March 1988 calendar

March 1988
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in March 1988.
The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on March 1988: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of March 1988?

Events

01 Mar 1988 Joe Besser, American comedian (The Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello), dies at age 80 (born 1907).
02 Mar 1988 Dutch Liberal Party merges with SDP.
05 Mar 1988 The Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
06 Mar 1988 3 IRA suspects were shot dead in Gibraltar by SAS officers
07 Mar 1988 Jim Abbott, one-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award.
08 Mar 1988 U.S. presidential candidate George Herbert Walker Bush defeats Robert Dole in numerous Republican primaries and caucuses on "Super Tuesday."
09 Mar 1988 President Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp
10 Mar 1988 Avalanche at Swiss ski resort "Klosters" nearly kills Prince Charles.
11 Mar 1988 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire.
13 Mar 1988 14th People's Choice Awards: Fatal Attraction, Bill Cosby win.
15 Mar 1988 NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by chlorofluorocarbons.
16 Mar 1988 North-Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, three killed.
17 Mar 1988 Les Miserables, opens at Det Norske Teatret, Oslo
19 Mar 1988 2 British soldiers lynched in Belfast North Ireland
20 Mar 1988 Mike Tyson knocks out Tony Tubbs in two rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
21 Mar 1988 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr.
22 Mar 1988 US Congress overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill.
24 Mar 1988 Gospel at Colonus opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 61 performances
25 Mar 1988 Les Miserables, opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan
26 Mar 1988 Janet B Evans swims 1500 metre freestyle female world record (15:02.10).
27 Mar 1988 Ice Dance Championship at Budapest won by Bestemianova and Bukin (URS)
29 Mar 1988 Oba Oba opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 46 performances
30 Mar 1988 2nd Soul Train Music Awards
31 Mar 1988 Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for Beloved
06 Mar 1988 Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius.