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**1988 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1988 MCMLXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2741
Armenian calendar	1437 ԹՎ ՌՆԼԷ
Bahá'í calendar	144 – 145
Buddhist calendar	2532
Chinese calendar	4624/4684-11-12 (丁卯年十一月十二日) — to — 4625/4685-11-23 (戊辰年十一月廿三日)
Ethiopian calendar	1980 – 1981
Hebrew calendar	5748 – 5749
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2043 – 2044
- Shaka Samvat	1910 – 1911
- Kali Yuga	5089 – 5090
Holocene calendar	11988
Iranian calendar	1366 – 1367
Islamic calendar	1408 – 1409
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 63 (昭和63年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2648 (皇紀2648年)
- Jōmon Era	11988
Julian calendar	2033
Korean calendar	4321
Thai solar calendar	2531
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1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. It is the year in the 20th century that has the most Roman numerals (11).

[edit] Events

[edit] January

January 1 - The Soviet Union begins its program of economic restructuring (perestroika) with legislation initiated by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev.
January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.
January 8 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 140.58 points, or 6.85%, to close at 1,911.31 in a mini-crash.
January 13 - Taiwan President Chiang Ching-kuo dies in Taipei; Vice-President Lee Teng-hui becomes president.
January 15 - In Jerusalem, Israeli police and Palestinian protestors clash at the Dome of the Rock; several police and at least 70 Arabs are injured.
January 25 - U.S. Vice President George H.W. Bush and CBS News anchor Dan Rather clash over Bush's role in the Iran-Contra scandal, during a contentious television interview.
January 29 - The Midwest Classic Conference, a U.S. college athletic conference, is formed.

[edit] February

February 3 - The Democratic-controlled United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36.25 million to support the Nicaraguan Contras.
February 11 - Anthony M. Kennedy is appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
February 13-February 28 - The 1988 Winter Olympics are held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
February 17 - U.S. Lieutenant Colonel William R. Higgins, serving with a United Nations group monitoring a truce in southern Lebanon, is kidnapped (he is later killed by his captors).
February 21 - On his television show in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, televangelist Jimmy Swaggart confesses to an unspecified sin (an affair with prostitute Debra Murphree, as it turns out) and announces he will temporarily leave the pulpit.
February 24 - Hustler Magazine v. Falwell: The Supreme Court of the United States sides with Hustler magazine by overturning a lower court decision to award Jerry Falwell $200,000 for defamation.
February 29 - A Nazi document implicates Kurt Waldheim in W.W. II deportations.

[edit] March

March 6 - Students at Gallaudet University go on strike for the selection of a deaf university president.
March 7 - Operation Flavius: The Special Air Services fatally shoot 3 unarmed Irish Republican Army members in Gibraltar.
March 8 - Two U.S. Army helicopters collide in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, killing 17 servicemen.
March 8 - U.S. presidential candidate George Herbert Walker Bush defeats Robert Dole in numerous Republican primaries and caucuses on "Super Tuesday." The bipartisan primary/caucus calendar, designed by Democrats to help solidify their own nominee early, backfires when none of the 6 competing candidates are able to break out of the pack in the day's Democratic contests. Jesse Jackson, however, wins several Southern state primaries.
March 16 - The Halabja poison gas attack is carried out by Iraqi government forces.
March 16 - Iran-Contra Affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
March 17 - A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into the side of the mountains near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
March 19 - British Army Corporals Woods and Howes are killed by the IRA in the so-called "Corporals killings".
March 24 - An Israeli court sentences Mordechai Vanunu to 18 years in prison for disclosing Israel's nuclear program to The Sunday Times.
March 25 - The Candle Demonstration in Bratislava, Slovakia is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
March 26 - U.S. presidential candidate Jesse Jackson defeats Michael Dukakis in the Michigan Democratic caucuses, becoming the temporary front-runner for the party's nomination. Richard Gephardt withdraws his candidacy after his campaign speeches against imported automobiles fail to earn him much support in Detroit.
March 29 - African National Congress representative Dulcie September is assassinated in Paris.

[edit] April

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The Iranian Frigate, IS Alvand, attacked by US Navy forces during Operation Praying Mantis.

April 4 - Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
April 5 - Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis wins the Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary.
April 10 - The Ojari Camp Disaster occurs in Islamabad.
April 10 - The Great Seto Bridge opens to traffic in Japan.
April 11 - The Last Emperor (directed by Bernardo Bertolucci) wins 9 Oscars.
April 12 - Former pop singer Sonny Bono is elected mayor of Palm Springs, California.
April 14 - In the Geneva accords, the Soviet Union commits itself to withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan.
The USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) strikes a naval mine in the Persian Gulf, while deployed on Operation Earnest Will during the Tanker War phase of the Iran-Iraq War.
April 16 - Israeli commandos kill the PLO's Abu Jihad in Tunisia.
April 16 - In Forlì, Italy, the Red Brigades kill Senator Roberto Ruffilli, an advisor of Prime Minister Ciriaco de Mita.
April 18 - United States Navy forces retaliate for the Roberts mining with Operation Praying Mantis, in a day of strikes against Iranian oil platforms and naval vessels.
April 25 - In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II. He was accused by survivors of being the notorious guard at the Treblinka extermination camp known as "Ivan the Terrible". The conviction is later overturned by the Israeli Supreme Court.
April 28 - Aloha Flight 243 loses several yards of its upper fuselage while in flight; extraordinarily, the craft lands with only 1 fatality.
April 30 - World Expo '88 opens in Brisbane Queensland, Australia. The exhibition runs for 6 months, hosting pavilions from over 70 countries and thrusting the city of Brisbane into the international spotlight.

[edit] May

May 4 - PEPCON disaster in Henderson, Nevada: A major explosion at an industrial solid-fuel rocket plant causes damage extending up to 10 miles away, including Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport.
May 14 - Bus disaster near Carrollton, Kentucky: A drunk driver going the wrong way on Interstate 71, hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group from Radcliff, Kentucky. The resulting fire kills 27, making it tied for 1st in the U.S. for most fatalities involving 2 vehicles to the present day. Ironically, the other 2-vehicle accident involving a bus that also killed 27 occurred in Prestonsburg, KY 30 years prior.
May 14 - Wimbledon wins the English FA Cup after beating Liverpool 1-0 at Wembley. The south-west Londoners had pulled off one of the greatest upsets in the history of English football, as they had been top division members for just 2 years and had joined the Football League only 11 years earlier. Liverpool, meanwhile, had won a total of 30 major trophies including 17 league titles.
May 15 - Soviet war in Afghanistan: After more than 8 years of fighting, the Red Army begins withdrawing from Afghanistan.
May 16 - A report by U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
May 16 - California v. Greenwood: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that police officers do not need a search warrant to search through discarded garbage.
May 24 - Section 28 (outlawing promotion of homosexuality in schools) is passed as law by Parliament in the United Kingdom.
May 31 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses 600 Moscow State University students, during his visit to the Soviet Union.

[edit] June

June 6 - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom strips jockey Lester Piggott of his Order of the British Empire.
June 11 - The name of the General Public License (GPL) is mentioned for the first time.
June 11 - Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th birthday of imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandela.
June 25 - The Netherlands defeats the Soviet Union 2-0 to win Euro 88.
June 28 - Four workers are asphyxiated at a metal-plating plant in Auburn, Indiana, in the worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history (a fifth victim dies 2 days later).
June 29 - Morrison v. Olson: The United States Supreme Court upholds the law allowing special prosecutors to investigate suspected crimes by executive branch officials.
June 30 - Roman Catholic Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre consecrates 4 bishops at Ecône, Switzerland for his apostolate, along with Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer, without a papal mandate.

[edit] July

July 3 - The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus.
July 3 - Iran Air Flight 655 is accidentally shot down by missiles launched from the USS Vincennes.
July 6 - The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires, killing 165 oil workers and 2 rescue mariners.
July 6 - The first reported medical waste on beaches in the Greater New York area (including hypodermic needles and syringes possibly infected with the AIDS virus) washes ashore on Long Island. Subsequent medical waste discoveries on beaches in Coney Island and in Monmouth County, New Jersey force the closure of numerous New York-area beaches in the middle of one of the hottest summers in the American Northeast on record.
July 14 - Volkswagen closes its Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania plant after 10 years of operation (the first factory built by a non-American automaker in the U.S.).
July 20 - The Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia nominates Michael Dukakis for U.S. President and Lloyd Bentsen for Vice President.
July 31 - Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Malaysia.

[edit] August

Allama Arif Hussain Hussaini the leader of Pakistani Shia muslims was martyred in Peshawqr.
August 5 - The 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis culminates in the sacking of the Lord President of Malaysia, Salleh Abas.
August 6-August 7 - Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City: A riot erupts in Tompkins Square Park when police brutally attempt to enforce a newly-passed curfew for the park. Bystanders, artists, residents, homeless people and political activists are caught up in the police action that takes place on the night of August 6th and the early morning of August 7th.
August 8 - 8888 Uprising: Thousands of protestors in Burma (now Myanmar) are killed during anti-government demonstrations.
August 9 - The Chicago Cubs play their first ever night game at home in Wrigley Field, defeating the New York Mets, 6-4.
August 9 - Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings, in one of the most controversial transactions in ice hockey history.
August 17 - Pakistan President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash near Bhawalpur.
August 18 - The Republican National Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana nominates George H.W. Bush for U.S. President and Dan Quayle for Vice President.
August 19 - A ceasefire begins in the Iran-Iraq war.
August 20 - The Iran-Iraq war ends, with an estimated 1 million lives lost.
August 26 - Merhan Karimi Nasseri ("The terminal man") is stuck in the De Gaulle Airport in Paris, where he continues to reside until August 1, 2006.
August 28 - Sixty-seven people are killed and 346 injured in one of the worst airshow disasters in history at Germany's Ramstein Air Base, when 3 jets from the Italian air demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori, collide, sending 1 jet crashing into the crowd.
August 28 - A fire destroys part of Chiado quarter, in Lisbon's historical center.

[edit] September

September 5 - With US$2 billion in federal aid, the Robert M. Bass Group agrees to buy the United States's largest thrift, American Savings and Loan Association.
September 11 - In Estonia, 300 000 demonstrate for independence.
September 12 - Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula 2 days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
September 17-October 2 - The Summer Olympic Games are held in Seoul, South Korea.
September 22 - The Ocean Odyssey drilling rig suffers a blowout and fire in the North Sea. (See also July 6)
September 24-September 26 - Large, militant protests against the 1988 World Bank and IMF meetings take place in West Berlin.
September 29 - STS-26: NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster, with Space Shuttle Discovery.

[edit] October

October 5 - Thousands riot in Algiers, Algeria against the National Liberation Front government; by October 10 the army has killed and tortured about 500 people in crushing the riots.
October 5 - Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is defeated in a national plebiscite that sought to renew his mandate.
October 5 - In Omaha, Nebraska, in the only vice presidential debate of the 1988 U.S. presidential election, Republican vice presidential nominee Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana insists he has as much experience in government as John F. Kennedy did when he sought the presidency in 1960. His Democratic opponent, Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas, replies, "Senator, I knew Jack Kennedy. I served with Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." The positive audience response to Bentsen's remark solidifies the reputation of Quayle (who still becomes Vice President) as a political lightweight.
October 11 - Women are allowed to study at Magdalene College, Cambridge, for the first time. Male students wear black armbands and the porter flies a black flag.
October 12 - Walsh Street police shootings: Two Victoria Police officers are gunned down execution style in Australia.
October 13 - In the second U.S. Presidential Debate, held at UCLA, Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis is asked by Bernard Shaw of CNN if he would support the death penalty if his wife were raped and murdered. Dukakis' reply, voicing opposition to capital punishment in all circumstances, is later believed to be a main reason for his eventual loss to his Republican opponent, George Herbert Walker Bush.
October 15 - Kirk Gibson hits a dramatic homerun during Game 1 of the World Series to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 victory against the Oakland Athletics.
October 19 - The United Kingdom bans broadcast interviews with IRA members. BBC gets around this by using actors' voices.
October 28 - Abortion: 48 hours after announcing it was abandoning RU-486, French manufacturer Roussel Uclaf states that it would resume distribution of the drug, bowing to pressure from the government of France.
October 29 - Pakistan's General Rahimuddin Khan resigns from his post as Governor of Sindh, following the President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan trying to limit the vast powers Rahimuddin had accumulated, in favor of a more democratic system.
October 30 - Philip Morris buys Kraft Foods for US$13.1 billion.
October 30 - Expo '88 in Brisbane Australia draws to a close after a 6 month spectacular.
October 30 - Formula One: Ayrton Senna clinches his first World Championship with a phenomenal drive in the Japanese Grand Prix, recovering from 16th place on the first lap to win the race and beat rival Alain Prost into second place.

[edit] November

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Buran shuttle before liftoff on November 15.

November 1 - In the Israeli election, Likud wins 47 seats, Labour wins 49, but Likud Prime Minister Shamir remains in office.
November 3-November 5: Thousands of South Korean students demonstrate against former president Chun Doo Hwan.
November 8 - U.S. presidential election, 1988: George H.W. Bush is elected over Michael Dukakis.
November 11 - In Sacramento, California, police find a body buried in the lawn of 60-year-old boardinghouse landlady Dorothea Puente (7 bodies are eventually found and Puente is convicted of 3 murders and sentenced to life in prison).
November 15 - In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle Buran is launched by an Energia rocket on its maiden orbital spaceflight (the first and last space flight for the shuttle).
November 15 - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed at the Palestinian National Council meeting in Algiers, by a vote of 253 to 46.
November 15 - The very first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched by Nico Roozen, Frans van der Hoff and ecumenical development agency Solidaridad in the Netherlands.
November 16 - The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
November 16 - In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan choose populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister. Elections were held as planned despite head of state Zia-ul-Haq's death earlier in August.
November 18 - War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill providing the death penalty for murderous drug traffickers.
November 21 - Canadian federal election, 1988: Brian Mulroney and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada win a second majority government.
November 21 - Ted Turner Officially Buys Jim Crockett Promotions, known as NWA Crockett, and turns it into WCW or World Championship Wrestling.
November 22 - In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
November 23 - Former Korean president Chun Doo Hwan publicly apologizes for corruption during his presidency, announcing he will go into exile.
November 30 - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buys RJR Nabisco for US$25.07 billion.

[edit] December

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The wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103

December 2 - Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
December 2 - A cyclone in Bangladesh leaves 5 million homeless and thousands dead.
December 7 - In Armenia an earthquake 6.9 on the Richter scale kills nearly 25,000, injures 15,000 and leaves 400,000 homeless.
December 7 - Estonian becomes the official language of Estonia.
December 9 - The last Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant roll off the assembly line in a Chrysler factory.
December 12 - The Clapham Junction rail crash kills 35 and injures 132.
December 20 - The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
December 21 - Pan Am Flight 103 is blown up by Libyan terrorists over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing a total of 270 people. Those responsible are believed to be of either Iranian or Libyan origin.
December 22 - Brazilian union and environmental activist Chico Mendes is assassinated.

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TAT-8, the first transatlantic telephone cable to use optical fibers, is completed.
Zebra mussels found in the Great lakes

[edit] Births

[edit] January

January 7 - Alan Lowing, Scottish footballer
January 10 - Michael Mcilorum, English rugby union player
January 12 - Chris Casement, Northern Irish footballer
January 12 - Andrew Lawrence, American actor
January 13 - Tatev Abrahamyan, American chess player
January 15 - Sonny Moore, American musician
January 16 - Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
January 22 - Greg Oden, American basketball player
January 25 - Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player
January 25 - Daniel Haynes, English footballer
January 27 - Kerlon, Brazilian footballer
January 29 - Owen Garvan, Irish footballer
January 29 - Aydın Yılmaz, Turkish soccer player

[edit] February

February 4 - Carly Patterson, American gymnast
February 7 - Ai Kago, Japanese singer
February 8 - Ryan Pinkston, American actor
February 12 - Nicoleta Daniela Şofronie, Romanian gymnast
February 18 - Mark Davies, British footballer
February 18 - Shane Lyons, American actor
February 18 - Maiara Walsh, Brazilian actress
February 19 - Miyu Irino, Japanese voice actor
February 20 - Rihanna, Bajan R&B singer
February 21 - Daniel Rose, English footballer
February 25 - Rúrik Gíslason, Icelandic footballer
February 26 - David Williams, Australian footballer
February 29 - Lena Gercke, German model

[edit] March

March 1 - Melissandre Fuentes, Andorra figure skater
March 1 - Katija Pevec, American actress
March 2 - Kathryn Blair, daughter of British Prime Minister Tony Blair
March 2 - Vito Mannone, Italian footballer
March 2 - Kate Alexa, Australian singer
March 3 - Timur Gareev, Asian chess player
March 6 - Elaine and Melanie Silver, American actresses
March 21 - Lee Cattermole, English footballer
March 25 - Erik Knudsen, Canadian actor
March 27 - Brenda Song, American actress
March 28 - Lacey Turner, English actress
March 31 - Hogan Ephraim, English football player

[edit] April

April 3 - Tim Krul, Dutch soccer player
April 5 - Daniela Luján, Mexican actress
April 5 - Asumi Nakata, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
April 6 - Fabrice Muamba, English footballer
April 8 - Philip Dowling, British actor
April 10 - Haley Joel Osment, American actor
April 10 - Özgürcan Özcan, Turkish soccer player
April 10 - Travis Varcoe, Australian footballer
April 13 - Kallie Flynn Childress, American actress
April 20 - Mark Bluvshtein, Canadian chess player
April 20 - Wade Oostendorp, Australian soccer player
April 23 - Erica Mer, American actress
April 25 - Sara Paxton, American actress
April 29 - Jeff Batchelor, Canadian snowboarder
April 29 - Younha, Korean born singer

[edit] May

May 1 - Darryl Knights, English footballer
May 5 - Jessica Dubroff, American student pilot (d. 1996)
May 5 - Brooke Hogan, American reality star and singer
May 5 - Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer
May 13 - Casey Donovan, Australian Idol 2004 singer
May 17 - Nikki Reed, American actress
May 18 - Ryan Cooley, Canadian actor
May 19 - Lily Cole, English model
May 23 - Christian Lorentzen, British heir
May 23 - Morgan Pressel, American golfer
May 24 - Iyama Yuta, Japanese Go player
May 27 - Heather Marks, Canadian model
May 27 - Scott McGregor, English musician
May 28 - Cheng Fei, Chinese gymnast
May 28 - Meisa Kuroki, Japanese actress

[edit] June

June 1 - Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer
June 2 - Sergio Agüero, Argentine football (soccer) player
June 2 - Ayaka Saito, Japanese voice actor
June 7 - Michael Cera, Canadian actor
June 7 - Godwin Antwi, Ghana footballer
June 9 - Mae Whitman, American actress
June 11 - Gakky, Japanese model/actress
June 13 - Li Ya, Chinese gymnast
June 20 - Shefali Chowdhury, British actress
June 21 - Alejandro Ramirez, Costa Rica chess player
June 24 - Micah Richards, English footballer
June 25 - Amanda Dowler, British murder victim
June 27 - Kate Ziegler, American swimmer
June 30 - Sean Marquette, American actor

[edit] July

Luke Mitchell, Scottish murderer
July 1 - Evan Ellingson, American actor
July 1 - Joseph Groarke, British taekwondo expert
July 4 - Angelique Boyer, Mexican actress
July 4 - Princess Irina of Prussia
July 6 - Sarah Barrable-Tishauer, Canadian actress
July 8 - Miguel Roque Farrero, Spanish footballer
July 12 - Melissa O'Neil, Canadian Idol winner, season 3
July 17 - Summer Bishil, American actress
July 22 - Constantin, Prince of Nassau
July 23 - Paul Anderson, English footballer
July 25 - Anthony Stokes, Irish footballer
July 27 - Willence Seymour, Nauruan tennis player
July 28 - Ayla Brown, American singer and female basketball athlete
July 31 - Brackin Karauria-Henry, Australian rugby union player

[edit] August

August 5 - Fleur Maxwell, Luxembourg figure skater
August 5 - Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer
August 8 - Princess Beatrice of York
August 8 - Flavia Bujor, French writer
August 8 - Jake Goldsbie, Canadian actor
August 8 - Jeff Weise, American murderer (d. 2005)
August 12 - Jose Tabata, Minor League Baseball player
August 12 - Leah Pipes, American actress
August 14 - Monette Russo, Australian gymnast
August 16 - Ismaïl Aissati, Morrocan football (soccer) player
August 17 - Belal Mansoor Ali, Kenyan runner
August 17 - Brady Corbet, American actor
August 18 - Jack Hobbs, English footballer
August 19 - Travis Tedford, American actor
August 24 - Rupert Grint, English actor
August 26 - Princess Maria Laura, Archduchess of Austria-Este
August 26 - Rachelle Waterman, American blogger
August 27 - Alexa Vega, American actress

[edit] September

September 5 - Nuri Şahin, Turkish football (soccer) player
September 9 - Sana Saeed, Indian actress
September 10 - Jordan Staal, Canadian hockey player
September 16 - Teddy Geiger, American singer
September 16 - Tempest Smith, American religious discrimination victim (d. 2001)
September 19 - Katie Bowden, American actress
September 20 - Aura Andreea Munteanu, Romanian gymnast
September 22 - Bethany Dillon, Christian contemporary music singer/songwriter

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Contents

[edit] Events

[edit] January

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] May

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September

[edit] October

[edit] November

[edit] December

[edit] Unknown date

[edit] Births

[edit] January

[edit] February

[edit] March

[edit] April

[edit] May

[edit] June

[edit] July

[edit] August

[edit] September