1988 in Czechoslovakia
Events from the year 1988 in Czechoslovakia. The year saw the candle demonstration in Bratislava.
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Incumbents
- President: Gustáv Husák.[1]
- Prime Minister:[2]
- Lubomír Štrougal (until 12 October)
- Ladislav Adamec (from 12 October)
Events
- 25 March – The candle demonstration in Bratislava, led by the Catholic Church requesting religious freedom, is repressed with 190 people arrested.[3]
- 21 August – Large anti-government demonstrations are held in Prague to mark the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.[4]
- 11 October – A ČSA Tupolev Tu-134A (registration OK-AFB) landed hard at Ruzyne Airport; there were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off and flown to Piešťany where it served as a restaurant.[5]
Popular culture
Film
- Alice, directed and written by Jan Švankmajer, is released.[6]
- How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (Czech: Jak básníkům chutná život), directed by Dušan Klein is released.[7]
- The Jester and the Queen (Czech: Šašek a královna), directed by Věra Chytilová, is released in English.[8]
Music
- The band Půlnoc is formed by members of The Plastic People of the Universe. They perform in New York in July,[9]
Births
- 9 December – Veronika Vítková, biathlete, winner of the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.[10]
Deaths
- 3 January – John Dopyera, inventor of the resonator guitar (born 1893).[11]
- 17 April – Daniel Rapant, historian (born 1897).[12]
- 29 April – Jan Kapr, composer (born 1914).[13]
- 21 December – Ján Cikker, composer (born 1911).[14]
References
Citations
- Cook & Paxton 2001, p. 43.
- Kirkpatrick 1990, p. 308.
- Guenwald 2007, p. 42.
- Bell 2002, p. 206.
- Accident description for OK-AFB at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 September 2013.
- Monaco & Pallot 1991, p. 523.
- Táňa 2010, p. 151.
- Monaco & Pallot 1991, p. 113.
- Stephens Cravens 2006, p. 139.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Veronika Vitková". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- Gály 2006, p. 183.
- Gály 2006, p. 543.
- Holeňová 2001, p. 132.
- Gály 2006, p. 135.
Bibliography
- Bell, Imogen, ed. (2002). Central and South-East Europe 2003. London: Europa Publications. ISBN 978-1-85743-136-0.
- Cook, Chris; Paxton, John (2001). European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-33397-746-0.
- Gály, Tamara Archleb, ed. (2006). The Encyclopaedia of Slovakia and the Slovaks: A Concise Encyclopaedia. Bratislava: Encyclopaedic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-8-02240-925-4.
- Guenwald, Oskan (2007). "Toward an Open Society: Reflections on the 1989 Revolution". In Kirschbaum, Stanislav J. (ed.). Central European History and the European Union. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 32–59. ISBN 978-0-23057-953-8.
- Holeňová, Jana (2001). Český Taneční Slovník: Tanec, Balet, Pantomima [Czech Dance Dictionary: Dance, Ballet and Pantomime] (in Czech). Prague: Divadelní ústav. ISBN 978-8-07008-112-9.
- Kirkpatrick, Jeannie (1990). The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State And Other Surprises. Washington DC: American Enterprise Institute. ISBN 978-0-84473-728-7.
- Monaco, James; Pallot, James (1991). The Encyclopedia of Film. New York: Perigee Books. ISBN 978-0-39951-604-7.
- Stephens Cravens, Craig (2006). Culture and Customs of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-31333-412-2.
- Táňa, Bretyšová (2010). Czech Feature Film 6 1981–1993. Prague: Národní Filmový Archiv. ISBN 978-8-07004-141-3.
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