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.

The second special was broadcast on Friday 23 December 1988.

On 1 December 1988, the Supreme Soviet amended the Soviet constitution to allow for the establishment of a Congress of People's Deputies as the Soviet Union's new supreme legislative body.

Quartermaster Professional Bulletin, December, 1988.

The last Cowboys game with Tom Landry as coach was a win over Washington on December 11, 1988.

On 21 December 1988, Dewar was in Lockerbie after the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, as the member of the Shadow Cabinet in charge of Scottish affairs.

Dean ( August 16, 1926 – February 24, 1997 ) and Florine " Kay " Plato ( December 27, 1938 – January 2, 1988 ) adopted the child in June 1965 and raised her in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County.

On December 4, 1988, Busey was severely injured in a motorcycle accident in which he was not wearing a helmet.

High Sierra was adopted in December 1986 ( with changes ) as an international standard by Ecma International as ECMA-119 and submitted for fast tracking to the ISO, where it was eventually accepted as ISO 9660: 1988.

His son Chris Lemmon ( b. 1954 ), was his first child by his first wife, actress Cynthia Stone ( b. February 26, 1926, Peoria, Illinois, d. December 26, 1988 ).

Jean-Michel Basquiat ( December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988 ) was an American artist.

Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007 ) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important ( Barrett 1988, 45 ; Harvey 1975b, 705 ; Hopkins 1972, 33 ; Klein 1968, 117 ) but also controversial ( Power 1990, 30 ) composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs ( 29 December 1911 – 28 January 1988 ) was a German-British theoretical physicist and atomic spy who in 1950 was convicted of supplying information from the American, British and Canadian atomic bomb research ( the Manhattan Project ) to the USSR during and shortly after World War II.

In 1991, two Libyan intelligence agents were indicted by prosecutors in the United States and United Kingdom for their involvement in the December 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

In November 1991, two Libyan intelligence agents, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and Lamin Khalifah Fhimah, were charged with the December 1988 Lockerbie bombing.

The first SES Astra satellite, the 16-channel RCA 4000 Astra 1A, was launched by the Ariane Rocket in December 1988.

On December 21, 1988, Drexel pleaded nolo contendere to six counts of stock parking and stock manipulation, and agreed that Milken had to leave the firm if indicted.

# Falling Free ( December 1987-February 1988, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine )

You will no doubt recall that the Angola accords were signed in Luanda on 22 December 1988.

Naguib Mahfouz (, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006 ) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature.

In December 1988, the Supreme Soviet approved formation of a Congress of People's Deputies, which constitutional amendments had established as the Soviet Union's new legislative body.

On 14 December 1988, following an outcry from his 13 December General Assembly speech, Yasser Arafat called a press conference in Geneva to clarify his earlier statement by specifically mentioning the right of all parties concerned in the Middle East conflict to exist in peace and security, including the State of Palestine, Israel, and their neighbours.

Roy Kelton Orbison ( April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988 ) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads.

While Disraeli's government survived until the December general election, the initiative had passed to the Liberals, who were returned to power with a majority of 170.

Marlborough returned to England on 14 December ( O. S ) to the acclamation of Queen Anne and the country.

After the Taliban government was toppled during Operation Enduring Freedom, Rabbani returned to Kabul and served as a temporary President from November to December 20, 2001, when Hamid Karzai was chosen at the Bonn International Conference on Afghanistan.

The Spanish musician probably wrote the work by 1827, the date he returned to Barcelona, and his hymn debuted in Santiago, in the Arteaga theater, 23 December 1828.

Charlton finally returned to The Valley in December 1992, celebrating with a 1 – 0 victory against Portsmouth.

She left the production on December 30, 2007, and later returned from August 26, 2008 until the production closed on January 11, 2009.

In December 1929, after nearly two years in Paris, Blair returned to England and went directly to his parents ' house in Southwold, which was to remain his base for the next five years.

The few survivors were evacuated when the ships returned on 15 December 1609.

Following a defeat of his forces at the Battle of Reading on 9 December, James and his wife fled the nation ; James, however, returned to London for a two-week period that culminated in his final departure for France on 23 December.

After his discharge on 18 December, he returned to Landshut.

In December that year, however, Williams was dismissed for irregularities in his qualifications and Wells was returned to Uppark.

The team returned in December.

After a short season, Robinson returned to California in December 1941 to pursue a career as running back for the Los Angeles Bulldogs of the Pacific Coast Football League.

He also returned to Comerica Park on August 12 and 13. In December he went a 12 city club tour and donated proceeds to various charities in each city to support his single " Care ".

It returned to Broadway in 1904, where it played from March to May and again from November to December.

In December 1995, the MLP returned to power, this time in coalition with the MMM.

Trained by the British Special Operations Executive ( SOE ), the pair returned to the Protectorate by parachute, jumping from a Handley Page Halifax, on 28 December 1941.

However, they vanished in December 2004 while on bail and returned to Ireland.

Therefore, when Zimbabwe Rhodesia returned to colonial status from December 1979 to April 1980, it was named " Southern Rhodesia " ( which had always been the official British government name for Rhodesia and Zimbabwe Rhodesia ).

This new order also failed to gain legitimacy in the eyes of the world, and British control returned to the country in December 1979, following the Lancaster House Agreement.

According to the Ministry of Resettlement, most of the displaced persons had been released or returned to their places of origin, leaving only 6, 651 in the camps as of December 2011.

The party was returned to power under the same leadership in December 2005, holding the same twelve seats in Parliament.

Elections held in December 2000 returned the UNC to power when they won 19 seats, while the opposition PNM won 16, and the NAR 1.