Events in History
Events 401 - 483 of 483
- Nov 5 Cornell confirms grad student source of worst computer sabotage
- Nov 5 France performs nuclear test
- Nov 5 Gulch wins Breeder's Cup
- Nov 8 900 die as earthquake hits China
- Nov 8 Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Michael Dukakis
- Nov 8 Rafael Fernandez Colón re-elected Governor of Puerto Rico
- Nov 10 China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938
- Nov 10 NY's MTA announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes
- Nov 11 Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science
- Nov 12 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- Nov 15 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV, collapses
- Nov 15 Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits)
- Nov 15 The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
- Nov 16 Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs
Election of Interest
Nov 16 Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto's PPP wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years

Benazir Bhutto
Event of Interest
Nov 16 President Reagan and the First Lady participate in the official state arrival ceremony, meetings and a state dinner with Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

Ronald Reagan
Meeting of Interest
Nov 16 President Reagan meets with Jerusalem's mayor Teddy Kollek

Ronald Reagan
Event of Interest
Nov 17 Neil Simon's "Rumors" premieres in NYC

Neil Simon
- Nov 23 France performs nuclear test
- Nov 23 President Reagan announces that he is pocket-vetoing a bill designed to further restrict lobbying by former federal employees.
- Nov 25 Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed
- Nov 25 Widespread earthquake hits North East US, Canada, no damage reported
- Nov 25 German politician Rita Süssmuth becomes president of the Bundestag.
- Nov 26 Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev & Jean-Loup Chretien launch
- Nov 26 Pioneer 6's closest approach to Earth since 1965 launch (1.87 M km)

Pablo Picasso
- Nov 30 Cyclone lashes Bangladesh, Eastern India; 317 killed
- Nov 30 France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
- Nov 30 Soviets stop jamming Radio Liberty; 1st time in 38 yrs
- Nov 30 UN General Assembly (151-2) censures US for refusing PLO's Arafat visa
- Nov 30 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buys RJR Nabisco for $25.07 billion USD.
- Dec 1 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless
- Dec 1 Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Muslim country (Pakistan)
- Dec 1 Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow
- Dec 1 First World AIDS day to raise awareness of the AIDS global epidemic
- Dec 2 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet surrender in Israel
- Dec 2 STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission)
- Dec 2 UN votes 151-2 (Israel and US) to move PLO debate to Geneva, Great Britain abstains
- Dec 3 NY Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48)
- Dec 4 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Event of Interest
Dec 5 Federal grand jury indicts The PTL Club founder and Christian evangelist Jim Bakker for fraud after he paid hush money to cover up an alleged rape

Jim Bakker
- Dec 5 Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
Meeting of Interest
Dec 6 Yasser Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden

Yasser Arafat
Event of Interest
Dec 6 Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown

Nelson Mandela
- Dec 6 STS-27 Atlantis lands in California after secret mission
- Dec 7 PLO delegation lead by Yasser Arafat proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizing the existence of the State of Israel for the first time
- Dec 7 6.9 earthquake in Spitak, Armenia kills 25,000-50,000 people and leaves up to 500,000 homeless
- Dec 7 Gorbachev announces 10% unilateral Soviet troop reductions at UN
Event of Interest
Dec 7 Mikhail Gorbachev cheered by Wall St crowds upon arrival in NYC

Mikhail Gorbachev
- Dec 9 The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland is officially opened.
- Dec 12 3 trains collide in London, 40 die
- Dec 12 NYC Subway system adds new stations (Z line)
- Dec 12 PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist
- Dec 13 3 men end 29-hr all-466-station subway ride in NYC
- Dec 13 Yasser Arafat addresses UN in Geneva
- Dec 14 Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures
- Dec 14 US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org for the 1st time in 13 yrs
- Dec 16 Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud
- Dec 17 USS Tennessee, 1st sub to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned
- Dec 17 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- Dec 19 NASA unveils plans for lunar colony & manned missions to Mars
- Dec 19 Unexploded WW II bomb found in Frankfurt, Germany-5,000 evacuated
- Dec 20 Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London
- Dec 20 Premier Ranasinghe Premadasa elected President of Sri Lanka
- Dec 21 Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine
- Dec 21 Vladimir Titov & Musa Manarov return to earth (a year) with Chretien
- Dec 21 Lockerbie disaster: Pan Am Flight 103 destroyed mid air by a terrorist bomb killing all 258 on board over Scotland
- Dec 22 2 robbers wearing police uniforms rob armored truck of $3 M in NJ
- Dec 22 South Africa signs accord granting independence to South West Africa
- Dec 22 Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA & BC coast
- Dec 26 Anti African student rebellion in Nanjing, China
- Dec 27 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades
- Dec 28 John Tarrant, 1st Aust born Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission
- Dec 28 US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism
- Dec 28 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
- Dec 29 Victorian Post Office Museum in Australia closes
- Dec 30 Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US
- Dec 30 Former Soviet President Brezhnev's son-in-law sentenced to 12-yr (bribery)
- Dec 30 Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard
Event of Interest
Dec 30 Oliver North subpoenas US Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush as defense witnesses for his upcoming trial

Oliver North

Ronald Reagan

George H. W. Bush
The 1988 Fog Bowl
Dec 31 "The Fog Bowl", a heavy, dense fog rolls over Soldier Field in Chicago during second quarter of the Bears vs Eagles NFC Divisional Playoff Game, cuts visibility to 15-20 yards (Bears win 20-12)
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