1988 in England

Centuries:	18th; 19th; 20th; 21st;
Decades:	1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s;
See also:	1987–88 in English football; 1988–89 in English football; 1988 in the United Kingdom; Other events of 1988

Events from 1988 in England

Incumbent

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.

6 March – SAS soldiers shot dead three unarmed IRA members in Gibraltar, leading to widespread republican criticism.[1]

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]

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"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.)

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