October 1988 calendar

October 1988
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 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 October 1988: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1988?

Events

01 Oct 1988 Bradley Center in Milwaukee opens
02 Oct 1988 24th Olympic games close at Seoul, Korea
03 Oct 1988 Criterion Center Theater opens at Broadway bet 44th and 45th Sts, New York City
04 Oct 1988 Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid.
05 Oct 1988 Brazil adopts its Constitution
06 Oct 1988 Oakland Athletics sweep Boston Red Sox in four games for American League pennant.
07 Oct 1988 Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as New York Yankee manager
08 Oct 1988 Jay Howell ejected in NLCS game 3 for having pine tar on his glove
09 Oct 1988 17% vote extremely-right Flemish Block in Belgium
10 Oct 1988 22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win
12 Oct 1988 George Bush and Michael Dukakis meet in 2nd debate
13 Oct 1988 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Naguib Mahfouz
14 Oct 1988 Mike Tyson countersues Robin Givens for divorce and annulment
15 Oct 1988 NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma).
16 Oct 1988 Smile Jamaica concert for Hurricane Gilbert victims held in London
17 Oct 1988 Lyndon LaRouche pleads innocent to fraud, conspiracy indictment
19 Oct 1988 Roxette releases Roxette Look Sharp! album
20 Oct 1988 Dodgers win World Series, LA 1st to have both NBA and baseball champs as LA beats Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 1 in 85th World Series
21 Oct 1988 Boston Celtics beat Yugoslavia 113-85 in Madrid, Spain.
22 Oct 1988 Elton John sells out Madison Square Garden for a record 26th time
23 Oct 1988 Boston Celtics play Spain in Madrid.
24 Oct 1988 Traveling Wilburys Volume One is released
26 Oct 1988 Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service
27 Oct 1988 ET released to home video
28 Oct 1988 Jurors award $147,000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister
29 Oct 1988 Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi
30 Oct 1988 Beth Daniel wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship
31 Oct 1988 Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia.
05 Oct 1988 A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.