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Events from 1988 in England

Incumbent

Events

January

• 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

March

• 6 March – SAS soldiers shot dead three unarmed IRA members in Gibraltar, leading to widespread republican criticism.

April

May

June

• 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.

July

August

September

October

November

December

Births

• 14 January – Sian Honnor, lawn bowler
• 2 March – James Arthur, singer and songwriter
• 27 March – Jessie J, singer
• 18 April – Vanessa Kirby, actress
• 12 August – Tyson Fury, boxer
• 24 August – Rupert Grint, actor
• 15 September – John Bradley, actor
• 22 November – Jamie Campbell Bower, actor, singer and model

Deaths

• 14 August – Margaret Sampson, Anglican nun.

See also

• 1988 in Northern Ireland
• 1988 in Scotland
• 1988 in Wales

References

1. "BBC News | History | 1988-89: Gibraltar killings and release of the Guildford Four". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
2. "GALLERY: The explosions that rocked Poole - 30 years since the BDH fire". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
3. "Lawn Bowls | Athlete Profile: Sian HONNOR - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
4. "Tyson Fury: Biography, record, fights and more". ESPN.com. 2024-10-09. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
5. Ward, Benedicta (23 September 2004). "Sampson, Margaret Phoebe (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.)

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