th » Jessica Gregg, Canadian speed skater
  • 16th » Patrick Herrmann (footballer born 1988) e.g Patrick Herrmann, German footballer
  • 17th » Grimes (musician) named Grimes, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
  • 17th » Rasmus Elm, Swedish footballer
  • 17th » Fraser Forster, English footballer
  • 17th » Ryan White (ice hockey) or Ryan White, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 19th » Clayton Kershaw, American baseball player
  • 20th » Louie Vito, American snowboarder
  • 21st » Lee Cattermole, English footballer
  • 21st » Kateřina Čechová, Czech sprinter
  • 21st » Erik Johnson, American ice hockey player
  • 21st » Eric Krüger, German sprinter
  • 22nd » Tania Raymonde, American actress
  • 22nd » Rottyful Sky, South Korean singer and actress (d. 2013)
  • 23rd » Jason Kenny, English cyclist
  • 23rd » Michal Neuvirth, Czech ice hockey player
  • 24th » Aiga Grabuste, Latvian heptathlete
  • 24th » Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer
  • 24th » Matías Martínez, Argentinian footballer
  • 24th » Kardo Ploomipuu, Estonian swimmer
  • 24th » Sharmin Ratna, Bangladeshi target shooter
  • 25th » Erik Knudsen, Canadian actor
  • 25th » Ryan Lewis, American DJ and producer (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)
  • 25th » Edd Gould, British animator (d. 2012)
  • 25th » Big Sean, American rapper
  • 25th » Arthur Zeiler, German rugby player
  • 26th » Suvi Koponen, Finnish-American model
  • 27th » Mauro Goicoechea, Uruguayan footballer
  • 27th » Holliday Grainger, English actress
  • 27th » Jessie J, English singer-songwriter and producer
  • 27th » Rodrigo Eduardo Costa Marinho, Brazilian footballer
  • 27th » Anatoli Pulyayev, Russian footballer
  • 27th » Mohamed Sbihi, English rower
  • 27th » Darren Smith (footballer born 1988) named Darren Smith, Scottish footballer
  • 27th » Brenda Song, American actress and singer
  • 27th » Atsuto Uchida, Japanese footballer
  • 28th » Patrick Mayer (German footballer) or Patrick Mayer, German footballer
  • 28th » Ryan Kalish, American baseball player
  • 28th » Lacey Turner, English actress
  • 29th » Esther Cremer, German runner
  • 29th » Jesús Molina, Mexican footballer
  • 29th » Jürgen Zopp, Estonian tennis player
  • 30th » Capri Anderson, American porn actress
  • 30th » Thanasis Papazoglou, Greek footballer
  • 30th » Richard Sherman (American football) known as Richard Sherman, American football player
  • 30th » Danica Thrall, English model
  • 31st » Thomas De Corte, Belgian footballer
  • 31st » Hogan Ephraim, English footballer
  • 31st » Dorin Dickerson, American football player
  • 31st » DeAndre Liggins, American basketball player
  • 31st » Louis van der Westhuizen, Namibian cricketer

Famous Deaths for March 1988

  • 1st » Joe Besser, American comedian and actor (b. 1907)
  • 3rd » Henryk Szeryng, Polish-Mexican violinist (b. 1918)
  • 3rd » Sewall Wright, American biologist (b. 1889)
  • 4th » Beatriz Guido, Argentine author and screenwriter (b. 1924)
  • 5th » Alberto Olmedo, Argentinian comedian and actor (b. 1933)
  • 6th » Mairéad Farrell, Irish soldier (b. 1957)
  • 6th » Daniel McCann, Irish soldier (b. 1957)
  • 6th » Seán Savage, Irish soldier (b. 1965)
  • 7th » Divine (performer) e.g Divine, American drag queen performer (b. 1945)
  • 7th » Robert Livingston (actor) named Robert Livingston, American actor (b. 1904)
  • 8th » Amar Singh Chamkila, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1961)
  • 8th » Werner Hartmann (physicist) e.g Werner Hartmann, German physicist (b. 1912)
  • 9th » Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German politician, 3rd Chancellor of Germany (b. 1904)
  • 10th » Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer and actor (b. 1958)
  • 13th » John Holmes (pornographic actor) e.g John Holmes, American porn actor (b. 1944)
  • 15th » Dmitri Polyakov, Ukrainian general and spy (b. 1926)
  • 17th » Nikolas Asimos, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
  • 18th » Billy Butterfield, American trumpet player and cornet player (b. 1917)
  • 18th » Frank Wayne, American TV game show producer (b. 1917)
  • 19th » Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904)
  • 25th » Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the Joffrey Ballet (b. 1930)
  • 27th » Renato Salvatori, Italian actor (b. 1934)
  • 29th » Maurice Blackburn (composer) known as Maurice Blackburn, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1914)
  • 29th » Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (b. 1924)
  • 30th » Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1908)
  • 31st » William McMahon, Australian politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)

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