1988 in England
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Events from 1988 in England
Incumbent
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]