306 notable events from 1988 — murders, air crashes and wars. Page 2 of 4.
- Roppongi disco lighting collapse accident
Jan 5, 1988 · Japan · Accident
- Death and state funeral of Zia-ul-Haq
Aug 17, 1988 · Pakistan · Aviation accident
- Desk number 9 incident
Feb 21, 1988 · Japan
- American Airlines Flight 132
Feb 3, 1988 · United States · Aviation accident
- Indian Airlines Flight 113
Oct 19, 1988 · India · Aviation accident
- Strijdom Square massacre
Nov 15, 1988 · South Africa · Shooting
- Xavier Philippe (criminal)
Nov 18, 1988–May 17, 2005 · France · Murder & homicide
- Valery Asratyan
Jan 1, 1988–Jan 1, 1990 · Russian Federation · Shooting
- Attack on the Edificio Mónaco
Jan 13, 1988 · Colombia · Bombing & explosion
- Murder of Lieth Von Stein
Jul 25, 1988 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Aum Shinrikyo lay believer death case
Sep 22, 1988 · Japan · Incident
- Tochigi wife and acquaintance murder case
Nov 19, 1988–May 20, 1996 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash
Dec 8, 1988 · Germany · Aviation accident
- Ethiopian Airlines Flight 604
Sep 15, 1988 · Ethiopia · Aviation accident
- Murder of Marie Wilks
Jun 18, 1988 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Willy Branchi
Sep 30, 1988 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- 1988 Polish strikes
Apr 21, 1988–Sep 1988 · Poland · Riot & unrest
- Ivan Mandzhikov
Jan 1, 1988–Jan 1, 1989 · Russian Federation · Shooting
- Murder of Mulugeta Seraw
Nov 13, 1988 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1988 October Riots
Oct 4, 1988–Oct 10, 1988 · Algeria · Riot & unrest
- Salmonella-in-eggs controversy
Dec 3, 1988 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Peruman railway accident
Jul 8, 1988 · India · Rail accident
- Disappearance of Susan Smalley and Stacie Madison
Mar 20, 1988 · United States · Disappearance
- LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703
Nov 2, 1988 · Poland · Aviation accident
- Ojhri Camp disaster
Apr 10, 1988 · Pakistan · Bombing & explosion
- 1988 Naples bombing
Apr 14, 1988 · Italy · Bombing & explosion
- Daniel Tavares
Jan 1, 1988–Jan 1, 2007 · Murder & homicide
- 1988 Gilgit massacre
May 16, 1988–May 18, 1988 · Pakistan · Massacre
- Ballygawley bus bombing
Aug 20, 1988 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Vietnam Airlines Flight 831
Sep 9, 1988 · Thailand · Aviation accident
- Saint-Michel cinema attack
Oct 22, 1988 · France · Attack (other)
- Murder of Pamela Walton
Jul 6, 1988 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1988 Fukuyama family triple murder case
Jun 12, 1988 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Kirovabad pogrom
Nov 1988 · Azerbaijan · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 4 O'Clock murders
Jun 27, 1988 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Assassination of Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga
Dec 26, 1988 · India · Murder & homicide
- Horizon Air Flight 2658
Apr 15, 1988 · United States · Aviation accident
- Terry Langford
Jul 5, 1988 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Kenyatta Odom
Dec 21, 1988 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Nathalie Boyer case
Aug 3, 1988 · France · Murder & homicide
- AVAir Flight 3378
Feb 19, 1988 · United States · Aviation accident
- Ramón Laso
Jan 1, 1988–Jan 1, 2009 · Spain · Murder & homicide
- Andrei Sibiryakov
Jan 1, 1988–Jan 1, 1989 · Russian Federation · Shooting
- 1988 Soviet Air Force Il-76 crash
Dec 11, 1988 · Armenia · Aviation accident
- Resistance Conspiracy case
from May 12, 1988 · United States · Crime & justice
- 1988 Tompkins Square Park riot
Aug 6, 1988–Aug 7, 1988 · United States · Riot & unrest
- 1988 Sakai Tunnel fire
Jul 15, 1988 · Japan · Fire
- Uganda Airlines Flight 775
Oct 17, 1988 · Italy · Aviation accident
- Dwight J. Loving
Dec 11, 1988–Dec 12, 1988 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 046
Jun 12, 1988 · Argentina · Aviation accident
- Nanjing anti-African protests
Dec 1988–Jan 1989 · China · Riot & unrest
- China Southwest Airlines Flight 4146
Jan 18, 1988 · China · Aviation accident
- Singer–Swapp standoff
Jan 16, 1988 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Segovia massacre
Nov 11, 1988 · Colombia · Massacre
- Leslie Torres
Jan 1, 1988 · United States · Attack (other)
- Stolzenbach mining accident
Jun 1, 1988 · Germany · Industrial & structural disaster
- First Interstate Tower fire
May 4, 1988 · United States · Fire
- Murders of Sally McNelly and Shane Stewart
Jul 4, 1988 · Murder & homicide
- CAAC Flight 301
Aug 31, 1988 · Hong Kong · Aviation accident
- Judea and Samaria Division
Jan 1, 1988 · Palestine
- Thurston County ritual abuse case
Jan 1, 1988 · United States · Person
- 1988 Oakland Elementary School shooting
Sep 26, 1988 · United States · Shooting
- 1988 Saguenay earthquake
Nov 25, 1988 · Canada · Earthquake
- James Opelton Bradley
Jan 1, 1988–Jan 1, 2014 · Murder & homicide
- 1988 Kansas City explosion
Jan 1, 1988 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- City of Poros ship attack
Jul 11, 1988 · Greece · Terrorism
- Aeroflot Flight 699
Jan 18, 1988 · Turkmenistan · Aviation accident
- Honduras and La Negra farms massacre
Mar 4, 1988 · Colombia · Massacre
- Comair Flight 206
Mar 1, 1988 · South Africa · Aviation accident
- Aurora train disaster
Aug 16, 1988 · Russian Federation · Rail accident
- Massacre of El Amparo
Oct 29, 1988 · Colombia · Massacre
- Jeffrey Feltner
Jan 1, 1988–Jan 1, 1989 · Murder & homicide
- TAT Flight 230
Mar 4, 1988 · France · Aviation accident
- Murder of Melissa Ann Tremblay
Sep 12, 1988 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 670
Jan 10, 1988 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Memphis tanker truck disaster
Dec 23, 1988 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Lyndon Fitzgerald Pace
Jan 1, 1988–Jan 1, 1989 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Assassination of Vijaya Kumaratunga
Feb 16, 1988 · Sri Lanka · Murder & homicide
- 1988 IRA attacks in the Netherlands
May 1, 1988 · Netherlands · Terrorism
- Chiado Fire
Aug 25, 1988 · Portugal · Fire
- Juha Valjakkala
Jul 3, 1988 · Sweden · Murder & homicide
- Corruption scandals in the Paris region
Jan 1, 1988–Jan 1, 1997 · France · Crime & justice
- 1988 Chicago shootings
Sep 22, 1988 · United States · Shooting
- Gugark pogrom
Mar 1988–Dec 1988 · Armenia · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 1988 Shimojijima All Nippon Airways hard landing
May 30, 1988 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Old Salisbury Road shooting
Jul 17, 1988 · United States · Shooting
- LACSA Flight 628
May 23, 1988 · Costa Rica · Aviation accident
- Golden sheets scandal
from 1988 · Italy · Scandal & controversy
- 1988 Talia Airways Boeing 727 crash
Feb 27, 1988 · Cyprus · Aviation accident
- Shiga Prefecture public junior high school discriminatory graffiti fabrication incident
1980s · Japan · Incident
- 1988 British Army Lynx shootdown
Jun 23, 1988 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Priamurye fire accident
May 18, 1988 · Japan · Maritime disaster
- Piła train disaster
May 19, 1988 · Poland · Rail accident
- Pierre Silviet-Carricart case
Jan 1, 1988 · France · Crime & justice
- 1988 Raleigh tornado outbreak
1988 · United States · Natural disaster
- La Mejor Esquina massacre
Apr 3, 1988 · Colombia · Massacre
- Mexico City fireworks disaster
Dec 12, 1988 · Mexico · Bombing & explosion
- Military truck accident near Bytom Odrzanski
Jun 4, 1988 · Poland · Road accident
- Golden prisons scandal
from 1988 · Italy · Crime & justice
- Aeroflot Flight 7867
Feb 27, 1988 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident