21 June 1988Reballion of Rebels in RangoonNe Win
Universities are closed & a dusk-to-dawn curfew is placed on Rangoon & other cities
Historical records for Myanmar in 1988, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Universities are closed & a dusk-to-dawn curfew is placed on Rangoon & other cities
Announces resignation as Party Chairman at the Party Conference
Maung Maung Kha resigns during the 1988 political crisis
Tun Tin becomes Prime Minister during the final BSPP crisis
San Yu resigns amid nationwide unrest
Sein Lwin becomes President during the uprising
Aye Ko serves briefly as acting head of state
Sein Lwin resigns after violent repression of protests
Resigns as Party Chairman after rioting in Rangoon
Aye Ko leaves office after one week
Appointed President of Burma
Maung Maung becomes President during the democratic uprising
Leads a military coup & seizes power
Saw Maung seizes power as chairman of the military council
Lifts martial law in Rangoon & releases 1700 political prisoners
Tun Tin's premiership ends with the military coup
Saw Maung becomes Prime Minister under the military council
Governmet opposition unites & forms a new alliance with Gyi as its Chairman
The strike collapses after military repression. 5000 are killed during the opening months of the regime
Placed under arrest after proclaiming himself Prime Minister
Organizes the coup & becomes head of the military junta
Appointed General Secretary of the National League for Democracy
Students demonstrate, they are broken up by the army who kill about 200 & arrest 3000
Founds the National League for Democracy
Appointed Party Chairman
Students demonstrate, they are broken up by the army who kill about 200 & arrest 3000
Appointed Vice Chairman of the National League for Democracy
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