Events from 1988 in England
Incumbent
Monarch - Elizabeth II Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher
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
3 February – Nurses across the UK went on strike, demanding better pay and more funding for the NHS. 5 February – The National Union of Seamen calls off a ferry strike that had been called January 31 in response to the firing of 161 crew workers by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. Despite the Union’s orders, however, thousands of seamen across the UK continued to strike.
March
6 March – SAS soldiers shot dead three unarmed IRA members in Gibraltar, leading to widespread republican criticism.
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.
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
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