1988 in England

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See also:| 1987–88 in English football
1988–89 in English football
1988 in the United Kingdom
Other events of 1988

Events from 1988 in England

## Incumbent

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Further information: Politics of England

## Events

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### January

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* 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

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* 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

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

### April

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### May

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### June

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* 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]

### July

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### August

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### September

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### October

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### November

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### December

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## Births

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* 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

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* 14 August - Margaret Sampson, Anglican nun.[9]

## See also

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* 1988 in Northern Ireland
* 1988 in Scotland
* 1988 in Wales

## References

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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.
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.)

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