Looking back to 1988
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1988 Big News Story
Pan Am Flight 103
1988 was the year that George H.W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis in the presidential election. In July, the cruiser USS Vincennes accidentally shot down Iran Air Flight 655, killing all 290 aboard. In December, Libyan terrorists exploded a bomb aboard Pan Am Flight 103, killing 259 passengers aboard and 11 more people on the ground.
December 22, 2020, US Attorney General William Barr on Monday announced criminal charges against an alleged bombmaker in the 1988 terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
1988 by the Numbers
Economic Data from 1988
Grocery Prices from 1988
Personally, 1988 was a typical college year. Being a Big East student at the time, I specific remember that Syracuse students died in the crash. I do remember the prayer session prior to the game. Beyond that 1988 was the year I jumped on the magic carpet and became Lambda Chi Alpha Beta Iota 493. As fraternities go that is all that I can say about that in ZAX fellow brothers.
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