1/2/1988 10:10PM 40N17 79W56 Oil spill pollutes three major Pennsylvania rivers, V: 1

1/29/1988 5:34AM 39N51 75W22 Train crash, 24 injured, V: 1

2/11/1988 3:25PM 33N58 118W03 California Earthquake (5.0 Richter)V: 1
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2/13/1988 1:00AM Saturn conjunct Uranus, XIV: 1

2/14/1988 5:00PM 59N55 30E15 Fire in library of Leningrad's National Academy of Sciences, V: 2

2/19/1988 10:00PM 22S54 43W14 Tropical storm in Rio de Janeiro, 10-thousand homeless, 65 killed, V: 1

2/20/1988 9:00AM 40N35 98W23 Fire aboard express passenger train, 16 injured, V: 1

3/31/1988 9:30 EST (14:30 UT), New York: 40N45 73W57 Altera first quoted on NYSE, XIII: 2

4/5/1988 01:45AM 29N20 47E59 Jumbo jet hijacking, V: 2

4/10/1988 5:00AM 33N39 73E07 Ammunition depot exploded, 75 killed, V: 2

4/10/1988 10:40PM 36N14 65E54 Passenger plane shot down, 29 killed, V: 2

4/24/1988 8:40PM 28N30 78W00 Explosion and fire in submerged US submarine, 3 killed, V: 2

5/2/1988 00:35AM 32N42 74E52 Children's hospital collapses, 20 killed, V: 2

5/4/1988 6:53PM 36N02 114W59 Explosions at rocket fuel plant, many injured, V: 2

5/5/1988 5:38AM 34N04 118W15 Worst high-rise fire in Los Angeles history, V: 2

5/5/1988 8:30AM 30N00 90W25 Oil refinery explosion, V: 2

5/14/1988 3:00AM 38N41 85W11 Truck-bus collision, 27 killed, V: 2

6/12/1988 12:50PM 27S23 55W53 Air crash in fog, 22 killed, V: 2

6/15/1988 8:05PM 54N31 6W03 IRA bomb at athletics meet, 5 killed, V: 2

6/23/1988 5:00AM 38N01 43E07 Landslide onto Turkish village, 300 killed, V: 2

6/27/1988 3:30PM 48N52 2E20 Paris train collision, 59 killed, V: 2

6/30/1988 9:44AM 47n00 7E30 Excommunication; Archbishop consecrates four bishops in defiance of Pope, V: 3

7/3/1988 6:47AM 27N12 56E15 Take-off of passenger flight from Iran to Dubai that was shot down by US warship, 290 killed, V: 3

7/7/1988 4:04PM 47N50 66E03 Russian spacecraft lifts off to explore Mars' moon, V: 3

7/8/1988 6:30AM 18N45 156W29 Misfired mortar shell explodes among marine platoon, 2 killed, V: 3

7/11/1988 5:40PM 37N45 23E26 Gunmen fire on tourists on cruise ship, 9 killed, V: 3

8/1/1988 6:00AM 51N37 0W13 IRA bomb explosion in army barracks in London, V: 3

8/6/1988 11:10AM 48N52 2E20 Passenger train slams into barrier at Paris station, V: 3

8/6/1988 11:45PM 39N10 90W47 Freight train derails and strikes fuel tank that explodes, V: 3

8/12/1988 5:26PM 40N45 73W57 Electrical fire on 86th floor of Empire State Building, NY, V: 3

8/16/1988 3:00PM 57N58 34E00 Leningrad-Moscow express train derails, 22 killed, V: 3

8/17/1988 11:30AM 29N24 71E41 Pakistan President, US Ambassador & others killed when their plane explodes on take-off, V: 3

8/19/1988 11:05PM 54N36 7W18 IRA bomb explodes next to bus carrying british soldiers, 8 killed, V: 3

8/20/1988 4:00AM 35N40 51E26 End of 8-year Iran-Iraq war, as at Terheran, Iran, V: 3

8/20/1988 4:00AM 33N21 44E25 End of 8-year Iran-Iraq war, as at Baghdad, Iraq, V: 3

8/26/1988 0:53AM 40N52 73W26 Commuter train hits tractor-trailer, V: 3

8/28/1988 1:55PM 49N27 7E33 Three fighter planes in precision flying team collide and crash, V: 3

8/31/1988 2:03UT 32N56 97W05 Passenger jet crashes on take-off, 13 killed, V: 3

9/5/1988 1:04:05AM Pluto at 0º South declination, V: 3

9/12/1988 4:00PM 17N58 76W48 Hurricane Gilbert hits Kingston, Jamaica, 229 killed, V: 3

9/14/1988 12:00PM 21N05 86W46 Hurricane Gilbert hits Cancun, Mexico, V: 3

10/11/1988 6:20PM 44N26 83W20 US Stratotanker plane crashes, 6 killed, V: 3

10/16/1988 11:30PM 41N46 12E14 Plane crashes on landing at Rome, 31 killed, V: 3

10/25/1988 4:30AM 33N13 116W20 National Guard helicopter chasing smugglers in a car, strikes power line, 8 killed, V: 3

10/26/1988 1:45AM 31N30 113W10 Two military helicopters in midair collision, 10 killed, V: 3

11/3/1988 2:00AM 42N27 76W30 Computer virus attacks all Sun computers around US, V: 3

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