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1988
1988 was a leap year that started on a Friday, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. It was also the 1988th year of the Common Era, the 988th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1980s...
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1968
6.6.1968
Don Drysdale of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws his record 58th consecutive scoreless inning, a major league record until 1988.
1999
4.5.1999
Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
2003
9.12.2003
The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.