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Year '''1988''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLXXXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] (link displays 1988 [[Gregorian calendar]]).
In the [[20th century]], the year 1988 has the most [[Roman numerals|Roman numeral]] digits (11). In the [[Chinese zodiac]], it is the [[rabbit (zodiac)|year of the rabbit]] until [[February 16]] and the [[dragon (zodiac)|dragon]] for the rest of the year.
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==Events of 1988==
===January===
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*[[January 1]] - The [[Soviet Union]] begins its program of economic restructuring ([[perestroika]]) with legislation initiated by Premier [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] (though Gorbachev had begun minor restructuring in 1985).
*[[January 1]] - The [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] is established, creating the largest [[Lutheran]] denomination in the [[United States]].
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*[[January 8]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] falls 140.58 points, or 6.85%, to close at 1,911.31 in a mini-crash.
*[[January 13]] - [[Taiwan]] President [[Chiang Ching-kuo]] dies in [[Taipei]]; Vice-President [[Lee Teng-hui]] becomes president.
*[[January 15]] - In [[Jerusalem]], Israeli police and Palestinian protestors clash at the [[Dome of the Rock]]; several police and at least 70 Palestinians are injured.
*[[January 25]] - U.S. Vice President [[George H.W. Bush]] and [[CBS News]] anchor [[Dan Rather]] clash over Bush's role in the [[Iran-Contra]] scandal, during a contentious television interview.
*[[January 29]] - The [[Midwest Classic Conference]], a U.S. college athletic conference, is formed.
===February===
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*[[February 3]] - The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]-controlled [[United States House of Representatives]] rejects President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s request for $36.25 million to support the Nicaraguan [[Contras]].
*[[February 12]] - [[Anthony M. Kennedy]] is appointed to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].
*[[February 13]] – [[February 28]] - The [[1988 Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]].
*[[February 17]] - U.S. Lieutenant Colonel [[William R. Higgins]], serving with a [[United Nations]] group monitoring a [[truce]] in southern [[Lebanon]], is kidnapped (he is later killed by his captors).
*[[February 24]] - ''[[Hustler Magazine v. Falwell]]'': The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] sides with ''[[Hustler]]'' magazine by overturning a lower court decision to award [[Jerry Falwell]] $200,000 for [[defamation]].
*[[February 29]] - A Nazi document implicates [[Kurt Waldheim]] in [[WWII]] deportations.
===March===
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*[[March 6]] - Students at [[Gallaudet University]] go on strike for the selection of a non-[[deaf]] university president.
*[[March 7]] - [[Operation Flavius]]: The [[Special Air Services]] fatally shoot three unarmed [[Irish Republican Army]] members in [[Gibraltar]].
*[[March 8]] - Two [[U.S. Army]] helicopters collide in [[Fort Campbell]], [[Kentucky]], killing 17 servicemen.
*[[March 8]] - U.S. presidential candidate [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] defeats [[Robert Dole]] in numerous Republican primaries and caucuses on "Super Tuesday". The bipartisan primary/caucus calendar, designed by Democrats to help solidify their own nominee early, backfires when none of the 6 competing candidates are able to break out of the pack in the day's Democratic contests. [[Jesse Jackson]], however, wins several Southern state primaries.
*[[March 16]] - The [[Halabja poison gas attack]] is carried out by [[Iraq]]i government forces.
*[[March 16]] - [[Iran-Contra Affair]]: Lieutenant Colonel [[Oliver North]] and Vice Admiral [[John Poindexter]] are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the [[United States]].
*[[March 17]]
**A [[Colombia]]n [[Boeing 727]] jetliner, [[Avianca Flight 410]], crashes into the side of the mountains near the [[Venezuela]]n border killing 143.
**[[Eritrean War of Independence]]: The [[Nadew Command]], an [[Ethiopia]]n army corps in [[Eritrea]], is attacked on three sides by military units of the [[Eritrean People's Liberation Front]] (EPLF) in the opening action of the [[Battle of Afabet]].
*[[March 19]] - British Army Corporals Woods and Howes are killed by the IRA in the so-called "[[Corporals killings]]".
*[[March 20]] - [[Eritrean War of Independence]]: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the EPLF enters the town of [[Afabet]], victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
*[[March 24]] - An [[Israel]]i court sentences [[Mordechai Vanunu]] to 18 years in prison for disclosing Israel's nuclear program to ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]''.
*[[March 25]] - The [[Candle Demonstration]] in [[Bratislava]], [[Slovakia]] is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in [[Czechoslovakia]].
*[[March 26]] - U.S. presidential candidate [[Jesse Jackson]] defeats [[Michael Dukakis]] in the [[Michigan]] Democratic caucuses, becoming the temporary front-runner for the party's nomination. [[Richard Gephardt]] withdraws his candidacy after his campaign speeches against imported automobiles fail to earn him much support in [[Detroit]].
*[[March 29]] - [[African National Congress]] representative [[Dulcie September]] is assassinated in [[Paris]].
===April===
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[[Image:OperationPrayingMantis-IS Alvand.jpg|thumb|200px|The Iranian Frigate, IS ''Alvand'', attacked by US Navy forces during [[Operation Praying Mantis]].]]
*[[April 4]] - [[Governor]] [[Evan Mecham]] of [[Arizona]] is convicted in his [[impeachment]] trial and removed from office.
*[[April 5]] - [[Massachusetts]] Governor [[Michael Dukakis]] wins the [[Wisconsin]] Democratic presidential primary.
*[[April 10]] - The [[Ojhri Camp|Ojhri Camp Disaster]] occurs in [[Islamabad]] and [[Rawalpindi]].
*[[April 10]] - The [[Great Seto Bridge]] opens to traffic in [[Japan]].
*[[April 11]] - ''[[The Last Emperor]]'' (directed by [[Bernardo Bertolucci]]) wins nine [[Academy Awards|Oscars]].
*[[April 12]] - Former pop singer [[Sonny Bono]] is elected mayor of [[Palm Springs, California]].
*[[April 14]] - In the [[Geneva Accords (1988)|Geneva Accords]], the [[Soviet Union]] commits itself to withdrawal of its forces from [[Afghanistan]].
*The ''[[USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)]]'' strikes a [[naval mine]] in the [[Persian Gulf]], while deployed on [[Operation Earnest Will]] during the [[Tanker War]] phase of the [[Iran-Iraq War]].
*[[April 16]] - [[Israel]]i commandos kill the [[PLO]]'s [[Abu Jihad]] in [[Tunisia]].
*[[April 16]] - In [[Forlì]], [[Italy]], the [[brigate rosse]] kill Senator Roberto Ruffilli, an advisor of [[Prime Minister]] [[Ciriaco de Mita]].
*[[April 18]] - [[United States Navy]] retaliates for the ''[[USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)|Roberts]]'' mining with [[Operation Praying Mantis]], in a day of strikes against [[Iran]]ian oil platforms and naval vessels.
*[[April 25]] - In [[Israel]], [[Ivan Demjanjuk]] is sentenced to death for [[war crime]]s committed in [[World War II]]. He was accused by survivors of being the notorious guard at the [[Treblinka extermination camp]] known as "Ivan the Terrible". The conviction is later overturned by the [[Israeli Supreme Court]].
*[[April 28]] - [[Aloha Flight 243]] loses several yards of its upper fuselage while in flight, killing one.
*[[April 30]] - World [[Expo '88]] opens in [[Brisbane]] [[Queensland]], [[Australia]].
===May===
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*[[May 4]] - [[PEPCON disaster]] in [[Henderson, Nevada]]: A major explosion at an industrial solid-fuel rocket plant causes damage extending up to 10 miles away, including [[Paradise, Nevada|Las Vegas]]'s [[McCarran International Airport]].
*[[May 14]] - [[Carrollton bus collision|Bus collision]] near [[Carrollton, Kentucky]]: A drunk driver going the wrong way on [[Interstate 71]], hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group from [[Radcliff, Kentucky]]. The resulting fire kills 27, making it tied for 1st in the U.S. for most fatalities involving 2 vehicles to the present day. Coincidentally, the other 2-vehicle accident involving a bus that also killed 27 occurred in [[Prestonsburg, KY]] 30 years prior.
*[[May 14]] - [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]] wins the English [[FA Cup]] after beating [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] 1–0 at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]]. The southwest [[Londoners]] had pulled off one of the greatest upsets in the history of English football, as they had been top division members for just 2 years and had joined [[the Football League]] only 11 years earlier. Liverpool, meanwhile, had won a total of 30 major trophies including 17 league titles.
*[[May 15]] - [[Soviet war in Afghanistan]]: After more than eight years of fighting, the [[Red Army]] begins withdrawing from [[Afghanistan]].
*[[May 16]] - A report by U.S. [[Surgeon General]] [[C. Everett Koop]] states that the [[addiction|addictive]] properties of [[nicotine]] are similar to those of [[heroin]] and [[cocaine]].
*[[May 16]] - ''[[California v. Greenwood]]'': The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that police officers do not need a [[search warrant]] to search through discarded [[waste|garbage]].
*[[May 24]] - [[Section 28]] (outlawing promotion of homosexuality in schools) is passed as law by [[Parliament]] in the [[United Kingdom]].
*[[May 31]] - U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] addresses 600 [[Moscow State University]] students, during his visit to the [[Soviet Union]].
===June===
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*[[June 5]] - The first [[National Cancer Survivors Day]] is held.
*[[June 6]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]] strips [[jockey]] [[Lester Piggott]] of his [[Order of the British Empire]] following his jailing for [[Tax fraud|tax irregularities]].
*[[June 11]] - The name of the General Public License ([[GNU General Public License|GPL]]) is mentioned for the first time.
*[[June 11]] - Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th birthday of imprisoned [[African National Congress|ANC]] leader [[Nelson Mandela]].
*[[June 25]] - The [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] defeats the [[USSR national football team|Soviet Union]] 2–0 to win [[1988 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 88]].
*[[June 28]] - Four workers are [[asphyxiated]] at a metal-plating plant in [[Auburn, Indiana]], in the worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history (a fifth victim dies 2 days later).
*[[June 29]] - ''[[Morrison v. Olson]]'': The [[United States Supreme Court]] upholds the law allowing [[special prosecutor]]s to investigate suspected crimes by executive branch officials.
*[[June 30]] - Roman [[Catholic]] [[Marcel Lefebvre|Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre]] consecrates four [[bishop]]s at [[Ecône]], [[Switzerland]] for his [[Society of Saint Pius X|apostolate]], along with [[Antônio de Castro Mayer|Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer]], without a [[Pope|papal]] mandate.
===July===
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*[[July 3]] - The [[Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge]] in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]] is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] over the [[Bosporus]].
*[[July 3]] - [[Iran Air Flight 655]] is shot down by missiles launched from the [[USS Vincennes (CG-49)|USS ''Vincennes'']].
*[[July 6]] - The [[Piper Alpha]] drilling platform in the [[North Sea]] is destroyed by explosions and fires, killing 165 oil workers and two rescue mariners.
*[[July 6]] - The first reported medical waste on beaches in the [[Greater New York]] area (including hypodermic needles and syringes possibly infected with the [[AIDS]] virus) washes ashore on Long Island. Subsequent medical waste discoveries on beaches in [[Coney Island]] and in [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]] force the closure of numerous New York-area beaches in the middle of one of the hottest summers in the American Northeast on record.
*[[July 14]] - [[Volkswagen]] closes its [[Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania]] plant after 10 years of operation (the first factory built by a non-American automaker in the U.S.).
*[[July 20]] - The [[Democratic National Convention]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] nominates [[Michael Dukakis]] for U.S. President and [[Lloyd Bentsen]] for Vice President.
*[[July 31]] - Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the [[Sultan Abdul Halim]] Ferry terminal collapses in [[Butterworth, Penang|Butterworth]], [[Malaysia]].
===August===
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*[[Allama Arif Hussain Hussaini]] the leader of [[Pakistan]]i [[Shia]] muslims was killed in [[Peshawar]].
*[[August 5]] - The [[1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis]] culminates in the ouster of the [[Lord President]] of [[Malaysia]], [[Salleh Abas]].
*[[August 6]] – [[August 7]] - [[Tompkins Square Park Police Riot (1988)|Tompkins Square Park Police Riot]] in [[New York City]]: A riot erupts in [[Tompkins Square Park]] when police attempt to enforce a newly-passed curfew for the park. Bystanders, artists, residents, [[homeless]] people and political activists are caught up in the police action which took place during the night of [[August 6]] and into the early morning of [[August 7]].
*[[August 8]] - [[8888 Uprising]]: Thousands of protesters in [[Myanmar|Burma]], now known as ''Myanmar'', are killed during anti-government [[demonstration]]s.
*[[August 17]] - The [[President of Pakistan|Pakistani president]], [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]], and the [[United States Ambassador to Pakistan|U.S. ambassador to Pakistan]], [[Arnold Raphel]], are killed in a plane crash near [[Bhawalpur]].
*[[August 18]] - The [[Republican National Convention]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]] nominates [[George H.W. Bush]] for President and [[Dan Quayle|James "Dan" Quayle]] for [[Vice President]] of the United States of America.
*[[August 19]] - A [[truce]] begins in the [[Iran-Iraq war]].
*[[August 20]] - The [[Iran-Iraq war]] ends, with an estimated one million lives lost.
*[[August 25]] - A fire destroys part of [[Chiado]] quarter, in [[Lisbon]]'s historical center.
*[[August 26]] - [[Mehran Karimi Nasseri]], "The terminal man", is stuck in the [[Charles de Gaulle International Airport|De Gaulle Airport]] in [[Paris]], where he will continue to reside until [[August 1]], [[2006]].
[[Image:Etar 280888 2.jpg|right|thumb|190px|The [[Ramstein airshow disaster]] at the moment of impact.]]
*[[August 28]] - Seventy-five people are killed and three-hundred and forty-six injured in one of the worst [[Ramstein airshow disaster|airshow disasters]] in history at [[Germany]]'s [[Ramstein Air Base]], when three [[jet]]s from the [[Italy|Italian]] air demonstration team, ''[[Frecce Tricolori]]'', collide, sending one of the aircraft crashing into the crowd of spectators.
===September===
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*[[September 5]] - With US$2 billion in federal aid, the Robert M. Bass Group agrees to buy the [[United States]]'s largest thrift, American Savings and Loan Association.
*[[September 11]] - In [[Estonia]], 300 000 demonstrate for independence.
*[[September 12]] - [[Hurricane Gilbert]] devastates [[Jamaica]]; it turns towards [[Mexico]]'s [[Yucatán Peninsula]] 2 days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
*[[September 17]] – [[October 2]] - The [[1988 Summer Olympics]] are held in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]].
*[[September 22]] - The [[Ocean Odyssey]] drilling rig suffers a blowout and fire in the North Sea. (See also [[July 6]])
*[[September 24]] – [[September 26]] - Large, militant protests against the [[Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group|1988 World Bank and IMF meetings]] take place in [[West Berlin]].
*[[September 29]] - ''[[STS-26]]'': [[NASA]] resumes [[space shuttle]] flights, grounded after the ''[[Space Shuttle Challenger|Challenger]]'' [[STS-51-L|disaster]], with [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']].
===October===
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*[[October 5]] - Thousands riot in [[Algiers]], [[Algeria]] against the [[National Liberation Front]] government; by [[October 10]] the army has killed and tortured about 500 people in crushing the riots.
*[[October 5]] - [[Chilean president]] [[Augusto Pinochet]] is defeated in a national [[plebiscite]] which sought to renew his [[mandate]].
*[[October 5]] - In [[Omaha, Nebraska]], in the only vice presidential debate of the [[United States presidential election, 1988|1988 U.S. presidential election]], the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] party vice presidential nominee, Senator [[Dan Quayle|"Dan" Quayle]] of [[Indiana]], insists he has as much experience in government as [[John F. Kennedy]] did when he sought the presidency in [[1960]]. His [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] party opponent, Senator [[Lloyd Bentsen]] of [[Texas]], replies, "'''Senator, I knew Jack Kennedy. I served with Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.'''" The tremendously positive audience response to Sen. Bentsen's remark solidified the reputation of Sen. Quayle as a political lightweight.
*[[October 11]] - Women are allowed to study at [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]], for the first time. Male students wear [[black armband]]s and the [[porter]] flies a [[black flag]].
*[[October 12]] - [[Walsh Street police shootings]]: Two [[Victoria Police]] officers are gunned down, [[execution style]], in [[Australia]].
*[[October 13]] - In the second U.S. presidential debate, held by [[U.C.L.A.]], the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic party]] nominee, [[Michael Dukakis]], is asked by journalist [[Bernard Shaw (journalist)|Bernard Shaw]] of [[CNN]] if he would support the [[death penalty]] if his wife, "[[Katharine D. Dukakis|Kitty]]", were to be [[rape]]d and [[murder]]ed. Gov. Dukakis' reply, voicing his opposition to capital punishment in any and all circumstances, is later said to have been a major reason for the eventual failure of his campaign for the [[White House]].
*[[October 15]] - [[Kirk Gibson]] hits a dramatic [[home run]] to win Game One of the [[World Series]] for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], over the [[Oakland Athletics]], by a score of five runs to four.
*[[October 19]] - The [[United Kingdom]] bans [[broadcast]] [[interview]]s with [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] members. The [[BBC]] gets around this stricture through the use of professional actors.
*[[October 23]] - ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' is released in [[Japan]]
*[[October 27]] - [[Ronald Reagan]] decides to tear down the new US embassy in Moscow because of Soviet listening devices in the building structure
*[[October 28]] - [[Abortion]]: 48 hours after announcing it was abandoning [[RU-486]], [[List of French companies|French]] manufacturer [[Roussel Uclaf]] states that it would resume distribution of the [[drug]], bowing to pressure from the [[Government of France|government]] of [[France]].
*[[October 29]] - [[Pakistan]]'s [[General Rahimuddin Khan]] resigns from his post as the [[governor]] of [[Sindh]], following attempts by the [[President of Pakistan]], [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]], to limit the vast powers Gen. Rahimuddin had accumulated.
*[[October 30]] - [[Philip Morris]] buys [[Kraft Foods]] for [[US$]]13.1 billion.
*[[October 30]] - [[Expo '88]] in [[Brisbane]] [[Australia]] draws to a close after a six month spectacular.
*[[October 30]] - [[Formula One]]: [[Ayrton Senna]] clinches his first [[World Championship]] with a phenomenal drive in the [[Japanese Grand Prix]], recovering from 16th place on the first lap to win the race and beat rival [[Alain Prost]] into second place.
===November===
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*[[November 1]] - In the Israeli election, [[Likud]] wins 47 seats, [[Labour Party (Israel)|Labour]] wins 49, but Likud Prime Minister [[Yitzhak Shamir]] remains in office.
*[[November 3]]-[[November 5]]: Thousands of South Korean students demonstrate against former president [[Chun Doo Hwan]].
*[[November 8]] - [[United States presidential election, 1988]]: [[George H. W. Bush]] is elected over [[Michael Dukakis]].
*[[November 11]] - In [[Sacramento, California]], police find a body buried in the lawn of 60-year-old boardinghouse landlady [[Dorothea Puente]] (7 bodies are eventually found and Puente is convicted of 3 murders and sentenced to life in prison).
*[[November 15]] - In the [[Soviet Union]], the unmanned Shuttle ''[[Buran (spacecraft)|Buran]]'' is launched by an [[Energia]] rocket on its maiden [[orbit]]al spaceflight (the first and last space flight for the shuttle).
*[[November 15]] - [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]: An independent [[State of Palestine]] is proclaimed at the [[Palestinian National Council]] meeting in [[Algiers]], by a vote of 253 to 46.
*[[November 15]] - The very first [[Fairtrade]] label, [[Stichting Max Havelaar|Max Havelaar]], is launched by [[Nico Roozen]], [[Frans van der Hoff]] and [[ecumenical]] [[development agency]] [[Solidaridad]] in the [[Netherlands]].
*[[November 16]] - The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR declares that [[Estonia]] is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
*[[November 16]] - In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in [[Pakistan]] choose populist candidate [[Benazir Bhutto]] to be [[Prime Minister]]. Elections were held as planned despite [[head of state]] Zia-ul-Haq's death earlier in August.
*[[November 18]] - [[War on Drugs]]: U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] signs a bill providing the [[death penalty]] for murderous drug traffickers.
*[[November 21]] - [[Canadian federal election, 1988]]: [[Brian Mulroney]] and the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]] win a second [[majority government]].
*[[November 21]] - [[Ted Turner]] Officially Buys [[Jim Crockett]] Promotions, known as [[National Wrestling Alliance|NWA]] Crockett, and turns it into [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW).
*[[November 22]] - In [[Palmdale, California]], the first prototype [[B-2 Spirit]] stealth bomber is revealed.
*[[November 23]] - Former Korean president [[Chun Doo Hwan]] publicly apologizes for corruption during his presidency, announcing he will go into exile.
*[[November 30]] - [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.]] buys [[RJR Nabisco]] for US$25.07 billion in the biggest [[leveraged buyout]] deal of all time.
===December===
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[[Image:PA103cockpit4.png|thumb|200px|The wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103]]
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*[[December 2]] - [[Benazir Bhutto]] is sworn in as Prime Minister of [[Pakistan]], becoming the first woman to head the government of an [[Islam]]-dominated state.
*[[December 2]] - A [[cyclone]] in [[Bangladesh]] leaves 5 million homeless and thousands dead.
*[[December 7]] - In [[Armenia]] an [[Leninakan Earthquake|earthquake]] 6.9 on the [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]] kills nearly 25,000, injures 15,000 and leaves 400,000 homeless.
*[[December 7]] - [[Estonian language|Estonian]] becomes the official language of [[Estonia]].
*[[December 9]] - The last [[Dodge Aries]] and [[Plymouth Reliant]] roll off the assembly line in a Chrysler factory.
*[[December 12]] - The [[Clapham Junction rail crash]] kills 35 and injures 132.
*[[December 20]] - The [[United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances]] is signed at [[Vienna]].
*[[December 21]] - [[Pan Am Flight 103]] is blown up by [[Libya]]n terrorists over [[Lockerbie, Scotland]], killing a total of 270 people. Those responsible are believed to be of either [[Iran]]ian or [[Libyan]] origin.
*[[December 22]] - [[Brazil]]ian union and environmental activist [[Chico Mendes]] is assassinated.
===Undated===
*The [[Labtec]] mouse was created in 1988.
*[[TAT-8]], the first [[transatlantic telephone cable]] to use [[optical fiber]]s, is completed.
*[[Zebra mussel]]s found in the [[Great lakes]].
===Ongoing===
*[[1988 Junior Olympics]]
*[[Cold War]]
===Fictional===
The following are references to year 1988 in fiction:
*In the [[manga]] and [[anime]] ''[[Oh My Goddess]]'', the adventure begins in 1988 when the Nordic Goddess [[Belldandy]] moves to Earth—specifically, to [[Japan]]—to be the personal guardian deity of young techie [[Keiichi Morisato]].
*In the [[tokusatsu]] movie ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born!]]'', a decisive battle to stop a rogue Kamen Rider from destroying all of time is set to the date of [[December 26]], [[1988]].
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==Births==
===January–March===
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*[[January 4]] - [[Nabila Jamshed]], Indian Fantasy Novelist
*[[January 7]] - [[Alan Lowing]], Scottish footballer
*[[January 7]] - [[Robert Michael Sheehan]], Irish actor
*[[January 8]] - [[Michael Mancienne]], English [[football]]er
*[[January 9]] - [[Glyn Wise]], Welsh television/radio personality - runner-up, [[Big Brother 2006 (UK)|Big Brother 2006]]
*[[January 10]] - [[Michael Mcilorum]], English rugby union player
*[[January 12]] - [[Chris Casement]], Northern Irish footballer
*[[January 12]] - [[Andrew Lawrence (actor)|Andrew Lawrence]], American actor
*[[January 13]] - [[Tatev Abrahamyan]], American chess player
*[[January 15]] - [[From First to Last|Sonny Moore]], American musician
*[[January 16]] - [[Nicklas Bendtner]], Danish footballer
*[[January 16]] - [[Mikalah Gordon]], American television personality
*[[January 22]] - [[Greg Oden]], American basketball player
*[[January 25]] - [[Tatiana Golovin]], French tennis player
*[[January 25]] - [[Daniel Haynes]], English footballer
*[[January 27]] - [[Kerlon]], Brazilian footballer
*[[January 29]] - [[Owen Garvan]], Irish footballer
*[[January 29]] - [[Aydın Yılmaz]], Turkish soccer player
*[[February 1]] - [[Andie Valentino]], American nude model
*[[February 4]] - [[Carly Patterson]], American gymnast
*[[February 7]] - [[Ai Kago]], Japanese singer
*[[February 8]] - [[Ryan Pinkston]], American actor
*[[February 11]] - [[Li Chun]], Chinese singer
*[[February 12]] - [[Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie]], Romanian gymnast
*[[February 14]] - [[Eliska Amor]], Spanish American actress
*[[February 18]] - [[Mark Davies]], British footballer
*[[February 18]] - [[Shane Lyons]], American actor
*[[February 18]] - [[Maiara Walsh]], Brazilian actress
*[[February 19]] - [[Miyu Irino]], Japanese voice actor
*[[February 20]] - [[Rihanna]], Barbadian R&B singer
*[[February 25]] - [[Rúrik Gíslason]], Icelandic footballer
*[[February 26]] - [[David Williams (footballer)|David Williams]], Australian footballer
*[[February 29]] - [[Lena Gercke]], German model
*[[March 1]] - [[Melissandre Fuentes]], Andorra figure skater
*[[March 1]] - [[Katija Pevec]], American actress
*[[March 2]] - [[Kathryn Blair]], daughter of former British Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]]
*[[March 2]] - [[Vito Mannone]], Italian footballer
*[[March 2]] - [[Kate Alexa]], Australian singer
*[[March 3]] - [[Timur Gareev]], Asian chess player
*[[March 6]] - [[Elaine and Melanie Silver]], American actresses
*[[March 15]] - [[Rebecca Moore (pageant titleholder)|Rebecca Moore]], [[Miss Alabama USA]]
*[[March 21]] - [[Lee Cattermole]], English footballer
*[[March 21]] - [[Pat McCabe (rugby player)|Pat McCabe]], Australian rugby union player
*[[March 25]] - [[Erik Knudsen]], Canadian actor
*[[March 27]] - [[Brenda Song]], American actress
*[[March 28]] - [[Lacey Turner]], English actress
*[[March 31]] - [[Hogan Ephraim]], English football player
===April–June===
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*[[April 3]] - [[Tim Krul]], Dutch soccer player
*[[April 5]] - [[Daniela Luján]], Mexican actress
*[[April 5]] - [[Asumi Nakata]], Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
*[[April 6]] - [[Fabrice Muamba]], English footballer
*[[April 6]] - [[Mike Bailey (actor)|Mike Bailey]], British actor
*[[April 8]] - [[Philip Dowling]], British actor
*[[April 10]] - [[Haley Joel Osment]], American actor
*[[April 10]] - [[Özgürcan Özcan]], Turkish soccer player
*[[April 10]] - [[Travis Varcoe]], Australian footballer
*[[April 13]] - [[Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira]], Brazilian footballer
*[[April 13]] - [[Kallie Flynn Childress]], American actress
*[[April 15]] - [[Emily Parr]], 2007 UK Big Brother contestant
*[[April 21]] - [[Mia Permanto]], Finnish pop singer and radio host (d. [[2008]])
*[[April 23]] - [[Erica Mer]], American actress
*[[April 25]] - [[Sara Paxton]], American actress
*[[April 26]] - [[Anna Svidersky]], American murder victim (d. [[2006]])
*[[April 29]] - [[Jeff Batchelor]], Canadian snowboarder
*[[April 29]] - [[Younha]], Korean born singer
*[[May 1]] -[[Kristopher Tate]], Founder, Chief Technologist of Zooomr
*[[May 1]] - [[Darryl Knights]], English footballer
*[[May 5]] - [[Jessica Dubroff]], American student pilot (d. [[1996]])
*[[May 5]] - [[Brooke Hogan]], American reality star and singer
*[[May 5]] - [[Skye Sweetnam]], Canadian singer
*[[May 13]] - [[Casey Donovan (singer)|Casey Donovan]], Australian Idol 2004 singer
*[[May 17]] - [[Nikki Reed]], American actress
*[[May 18]] - [[Ryan Cooley]], Canadian actor
*[[May 19]] - [[Lily Cole]], Iconic English [[supermodel]]
*[[May 23]] - [[Christian Lorentzen]], British heir
*[[May 23]] - [[Morgan Pressel]], American golfer
*[[May 24]] - [[Iyama Yuta]], Japanese Go player
*[[May 25]] - [[Adrián González (footballer)|Adrián González]], Spanish footballer
*[[May 27]] - [[Heather Marks]], Canadian model
*[[May 27]] - [[Scott McGregor]], English musician
*[[May 28]] - [[Cheng Fei]], Chinese gymnast
*[[May 28]] - [[Meisa Kuroki]], Japanese actress
*[[June 1]] - [[Nami Tamaki]], Japanese singer
*[[June 2]] - [[Sergio Agüero]], Argentine football (soccer) player
*[[June 2]] - [[Ayaka Saito]], Japanese voice actor
*[[June 7]] - [[Michael Cera]], Canadian actor
*[[June 7]] - [[Godwin Antwi]], Ghana footballer
*[[June 9]] - [[Mae Whitman]], American actress
*[[June 11]] - [[Gakky]], Japanese model/actress
*[[June 13]] - [[Li Ya]], Chinese gymnast
*[[June 17]] - [[Andrew Ogilvy]], Australian basketball player
*[[June 20]] - [[Shefali Chowdhury]], British actress
*[[June 21]] - [[Allyssa DeHaan]], American basketball player
*[[June 21]] - [[Alejandro Ramirez]], Costa Rica chess player
*[[June 21]] - [[Thaddeus Young]], American basketball player
*[[June 22]] - [[Kieran Lee]], English footballer
*[[June 23]] - [[Isabella Leong]], Hong Kong singer, actress and model
*[[June 24]] - [[Micah Richards]], English footballer
*[[June 25]] - [[Amanda Dowler]], British murder victim
*[[June 26]] - [[Amanda Marchant|Amanda]] and [[Sam Marchant]], 2007 UK Big Brother contestants
*[[June 27]] - [[Kate Ziegler]], American swimmer
*[[June 30]] - [[Sean Marquette]], American actor
===July–September===
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*[[July 1]] - [[Evan Ellingson]], American actor
*[[July 1]] - [[Joseph Groarke]], British taekwondo expert
*[[July 4]] - [[Angelique Boyer]], Mexican actress
*[[July 6]] - [[Sarah Barrable-Tishauer]], Canadian actress
*[[July 8]] - [[Miguel Roque Farrero]], Spanish footballer
*[[July 12]] - [[Melissa O'Neil]], [[Canadian Idol]] winner, season 3
*[[July 17]] - [[Summer Bishil]], American actress
*[[July 20]] - [[Julianne Hough]], American ballroom dancer; actress; singer
*[[July 22]] - [[Constantin, Prince of Nassau]]
*[[July 23]] - [[Paul Anderson (footballer)|Paul Anderson]], English footballer
*[[July 25]] - [[Anthony Stokes (footballer)|Anthony Stokes]], Irish footballer
*[[July 28]] - [[Ayla Brown]], American singer and basketball player
*[[July 31]] - [[Brackin Karauria-Henry]], Australian rugby league player
*[[August 4]] - [[Monette Russo]], Australian gymnast
*[[August 5]] - [[Fleur Maxwell]], Luxembourg figure skater
*[[August 5]] - [[Federica Pellegrini]], Italian swimmer
*[[August 7]] - [[Chris Wells (football)|Chris "Beanie" Wells]], American football running back
*[[August 8]] - [[Princess Beatrice of York]]
*[[August 8]] - [[Flavia Bujor]], French writer
*[[August 8]] - [[Jake Goldsbie]], Canadian actor
*[[August 8]] - [[Jeff Weise]], American murderer (d. [[2005]])
*[[August 11]] - [[Patrick Mills]], Australian basketball player
*[[August 12]] - [[Jose Tabata]], Minor League Baseball player
*[[August 12]] - [[Leah Pipes]], American actress
*[[August 16]] - [[Ismaïl Aissati]], Morrocan football (soccer) player
*[[August 16]] - [[Rumer Willis]], American actress
*[[August 17]] - [[Belal Mansoor Ali]], Kenyan runner
*[[August 17]] - [[Brady Corbet]], American actor
*[[August 18]] - [[Jack Hobbs (footballer)|Jack Hobbs]], English footballer
*[[August 19]] - [[Travis Tedford]], American actor
*[[August 24]] - [[Rupert Grint]], English actor
*[[August 25]] - [[Angela Park]], Brazilian golfer
*[[August 25]] - [[Raymond Quinn]], English singer and actor
*[[August 26]] - [[Princess Maria Laura, Archduchess of Austria-Este]]
*[[August 27]] - [[Alexa Vega]], American actress
*[[August 28]] - [[Ray Jones]], English football player (d. [[2007]])
*[[September 5]] - [[Nuri Şahin]], Turkish football (soccer) player
*[[September 9]] - [[Sana Saeed]], Indian actress
*[[September 10]] - [[Jordan Staal]], Canadian hockey player
*[[September 11]] - [[Angie Diaz]], Australian actress
*[[September 16]] - [[Teddy Geiger]], American singer
*[[September 16]] - [[Tempest Smith]], American religious discrimination victim (d. [[2001]]
*[[September 17]] - [[Candice Swanepoel]], South African model
*[[September 18]] - [[Annette Obrestad]], Norwegian poker player
*[[September 19]] - [[Katie Bowden]], American actress
*[[September 20]] - [[Aura Andreea Munteanu]], Romanian gymnast
*[[September 22]] - [[Bethany Dillon]], Christian contemporary music singer/songwriter
*[[September 24]] - [[Kyle Sullivan]], American actor
*[[September 29]] - [[Kevin Durant]], American basketball player
===October–December===
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*[[October 3]] - [[Tadhg Kelly]], American actor
*[[October 5]] - [[Bobby Edner]], American actor
*[[October 6]] - [[Maki Horikita]], Japanese actress
*[[October 7]] - [[Stacy DuPree]], American musician
*[[October 7]] - [[Geneva Locke]], Canadian actress
*[[October 10]] - [[Cariba Heine]], Australian Actress and performer
*[[October 13]] - [[Scott Jamieson]], Australian footballer
*[[October 14]] - [[Max Thieriot]], American actor
*[[October 15]] - [[Carrie Finklea]], American actress
*[[October 15]] - [[Aleksandra Szutenberg]], Polish gymnast
*[[October 19]] - [[Carly Janiga]], American gymnast
*[[October 20]] - [[Adam Butcher]], Canadian actor
*[[October 20]] - [[Risa Niigaki]], Japanese singer
*[[October 25]] - [[Mandi Lampi]], Finnish singer and actress (d. [[2008]])
*[[October 25]] - [[Kaz Patafta]], Australian footballer
*[[October 28]] - [[Devon Murray]], Irish actor
*[[October 30]] - [[Scott Dyleski]], American murderer
*[[November 1]] - [[Ai Fukuhara]], Japanese table tennis player
*[[November 2]] - [[Lindze Letherman]], American actress
*[[November 6]] - [[Emma Stone]], American actress
*[[November 8]] - [[Tajima Honami]], Japanese actress
*[[November 9]] - [[Nikki Blonsky]], American actress and singer
*[[November 11]] - [[Alexandra Kyle]], American actress
*[[November 13]] - [[Stephen Pollard]], American musician
*[[November 15]] - [[Zena Grey]], American actress
*[[November 15]] - [[Nikolas Besagno]], American soccer player
*[[November 19]] - [[Patrick Kane]], American professional hockey player
*[[November 23]] - [[Esmée Denters]], Dutch singer-songwriter
*[[November 26]] - [[Yumi Kobayashi]], Japanese model
*[[November 28]] - [[Scarlett Pomers]], American actress
*[[December 2]] - [[Alfred Enoch]], British actor
*[[December 2]] - [[Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick]]
*[[December 3]] - [[Kevin Alexander Clark]], American actor and drummer
*[[December 4]] - [[Lisa Ingildeeva]], Russian gymnast
*[[December 5]] - [[Ross Bagley]], American actor
*[[December 7]] - [[Emily Browning]], Australian actress
*[[December 14]] - [[Nicolas Batum]], French basketball player
*[[December 14]] - [[Vanessa Hudgens]], American actress and singer
*[[December 15]] - [[Ilona Senderek]], Polish figure skater
*[[December 16]] - [[Anna Popplewell]], English actress
*[[December 16]] - [[Jacob Lensky]], Canadian soccer player
*[[December 19]] - [[Victoria Ribeiro]], British heir
*[[December 22]] - [[Eddy Vilard]], Mexican actor
*[[December 23]] - [[Eri Kamei]], Japanese singer
*[[December 24]] - [[Piyush Chawla]], Indian cricketer
*[[December 27]] - [[Paramore|Hayley Williams]], American singer ([[Paramore]])
*[[December 29]] - [[Ágnes Szávay]], Hungarian tennis player
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*[[Delanie Fitzpatrick]], American actress
*[[Ateqeh Rajabi]], Iranian teenage offender (executed [[2004]])
*[[Laura Ross]], American chess player
*[[Everlyn Sampi]], Australian actor
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:''For musicians born in 1988, see [[1988 in music]]''.
==Deaths==
===January–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]] - [[Seán MacBride]], Irish Republican Army leader, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1904]])
*[[January 16]] - [[Ballard Berkeley]], British actor (b. [[1904]])
*[[January 20]] - [[Philippe de Rothschild]], French vineyard owner (b. [[1902]])
*[[January 22]] - [[Parker Fennelly]], American comedian and actor (b. [[1891]])
*[[February 1]] - [[Heather O'Rourke]], American actress (b. [[1975]])
*[[February 3]] - [[Robert Duncan (poet)|Robert Duncan]], American poet (b. [[1919]])
*[[February 15]] - [[Richard Feynman]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1918]])
*[[February 19]] - [[René Char]], French poet (b. [[1907]])
**[[André Frédéric Cournand]], French-born physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1895]])
*[[February 25]] - [[Kurt Mahler]], German born Australian mathematician (b. [[1903]])
*[[March 1]] - [[Joe Besser]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1907]])
*[[March 5]] - [[Alberto Olmedo]], Argentine comedian and actor (b. [[1933]])
*[[March 7]]
**[[Divine (Glen Milstead)|Divine]], American actor (b. [[1945]])
**[[Edmund Berkeley]], American scientist (b. [[1909]])
*[[March 8]] - [[Werner Hartmann (physicist)|Werner Hartmann]], German physicist (b. [[1912]])
**[[Henryk Szeryng]], Polish-born violinist (b. [[1918]])
*[[March 9]] - [[Kurt Georg Kiesinger]], third [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. [[1904]])
*[[March 10]] - [[Andy Gibb]], British singer (b. [[1958]])
*[[March 20]] - [[Ralph Wright]], Writer and American actor (b. [[1908]])
*[[March 31]] - Sir [[William McMahon]], twentieth [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1908]])
===April–June===
*[[April 1]] - [[Jim Jordan]], radio show, classic old time radio (b. [[1896]])
*[[April 3]] - [[Milt Caniff]], American cartoonist (b. [[1907]])
*[[April 12]] - [[Harry McShane]], Scottish socialist (b. [[1891]])
*[[April 12]] - [[Alan Paton]], South African author (b. [[1903]])
*[[April 15]] - [[Kenneth Williams]], British actor and raconteur (b. [[1926]])
*[[April 17]] - [[Louise Nevelson]], Ukrainian-born American sculptor (b. [[1900]])
*[[April 18]] - [[Pierre Desproges]], French humorist (b. [[1939]])
*[[April 23]] - [[Michael Ramsey]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. [[1904]])
*[[April 26]] - [[James McCracken]], American tenor (b. [[1926]])
*[[April 26]] - [[Valerie Solanas]], American author (b. [[1936]])
*[[May 3]] - [[Lev Semenovich Pontryagin]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1908]])
*[[May 8]] - [[Robert A. Heinlein]], American science fiction author (b. [[1907]])
*[[May 10]] - [[Shen Congwen]], Chinese writer (b. [[1902]])
*[[May 10]] - [[Ciaran Bourke]], member of [[The Dubliners]] (b. [[1935]])
*[[May 11]] - [[Kim Philby]], British spy (b. [[1912]])
*[[May 12]] - [[Chet Baker]], American jazz trumpeter (b. [[1929]])
*[[May 16]] - [[Charles Keeping]], British illustrator (b. [[1924]])
*[[May 18]] - [[Daws Butler]], voice actor (b. [[1916]])
*[[May 21]] - [[Sammy Davis, Sr.]], American dancer (b. [[1900]])
*[[May 25]] - [[Ernst Ruska]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1906]])
*[[May 27]] - [[Florida Friebus]], American actor (b. [[1909]])
*[[June 22]] - [[Dennis Day]], Irish-American singer and radio and television personality (b. [[1916]])
*[[June 25]] - [[Hillel Slovak]], Israeli-born guitarist ([[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]) (b. [[1962]])
===July–September===
*[[July 4]] - [[Adrian Adonis]], American wrestler (b. [[1954]])
*[[July 8]] - [[Ray Barbuti]], American athlete (b. [[1905]])
*[[July 17]] - [[Bruiser Brody]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1946]])
*[[July 18]] - [[Nico]], singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress and Warhol socialite (b. [[1938]])
*[[July 21]] - [[Jack Clark (television)|Jack Clark]], American television personality and Game Show host (b. [[1921]])
*[[July 25]] - [[Judith Barsi]], American child actress (b. [[1978]])
*[[July 27]] - [[Frank Zamboni]], American inventor (b. [[1901]])
*[[July 31]] - [[Trinidad Silva]], American actor (b. [[1950]])
*[[August 2]] - [[Raymond Carver]], American short-story writer & poet (b. [[1938]])
*[[August 8]] - [[Félix Leclerc]], French-Canadian poet & singer (b. [[1914]])
*[[August 8]] - [[Alan Napier]], American actor (b. [[1903]])
*[[August 9]] - [[Giacinto Scelsi]], Italian composer (b. [[1905]])
*[[August 9]] - [[Ramon Valdez]], Mexican actor (b. [[1923]])
*[[August 11]] - [[Anne Ramsey]], American actress (b. [[1929]])
*[[August 12]] - [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], American musician/graffiti painter (b. [[1960]])
*[[August 14]] - [[Enzo Ferrari]], Italian car maker (b. [[1898]])
*[[August 17]] - [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.]], American lawyer and politician (b. [[1914]])
*[[August 17]] - [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]], leader of Pakistan (b. [[1924]])
*[[August 27]] - [[William Sargant]], British psychiatrist (b. [[1907]])
*[[August 27]] - [[Mario Montenegro]], Filipino actor (b. [[1928]])
*[[September 1]] - [[Luis Alvarez]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1911]])
*[[September 5]] - [[Gert Fröbe]], German actor (b. [[1913]])
*[[September 12]] - [[Roger Hargreaves]], author of the ''Mr. Men'' series (b. [[1935]])
*[[September 16]] - [[Dick Pym]], English footballer (b. [[1893]])
*[[September 18]] - [[Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar]], Iranian Azari poet (b. [[1906]])
*[[September 21]] - [[Glenn Robert Davis]], member of [[United States Congress]] (b. [[1914]])
*[[September 28]] - [[Charles Addams]], American cartoonist (b. [[1912]])
===October–December===
*[[October 1]] - [[Sacheverell Sitwell]], English writer (b. [[1897]])
*[[October 9]] - [[Jackie Milburn]], English footballer (b. [[1924]])
*[[October 12]] - [[Ruth Manning-Sanders]], British children's author (b. [[1895]])
*[[October 15]] - [[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]], English composer and pianist (b. [[1892]])
*[[October 19]] - [[Son House]], American musician (b. [[1902]])
*[[October 22]] - [[Henry Armstrong]], American boxer (b. [[1912]])
*[[October 27]] - [[Charles Hawtrey]], English Comic Actor (b. [[1914]])
*[[October 31]] - [[John Houseman]], Romanian-born actor and producer (b. [[1902]])
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*[[November 9]] - [[John N. Mitchell]], [[United States Attorney General|U.S. Attorney General]] and convicted Watergate criminal (b. [[1913]])
*[[November 11]] - [[William Ifor Jones]], Welsh conductor & organist (b. [[1900]])
*[[November 13]] - [[Antal Dorati]], Hungarian conductor (b. [[1906]])
*[[November 19]] - [[Christina Onassis]], American shipping magnate (b. [[1950]])
*[[November 27]] - [[John Carradine]], American actor (b. [[1906]])
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*[[December 2]] - [[Tata Giacobetti]], Italian singer and lyricist ([[Quartetto Cetra]]) (b. [[1922]])
*[[December 4]] - [[Osman Achmatowicz]], Polish chemist (b. [[1899]])
*[[December 6]] - [[Roy Orbison]], American singer (b. [[1936]])
*[[December 16]] - [[Sylvester James]], American R&B singer, disco performer (b. [[1948]])
*[[December 21]] - [[Nikolaas Tinbergen]], Dutch ornithologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1907]])
*[[December 26]] - [[Glenn McCarthy]], American oil tycoon and businessman (b. [[1907]])
==Nobel prizes==
*[[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Leon M. Lederman]], [[Melvin Schwartz]], [[Jack Steinberger]]
*[[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Johann Deisenhofer]], [[Robert Huber]], [[Hartmut Michel]]
*[[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - Sir [[James W. Black]], [[Gertrude B. Elion]], [[George H. Hitchings]]
*[[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Naguib Mahfouz]]
*[[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - The [[United Nations]] [[United Nations Peace-Keeping Forces|Peace-Keeping Forces]].
*[[Nobel Prize in Economics|The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] - [[Maurice Allais]]
==Templeton Prize==
* [[Inamullah Khan]]
== Right Livelihood Award ==
*[[International Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims]] / Dr. [[Inge Kemp Genefke]]
*[[Jose Lutzenberger|José Lutzenberger]]
*[[John F. Charlewood Turner]]
*[[Sahabat Alam Malaysia]] / [[Mohamed Idris]], [[Harrison Ngau]], the Penan people.
==See also==
*[[20th century]]
==Notes==
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