About Sep 28, 1988
Day of the Week: Wednesday
How Long Ago? 30 years, 1 month and 22 days
Historical Events
- American athletes go 1-2-3 in the 400m at the Seoul Olympics with Steve Lewis taking the gold medal in 43.87 ahead of team mates Butch Reynolds & Danny Everett
- Australian Debbie Flintoff-King wins the 400m hurdles gold at the Seoul Olympics in 53.17, just 0.01 ahead of Tatyana Ledovskaya of the Soviet Union
- Bronx Museum for Arts opens
- Despite totally dominating his sport for 14 years, Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka wins his only Olympic gold medal with a vault of 5.90m at the Seoul Games
- Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad)
- LA Dodger Orel Hershiser sets record for consecutive scoreless inns