1988 in England

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Events from 1988 in England

Incumbent

Further information: Politics of England

Events

January

• 9 January – One of the worst incidents of football hooliganism this season sees 41 suspected hooligans arrested at the FA Cup third round tie between Arsenal and Millwall at Highbury.

February

• 3 February – Nurses across the UK went on strike, demanding better pay and more funding for the NHS. ^{[1] [2]}

• 5 February – The National Union of Seamen calls off a ferry strike that had been called January 31 in response to the firing of 161 crew workers by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. ^[3] Despite the Union’s orders, however, thousands of seamen across the UK continued to strike. ^[4]

March

• 6 March – SAS soldiers shot dead three unarmed IRA members in Gibraltar, leading to widespread republican criticism. ^[5]

June

• 21 June – The Poole explosion of 1988 caused 3,500 people to be evacuated out of the town centre in the biggest peacetime evacuation the country had seen since the World War II. ^[6]

Births

• 14 January – Sian Honnor, lawn bowler ^[7]
• 2 March – James Arthur, singer and songwriter
• 27 March – Jessie J, singer
• 18 April – Vanessa Kirby, actress
• 12 August – Tyson Fury, boxer ^[8]
• 24 August – Rupert Grint, actor
• 15 September – John Bradley, actor
• 22 November – Jamie Campbell Bower, actor, singer and model

Deaths

• 14 August – Margaret Sampson, Anglican nun. ^[9]

See also

• 1988 in Northern Ireland
• 1988 in Scotland
• 1988 in Wales

References

1. Hayward, Sarah; Fee, Elizabeth (1992). "More in Sorrow Than in Anger: The British Nurses' Strike of 1988". International Journal of Health Services. 22 (3): 397–415. ISSN   0020-7314.
2. "1988: Nurses protest for better pay". 1988-02-03. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
3. Archives, L. A. Times (1988-02-05). "The World - News from Feb. 5, 1988". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
4. "1988: Defiant seamen strike on". 1988-02-04. Retrieved 2025-01-24.
5. "BBC News | History | 1988-89: Gibraltar killings and release of the Guildford Four". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
6. "GALLERY: The explosions that rocked Poole - 30 years since the BDH fire". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
7. "Lawn Bowls | Athlete Profile: Sian HONNOR - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.^{[ dead link ]}
8. "Tyson Fury: Biography, record, fights and more". ESPN.com. 2024-10-09. Retrieved 2024-10-22.
9. Ward, Benedicta (23 September 2004). "Sampson, Margaret Phoebe [name in religion Mary Clare] (1906–1988), Anglican nun". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70971.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)