What Happened In February 1988 In History

Historical Events for February, 1988

• 5th » Manuel Noriega is indicted on Illegal drug trade named drug smuggling and money laundering charges.
• 6th » Michael Jordan makes his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman (logo) called Jumpman logo.
• 20th » The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
• 27th » Sumgait pogrom: The Armenians called Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent massacre.
• 29th » South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
• 29th » Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the Canadian House of Commons to coming out named come out as gay.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1988

• 1st » Brett Anderson (baseball) known as Brett Anderson, American baseball player
• 3rd » Cho Kyuhyun, South Korean singer and actor (Super Junior, Super Junior-M, and Super Junior-K.R.Y)
• 3rd » Nicola Redomi, Italian footballer
• 3rd » Gregory van der Wiel, Dutch footballer
• 4th » Carly Patterson, American gymnast
• 5th » Natalie Geisenberger, German luger
• 5th » Johnathan Haggerty, American football player
• 5th » Kevin J. Maclean, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 5th » Philipp Marschall, German skier
• 5th » Karin Ontiveros, Mexican model and sportscaster
• 6th » Bailey Hanks, American actress and singer
• 6th » Allison Holker, American dancer
• 7th » Lee Don-Ku, South Korean ice hockey player
• 7th » Nikola Fraňková, Czech tennis player
• 7th » Albin Hodza, French footballer
• 7th » Lee Joon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (MBLAQ)
• 7th » Ai Kago, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume, W (group) known as W, and Minimoni)
• 7th » Matthew Stafford (American football) known as Matthew Stafford, American football player
• 8th » Rucha Hasabnis, Indian actress
• 8th » Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 8th » Ryan Pinkston, American actor
• 9th » Lotte Friis, Danish swimmer
• 10th » Daniil Ratnikov, Estonian footballer
• 11th » Junjun (singer) known as Junjun, Chinese-Japanese singer (Morning Musume and v-u-den)
• 11th » Vlad Moldoveanu, Romanian basketball player
• 12th » Nana Eikura, Japanese actress
• 12th » DeMarco Murray, American football player
• 12th » Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 13th » Fuat Kalkan, Turkish footballer
• 13th » Aston Merrygold, English singer and actor (JLS)
• 14th » Katie Boland, Canadian actress
• 14th » Siim Liivik, Estonian ice hockey player
• 14th » Ángel Di María, Argentine footballer
• 14th » Quentin Mosimann, Swiss singer and DJ
• 14th » Asia Nitollano, American singer and dancer (The Pussycat Dolls)
• 15th » Jarryd Hayne, Australian rugby player
• 15th » Hironori Kusano, Japanese singer and actor (News (band) named NEWS)
• 15th » Tim Mannah, Australian rugby player
• 16th » Diego Capel, Spanish footballer
• 16th » Zhang Jike, Chinese table tennis player
• 16th » Denílson Pereira Neves, Brazilian footballer
• 16th » Andrea Ranocchia, Italian footballer
• 16th » Kim Soo-hyun, South Korean actor and singer
• 17th » Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim
• 18th » Changmin, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (TVXQ)
• 18th » The Blossom Twins e.g Hannah Blossom, English wrestler
• 18th » The Blossom Twins known as Holly Blossom, English wrestler
• 18th » Shane Lyons, American actor and chef
• 18th » Maiara Walsh, American actress
• 19th » Seth Morrison (musician) named Seth Morrison, American guitarist (Skillet (band) named Skillet)
• 19th » Selkirk (horse) known as Selkirk, English race horse (d. 2013)
• 19th » Miyu Irino, Japanese voice actor
• 20th » Rihanna, Barbadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
• 20th » Jiah Khan, American-Indian actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 20th » Kealoha Pilares, American football player
• 20th » Tahounia Rubel, Ethiopian-Israeli model
• 21st » Matthias de Zordo, German javelin thrower
• 21st » Mario Falcone, English television personality
• 22nd » Jonathan Borlée, Belgian sprinter
• 22nd » Kevin Borlée, Belgian sprinter
• 22nd » Efraín Juárez, Mexican footballer
• 22nd » Ximena Navarrete, Mexican model and actress, Miss Universe 2010
• 22nd » Sebastian Tyrała, Polish footballer
• 22nd » Ana Veselinović, Montenegrin tennis player
• 23rd » Nicolás Gaitán, Argentinian footballer
• 24th » Emma Hayman, New Zealand tennis player
• 25th » Luca Di Matteo, Italian footballer
• 25th » Sören Ludolph, German runner
• 25th » Jimmy Monaghan, American-Irish singer-songwriter and pianist (Music for Dead Birds)
• 26th » Matteo Ciofani, Italian footballer
• 26th » Reid Flair, American wrestler (d. 2013)
• 26th » Danny Mac, English actor
• 26th » Timo Sild, Estonian orienteer
• 26th » Charley Webb, English actress
• 27th » Iain Ramsay, Australian footballer
• 28th » Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player
• 28th » Steeve Gerard Fankà, Cameroonian footballer
• 28th » Jorge Gastélum, Mexican footballer
• 28th » Markéta Irglová, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 28th » Yevgeni Kabayev, Russian footballer
• 28th » Maikol Negro, Italian footballer
• 29th » Lena Gercke, German fashion model and television host
• 29th » Scott Golbourne, English footballer
• 29th » Benedikt Höwedes, German footballer
• 29th » Bobby Sanguinetti, American ice hockey player

Famous Deaths for February 1988

• 2nd » Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (b. 1929)
• 8th » Daisy Turner (storyteller) called Daisy Turner, American historian and author (b. 1883)
• 12th » S. Nadarajah, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
• 14th » Frederick Loewe, Austrian-American composer (b. 1901)
• 15th » Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 16th » Jean Carignan, Canadian fiddler (b. 1916)
• 17th » John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar (b. 1923)
• 17th » Karpoori Thakur, Indian politician, 11th List of Chief Ministers of Bihar known as Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1924)
• 19th » André Frédéric Cournand, French-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 19th » René Char, French poet (b. 1907)
• 29th » Sidney Harmon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1907)

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