What Happened in 1988

Joe Satriani Records "Dreaming No. 11"

Dreaming #11 is an EP by Joe Satriani released in 1988 with three live tracks and one new studio track, The Crush of Love. Live tracks, taken from... Read more

Nuclear Assault release Survive

Survive is an album by Nuclear Assault released in 1988 on vinyl, compact disc and cassette. As of 2010, it has yet to be reissued on CD, unlike... Read more

"Bull Durham" Is Released

Bull Durham is a 1988 American romantic comedy about baseball. It is based upon the minor league experiences of writer/director Ron Shelton and... Read more

Leslie Manigat Overthrown in Military Coup Months After Being Elected

Mr Manigat is an international affairs expert who graduated from the Political Studies Institute of Paris and studied history at Sorbonne... Read more

Voivod release Dimension Hatröss

Dimension Hatröss is the fourth album from the Canadian thrash metal/progressive metal band Voivod. It was released on June 29, 1988 on Noise... Read more

Carcass release Reek of Putrefaction

Reek of Putrefaction is the debut album by the British extreme metal band Carcass. It was released by Earache Records in 1988. When released,... Read more

Blue Öyster Cult releases Imaginos

Imaginos is a 1988 concept album by Blue Öyster Cult. The "Imaginos" concept was originally begun by producer Sandy Pearlman in 1967, before BÖC... Read more

Iran Air Flight 655 Shot Down by US Missiles

Iran Air Flight 655, also known as IR655, was a civilian airliner shot down by US missiles on Sunday 3 July 1988, over the Strait of Hormuz, toward... Read more

Slayer Releases "South of Heaven"

South of Heaven is the fourth studio album by the American thrash metal band Slayer. Released on July 5, 1988, the album was the band's second... Read more

Overkill releases Under the Influence

Under The Influence is the third studio album by thrash metal band Overkill in 1988 on Megaforce Records. This was the first Overkill release to... Read more

Piper Alpha Disaster

The Piper Alpha story can be told in flat statistics and lose none of its capacity to horrify. The first explosion took place at around 10pm, when... Read more

Perumon Tragedy

In the Peruman Train Tragedy, the Bangalore - Kanyakumari Island Express train derailed on the Peruman bridge over Ashtamudi Lake, near Perinadu,... Read more

"Die Hard" Is Released

Die Hard is a 1988 action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was produced by Lawrence and Charles Gordon, along with Joel... Read more

Wayne Gretzky Marries Janet Jones

It was when Gretzky was celebrity judge on Dance Fever that he met his future wife, American actress Janet Jones. According to Wayne, Janet does... Read more

King Diamond releases "Them"

"Them" is an album by King Diamond released in 1988 on Roadrunner Records. It is the first of two fictional concept albums about King and his... Read more

FDA Approves Novartis's Voltaren

Voltaren is in a group of drugs called nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Voltaren works by reducing hormones that cause inflammation... Read more

Soundgarden release Fopp

Fopp is the second EP by the American grunge band Soundgarden, released in August 1988 through Sub Pop Records. Fopp was later combined with the... Read more

Coroner release Punishment for Decadence

Punishment for Decadence is the second album by the Swiss thrash metal group Coroner. It bears many similarities to the previous album, except the... Read more

Wayne Gretzky is Traded to the Los Angeles Kings

Two hours after the Oilers won the Stanley Cup in 1988, Wayne learned from his father that the Oilers were planning to deal him to another team.... Read more

Jean-Michel Basquiat Dies

Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist and the first African-American painter to become an international... Read more

The Last Temptation of Christ (film) is Released

The Last Temptation of Christ is a 1988 film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is a film adaptation of the controversial 1960 novel of the same name... Read more

"Married To The Mob" Is Released

Married to the Mob is a 1988 comedy film. It was directed by Jonathan Demme and starred Matthew Modine, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joan... Read more

Iran and Iraq Declare Cease-Fire

US threatened to impose sanctions against Iran if it did not accept the ceasefire the next day. American vessels an also attacked Iranian vessel... Read more

Monsters of Rock 1988

1988 was the biggest ever Donington,107,000 turned up. Given dry conditions that would not have been a problem, however, the festival was marred by... Read more

Metallica releases "...And Justice for All"

…And Justice for All is the fourth album by American heavy metal band Metallica. Elektra Records released the album on August 25, 1988. This is the... Read more