The Sakharov Prize, established in 1988 and awarded annually by the European Parliament for people and organizations dedicated to human rights and freedoms, was named in his honor.

The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, was established in December 1988 by the European Parliament as a means to honour individuals or organisations who have dedicated their lives to the defence of human rights and freedom of thought.

In December 1988 she accompanied Academician Andrei Sakharov on a fateful trip to Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Karabakh region in an attempt at mediation and reconciliation.

According to Igor M. Diakonoff ( 1988: 33n ), Proto-Afroasiatic was spoken c. 10, 000 BC.

In December 1988, the second largest city in the republic, Leninakan ( now Gyumri ), was heavily damaged by a massive quake that killed more than 25, 000 people.

This led the government to propose reconstruction of the Armenian Atomic Power Station at Metsamor, which was closed after the 1988 earthquake because of its location in an earthquake-prone area and which had the same safety problems as reactors listed as dangerous in Bulgaria, Russia, and Slovakia.

Most of Armenia's ethnic Azeri population was deported in 1988 – 1989 and remain refugees, largely in Azerbaijan.

The first occasion was in 1988 for a museum tour as part of the Australian Bicentenary celebrations ; the second was for the 2006 / 7 Ashes series.

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

Dame Jean was at one time a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, patron of the Dandie Dinmont Club, a breed of dog named after one of Sir Walter Scott's characters ; and a horse trainer, one of whose horses, Sir Wattie, ridden by Ian Stark, won two silver medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

The Grothendieck Festschrift was a three-volume collection of research papers to mark his sixtieth birthday ( falling in 1988 ), and published in 1990.

Grothendieck was co-awarded ( but declined ) the Crafoord Prize with Pierre Deligne in 1988.

In the Australian Capital Territory, the Act of Settlement was, on 11 May 1989, converted, from an act of the Parliament of England into an ACT enactment, by section 34 ( 4 ) of the Australian Capital Territory ( Self-Government ) Act 1988 ( Cwlth ), and then renamed The Act of Settlement 1700 by the Legislation Act 2001.

( in fact, the Earl of St. Andrews had already lost his place in the line of succession when he married the Roman Catholic Canadian Sylvana Palma Tomaselli in 1988, but St. Andrews ' place in the line of succession was significantly lower than Phillips '.

In 1988 the Winland Rice was formed as an umbrella organization of Theodish groups.

However, it was taken over by Wild Leitz in 1988, and was closed in 1991.

* Raymond Williams ( 1921 – 1988 ) academic, critic and writer was born and brought up locally.

After winning the Dutch Mixing Championships ( DMC ) in 1988, he was invited for The World Mix Championships in the London Royal Hall and won third place in a fierce competition.

The Aleut Restitution Act of 1988 was an attempt by Congress to compensate the survivors.

A plaque was erected in their memory in 1988 in the local hospital at No. 38 Feuchtwangerstrasse.

Later, as president, Clinton was the first President to pardon a death-row inmate since the federal death penalty was reintroduced in 1988.

He gave the nationally televised opening night address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention, but his speech, which was 33 minutes long and twice as long as it was expected to be, was criticized for being too long and poorly delivered.

The Gang of Nine was the informal name given to the consortium of personal computer manufacturing companies who came together in 1988 to create the EISA bus.

Bardeen was one of 11 recipients given the Third Century Award from President George H. W. Bush in 1990 for " exceptional contributions to American society " and was granted a gold medal from the Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1988.

A statement made on oath by a witness outside the United Kingdom and given in evidence through a live television link by virtue of section 32 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 must be treated for the purposes of section 1 as having been made in the proceedings in which it is given in evidence.

'" From 1986 to 1988, he was given his first professional role by director Daniel Abineri, in a production of The Rocky Horror Show.

This ban was imposed by the then prime minister Margaret Thatcher on 19 October 1988, the reason given being to " starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend " after the BBC interviewed Martin McGuinness and Adams had been the focus of a row over an edition of After Dark, an intended Channel 4 discussion programme which was never made.

The settings were given their premieres between 1988 and 1990 in four concerts sponsored by the Institute.

The phrase " leader of the new school ", coined in hip hop by Chuck D in 1988, and presumably given further currency by the group with the exact name Leaders of the New School ( who were named by Chuck D prior to signing with Elektra in 1989 ), remains popular.

Schenectady County typically leans Democratic, it has given small to moderate leads to Democrats since 1988 in presidential elections.

As with most Disney characters, she was given small cameos in the featurettes Mickey's Christmas Carol ( 1983 ) and The Prince and the Pauper ( 1990 ), and the 1988 feature Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

As with most Disney characters, she was given small cameos in " Mickey's Christmas Carol " ( 1983 ) and " Who Framed Roger Rabbit " ( 1988 ).

As with most Disney characters, he was given small cameos in Mickey's Christmas Carol ( 1983 ) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( 1988 ).

A year later, in September 1988, the team was finally given the go-ahead to start implementing Modeler.

Carazo came back to beat former Flyweight world champion Santos Laciar by a decision in 12 at Caguas in 1988, and was given a chance to challenge the late Gilberto Roman for the WBC world's Jr. Bantamweight title in 1989, in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, California.

The Australian Capital Territory refused self-government in a 1978 referendum, but was given limited self-government by a House of Assembly from 1979, and a Legislative Assembly with wider powers in 1988.

Whoever guesses the more popular answer in the survey has the option to play the question or pass it to the other family, except during the 1988 – 1995 version, when they were automatically given control of the board.

In all versions except the 1988 – 1994 version, before attempting to steal the round, the entire family could confer before the answer was given.

The Young British Artists, or YBAs — also referred to as Brit artists and Britart — is the name given to a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London, in 1988.

Consideration was given to reviving the project to build a new locomotive from the components of Irish Pete instead of purchasing a new boiler for Douglas and in early 1988 work recommenced on the rebuilding of the ex-Bord na Mona locomotive.

After favorable reader reaction to John Constantine's appearances in the comic book series Swamp Thing, where he had been introduced by Alan Moore during his authorship of the title, the character was given his own comic book series in 1988.

Callejas was given an opportunity by the WBC to fight for another world title in 1988, and so he travelled to Australia, where he met Jeff Fenech on March 7, losing by a knockout in ten for the vacant WBC's world Featherweight title.

In 1987 he was made under secretary for social security, in 1988 he was given his first ministerial post as Minister of State for Transport.

* NDP MP Lynn McDonald succeeded in getting her private member's bill, the " Non-smokers ' Health Act " ( aka Bill C-204 ), passed in 1986, ( given Royal Assent on June 28, 1988 ) restricting smoking in federally-regulated workplaces and on airplanes, trains and ships.

Rabbi David Rosen, the AJC ’ s international director of Interreligious Affairs stated: " We acknowledge that the Church ’ s liturgy is an internal Catholic matter and this motu proprio from Pope Benedict XVI is based on the permission given by John Paul II in 1988 and thus, on principle, is nothing new ".