January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Day of death January 14, 1988
The temperature on January 14, 1988 was between 0.4 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 5 » Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
August 20 » The Troubles: Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
November 2 » The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
November 8 » U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
November 15 » In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
November 16 » The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
Day of burial January 19, 1988
The temperature on January 19, 1988 was between 3.0 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 13 » Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
August 10 » Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
October 12 » Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
November 3 » Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours.
November 15 » In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
November 15 » The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
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