1988 in England
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Events from 1988 in England
Incumbent[edit]
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 9 January – One of the worst incidents of football hooliganism this season sees 41 suspected hooligans arrested at the FA Cup third round tie between Arsenal and Millwall at Highbury.
February[edit]
March[edit]
- 6 March – SAS soldiers shot dead three unarmed IRA members in Gibraltar, leading to widespread republican criticism.[1]
April[edit]
May[edit]
June[edit]
- 21 June – The Poole explosion of 1988 caused 3,500 people to be evacuated out of the town centre in the biggest peacetime evacuation the country had seen since the World War II.[2]
July[edit]
August[edit]
September[edit]
October[edit]
November[edit]
December[edit]
Births[edit]
- 14 January – Sian Honnor, lawn bowler[3]
- 2 March – James Arthur, singer and songwriter
- 27 March – Jessie J, singer
- April 18 – Vanessa Kirby, actress
- 24 August – Rupert Grint, actor
- 15 September – John Bradley, actor
- 22 November – Jamie Campbell Bower, actor, singer and model
Deaths[edit]
- 14 August – Margaret Sampson, Anglican nun.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "BBC News | History | 1988-89: Gibraltar killings and release of the Guildford Four". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "GALLERY: The explosions that rocked Poole - 30 years since the BDH fire". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
- ^ "Lawn Bowls | Athlete Profile: Sian HONNOR - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ Ward, Benedicta (23 September 2004). "Sampson, Margaret Phoebe [name in religion Mary Clare] (1906–1988), Anglican nun". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70971. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)