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1988 in Germany

Explore 13 historical events and records for Germany in 1988.

Historical records for Germany in 1988

Sorted by month and day. Records with no month are shown last. Showing 13 of 13 unique records.

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January

Arrest of Christine Endrigkeit

Endrigkeit, Christine ยท Berlin ยท Politics / Red Army Faction

Arrested for bombing La Belle Disco in 1986 which led to the US bombing of Tripoli

Bombing of Berlin

Endrigkeit, Christine ยท Berlin ยท Politics / Red Army Faction

Plants a bomb at the La Belle Disco which leads to the US bombing of Tripoli

Bombing of Tripoli

Endrigkeit, Christine ยท Tripoli ยท Politics / Red Army Faction

Plants a bomb at the La Belle Disco which leads to the US bombing of Tripoli. Arrested for planting a bomb at the La Belle Disco in 1986

June

Hanover European Council

Kohl, Helmut ยท Hanover ยท Chancellor of Germany ยท Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Hosts the European Council as leaders discuss monetary integration and the next stage of the internal market.

Delors Committee Mandate

Genscher, Hans-Dietrich ยท Hanover ยท Foreign Minister of Germany ยท Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Supports the decision to establish the Delors Committee to study concrete steps toward economic and monetary union.

November

Bagdad Cafe

Adlon, Percy ยท West Germany ยท Director ยท Arts / Cinema

Directs Bagdad Cafe, released in Germany as Out of Rosenheim.

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Citizenship

Dahrendorf, Ralf Gustav ยท Science / Economics

Adopts British citizenship

Giant Magnetoresistance Discovery

Grunberg, Peter ยท Julich ยท Physicist ยท Science / Physics

Independently discovers giant magnetoresistance in magnetic multilayers, demonstrating strong spin-dependent electron transport.

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Worner, Manfred ยท Secretary General of NATO ยท Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Secretary General of NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Worner, Manfred ยท Secretary General of NATO ยท Warfare / North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Appointed Secretary General of NATO

Secretary General of NATO

Worner, Manfred ยท Secretary General of NATO ยท Government / Government of Germany

Appointed Secretary General of NATO

The Modern Social Conflict

Dahrendorf, Ralf Gustav ยท Science / Economics

Publication of "The Modern Social Conflict"

US Open

Graf, Stefi ยท Sport / Tennis

Winner of the womens US tennis open

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