1988: what happened around the world

In 1988, 181 events recorded on Erask's globe began — First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Pan Am Flight 103 among the best known. 99 more were already under way, such as Soviet-Afghan War and Iran–Iraq War. 142 things were founded or built that year, from Pont de Normandie and Wet Tropics of Queensland.

181events began
99already under way
142founded or built
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Revolts, massacres and attacks64

+24 less-known, on the globe.

Accidents and fires57

+17 less-known, on the globe.

Wars, battles and sieges46

+6 less-known, on the globe.

Disasters9

Expeditions3

Treaties, councils and politics2

Already under way in 198899

Came to an end in 198810

Founded or built in 1988142

+112 more, on the globe.

Stories that pass through 1988

Volcanic EruptionsEvery significant eruption on record since 1500 How America Filled UpEvery American city of 60,000 people, in the year it began Women's SuffrageA map filling in, one country at a time, 1893-2012 DecolonisationHow a third of the world stopped belonging to somebody else, 1945–1990 Nuclear detonationsEvery recorded nuclear test, 1945–1998

Nearby years

1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 All of the 20th century →

Every entry comes from Wikidata and links to its Wikipedia article; entries are ordered by how many language editions of Wikipedia cover them. Only things with a date are listed, and dates before the modern era are often approximate. How this is made →