1988

1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1988th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 988th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1980s decade.

1988
From left, clockwise: the oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; the USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicentennial on January 26; the 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea; Soviet troops begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is completed the next year; an earthquake in Armenia kills between 25,000-50,000 people; the 8888 Uprising in Myanmar, led by students, protests the Burma Socialist Programme Party; a bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the plane to crash down on the town of Lockerbie, Scotland – the event kills 270 people.
Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1988 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1988
MCMLXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita2741
Armenian calendar1437
ԹՎ ՌՆԼԷ
Assyrian calendar6738
Baháʼí calendar144–145
Balinese saka calendar1909–1910
Bengali calendar1395
Berber calendar2938
British Regnal year36 Eliz. 2 – 37 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2532
Burmese calendar1350
Byzantine calendar7496–7497
Chinese calendar丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit)
4685 or 4478
    — to —
戊辰年 (Earth Dragon)
4686 or 4479
Coptic calendar1704–1705
Discordian calendar3154
Ethiopian calendar1980–1981
Hebrew calendar5748–5749
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2044–2045
 - Shaka Samvat1909–1910
 - Kali Yuga5088–5089
Holocene calendar11988
Igbo calendar988–989
Iranian calendar1366–1367
Islamic calendar1408–1409
Japanese calendarShōwa 63
(昭和63年)
Javanese calendar1920–1921
Juche calendar77
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4321
Minguo calendarROC 77
民國77年
Nanakshahi calendar520
Thai solar calendar2531
Tibetan calendar阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
2114 or 1733 or 961
    — to —
阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
2115 or 1734 or 962
Unix time567993600 – 599615999

1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States (NSFNET) and Europe (Nordunet) as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol, Internet Relay Chat. The concept of the World Wide Web was first discussed at CERN in 1988.

The Soviet Union began its major deconstructing towards a mixed economy at the beginning of 1988 and began its gradual dissolution. The Iron Curtain began to disintegrate in 1988 as Hungary began allowing freer travel to the Western world. The first extrasolar planet, Gamma Cephei Ab (confirmed in 2002) was detected this year and the World Health Organization began its mission to eradicate polio. Global warming also began to emerge as a more significant concern, with climate scientist James Hansen testifying before the U.S. Senate on the issue.

Events

January

February

March

April

1988 
The Iranian frigate, IS Alvand, attacked by US Navy forces during Operation Praying Mantis

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Date unknown

Births

January

1988 
Haley Bennett
1988 
Robert Sheehan
1988 
Skrillex
1988 
Angelique Kerber

February

1988 
Mike Posner
1988 
Ángel Di María
1988 
Maiara Walsh
1988 
Rihanna

March

1988 
Agnes
1988 
Gal Mekel
1988 
Stephen Curry
1988 
Big Sean
1988 
Jessie J
1988 
Brenda Song

April

1988 
Jesse Plemons
1988 
Stephanie Cayo
1988 
Haley Joel Osment
1988 
Ricky Berens
1988 
Ana de Armas

May

1988 
Anushka Sharma
1988 
Adele
1988 
Blac Chyna

June

1988 
Sergio Agüero
1988 
Michael Cera
1988 
Mae Whitman
1988 
Claire Holt
1988 
Kevin McHale
1988 
Stephanie Rice
1988 
Dean Furman

July

1988 
Steven R. McQueen
1988 
Conor McGregor
1988 
Julianne Hough

August

1988 
Leah Pipes
1988 
1988 
Kacey Musgraves

September

1988 
Jérôme Boateng
1988 
Chelsea Kane
1988 
Khabib Nurmagomedov
1988 
James Blake
1988 
Kevin Durant

October

1988 
Cariba Heine
1988 
Alicia Vikander
1988 
ASAP Rocky
1988 
Melissa Benoist
1988 
Mesut Özil
1988 
Candice Swanepoel
1988 
Janel Parrish

November

1988 
Emma Stone
1988 
Virat Kohli
1988 
Russell Westbrook
1988 
Patrick Kane

December

1988 
Nadia Hilker
1988 
Zoë Kravitz
1988 
David Rudisha
1988 
Ashley Hinshaw
1988 
Vanessa Hudgens

Date unknown

Deaths

Nobel Prizes

1988 

References

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