Today in History for July 1988

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 83 of 83

2nd - 95th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Navratilova (57 62 61)
3rd - 16th du Maurier Golf Classic: Sally Little
3rd - A's Gene Nelson is 1st AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973
3rd - US Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290
3rd - The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus.
4th - 102nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Becker (46 76 64 62)
4th - KC releases pitcher Dan Quisenberry, whose 238 saves are the 4th most
4th - US navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290
5th - Malcolm Marshall takes 7-22 at Old Trafford, England all out 93
6th - Carlos Salinas de Gortari elected president of Mexico
6th - North Sea oil platform Piper Alpha explodes, 166 die
6th - Wrestler Jake Roberts convicted of battery
7th - Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful)
7th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
8th - Indians' Bud Black sets club record for most batters hit in inning (3)
8th - Miami Arena opens
8th - Rockers Jonathan "Chico" & Robert DeBarge indicted on drug trafficking
8th - Stevie Wonder announces he will run for mayor of Detroit in 1992
9th - Chris Speier hits for the cycle & Ernest Riles hits 10,000th Giant HR
Composer Georges Bizet 9th - Jessye Norman begins recording Bizets "Carmen"
9th - Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3
10th - Terry-Jo Myers wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
11th - Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor
12th - 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin
12th - All star MVP: Terry Steinbach (Oakland A's)
12th - Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her
12th - USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit
13th - 9th Emmy Sports Award presentation
13th - Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan
13th - Sting performs his 1st Rain Forest benefit concert
14th - 200,000 demonstrate in Soviet Armenia for incorporation of Nagorno-Karabak
14th - Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place
14th - WYHY radio offers $1M to anyone who can prove Elvis is still alive
16th - Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100 m in 9.78 sec
Olympic Sprinter and Long jumper Carl Lewis 16th - Florence Joyner runs 100 m in women's world record 10.49 seconds
16th - Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts
16th - San Antonio (Texas League) beats Jackson 1-0 in 26 innings
16th - Wayne Gretzky (NHL) & Janet Jones (Police Acad 5) wed in Edmonton
17th - 117th British Golf Open: Seve Ballesteros shoots 273 at Royal Lytham
17th - 4 Billion tv-viewers watch Mandela's 70th Birthday Tribute
17th - Colleen Walker wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
17th - Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49)
17th - Highest temperature ever recorded in San Francisco, 103°F (39°C)
18th - Abu Nidal terrorists kill 9 on City of Poros cruise ship
18th - Shooting begins on "License to Kill"
20th - Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee
21st - ESA's Ariane-3 launches 2 communications satellites (1 Indian)
21st - Mass Gov Michael Dukakis accepts Democratic nomination for president
22nd - 500 US scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research
23rd - Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks record 8 field goals vs Edmonton
24th - 43rd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Liselotte Neumann
24th - US & Jamacia play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
25th - Mindy Duncan, 16, of Oregon, crowned 6th Miss Teen USA
25th - Pedro Delgado wins Tour de France
26th - Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies & NY Mets end that game at 2:13 AM
27th - Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years
27th - General Sein Lwin succeeds Ne Win as pres of Burma
27th - Radio Shack announces Tandy 1000 SL computer
27th - Tommy John commits rec 3 errors on 1 play as Yanks rout Brewers 16-3
28th - IBM announces price hike on older models
28th - Israeli diplomats arrive in Moscow for 1st visit in 21 years
28th - Jordan cancels $1.3 billion development plan in West Bank
28th - Winnie Mandella's home in Soweto, South Africa destroyed by arson
28th - Yanks' Tommy John makes 3 errors on 1 play yet beats Brewers 16-3
29th - FDIC bails out 1st Republic Bank, Dallas, with $4 billion
29th - Gorbachev pushes plan electing president & parliament in March, 1989
29th - Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit
29th - Last US Playboy Club (Lansing Mich) closes
29th - South African government bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom"
29th - Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson & Curt Schilling
29th - Rick Sutcliffe swipes home, 1st pitcher since Pascual Perez in 1984 to steal home
30th - Cin Red pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in 1 month
30th - Harry Drake shoots arrow record 1873m
30th - John Franco saves record 13th game of July
30th - Jordanian King Hussein renounces sovereignity over West Bank to PLO
30th - King Hussein dissolves Jordan's House of Representatives
30th - Ronald J Dossenbach begins world record ride, pedaling across Canada from Vancouver BC, to Halifax, NS (13 days, 15 hr, 4 min)
31st - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Greater Washington Golf Open
31st - Jose Canseco is 1st to hit 30 HRs in 1st 3 years
31st - Last Playboy club closes (Lansing Michigan)
31st - Miami Dolphins beat SF 49ers 27-21 in London
31st - Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame
31st - 32 people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Malaysia.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 17 of 17

1st - Evan Ellingson, American actor
7th - Kaci Brown, American singer
12th - Melissa O'Neil, Canadian singer
12th - Inbee Park, South Korean golfer
13th - Steven R. McQueen, American Actor
14th - James Vaughan, English footballer
17th - Summer Bishil, American actress
18th - César Villaluz, Mexican footballer
20th - Julianne Hough, American ballroom dancer
21st - Chris Mitchell, Scottish footballer
23rd - Pippa Bennett-Warner, English actress
24th - Luke Mitchell, Scottish murderer
25th - Heather Marks, Canadian model
25th - Anthony Stokes, Irish footballer
27th - Adam Biddle, Australian footballer
28th - Ayla Brown, American singer
28th - Casper Johansen, Danish footballer

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 4 of 4

9th - "Facts of Life," Lisa Whelchel weds Steve Cauble
16th - "Back To The Future" actor Michael J. Fox (27) weds "Family Ties" actress Tracy Pollan (28) at West Mountain Inn in Arlington, Vermont
17th - NHL ice hockey star player Wayne Gretzky (27) weds actress Janet Jones (27) at St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton, Canada
30th - James Ogilvy (under Engl princess Alexandra) marries Julia Rawlinson

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 24 of 24

1st - Hellmuth Christian Wolff, composer, dies at 82
1st - Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer, dies at 68
3rd - Gabriel Dell, actor (Dead End Kids), dies of leukemia at 68
4th - Adrian Adonis, [Keith Franke], WWF wrestler, killed in auto accident
7th - Jimmy Edwards, actor (Plank, Bottoms Up, Late Mr H), dies at 68
8th - Ray Barbuti, American athlete (b. 1905)
9th - Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60
9th - Barbara Woodhouse, dog trainer, dies at 78 of a stroke
10th - Errol John, playwright, dies at 63
12th - Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, dies at 79 of palsy
12th - Raymond W Goldsmith, US economist, dies at 83
13th - Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
13th - Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104
15th - Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82
17th - Bruiser Brody [Frank Goodish], professional wrestler, stabbed to death at 42
18th - Nico, US model/pop singer (Velvet Underground), dies at 43
22nd - Duane Jones, dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at 51
22nd - Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87
23rd - Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), dies
26th - Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani scholar (b. 1919)
27th - Judith Barsi, child actress, shot dead with mother by her father at 11
27th - Frank Zamboni, American inventor (b. 1901)
29th - Ellin Berlin, [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, dies at 86
31st - Trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38