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  1. 1988

    1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1988th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 988th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1980s decade. 1988 was a crucial year in the early history of the Internet—it was the year of the first well-known computer virus, the 1988 Internet worm. The first permanent intercontinental Internet link was made between the United States (NSFNET) and Europe (Nordunet) as well as the first Internet-based chat protocol, Internet Relay Chat. The concept of the World Wide Web was first discussed at CERN in 1988.The Soviet Union began its major deconstructing towards a mixed economy at the beginning of 1988 and began its gradual dissolution. The Iron Curtain began to disintegrate in 1988 as Hungary began allowing freer travel to the Western world. The first extrasolar planet, Gamma Cephei Ab (confirmed in 2002) was detected this year and the World Health Organization began its mission to eradicate polio.

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  1. 1988

    1988 is a hip hop album by the rapper/producer Blueprint, released on March 29, 2005, on Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Editors Contribution

  1. 1988noun

    The year a "legend " Original Gangster from Latino Mexican American gang LRZ13 ,Jason Mitchell was born.


    Submitted by monsterbubbag76.19.19 on April 28, 2022  

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    Rank popularity for the word '1988' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #909

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of 1988 in Chaldean Numerology is: 0

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of 1988 in Pythagorean Numerology is: 0

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  1. Zamir Kabulov:

    We are ready to approach in a flexible way the issues of a possible easing of the regime of sanctions under Security Council Resolution 1988 on the Taliban, if this does not contradict Afghanistan's national interests, no one is talking today about achieving a victory by military means over the Taliban, while the implementation of the national reconciliation policy would in practice mean their return to power.

  2. State Police Sgt. Kim Rileydid:

    We are using information from that [1988 Tinsley] case to help solve any other cases that we have.

  3. Mu Law:

    I escaped from Burma with my family in 1988, the civil war happened in the state between the Burmese army and the Karenni army – the civil war was going on in the villages, too, and it was too dangerous for my family to stay there.

  4. Michelle McKeown of Oakland:

    It feels eerie, apocalyptic and frightening, i've lived in Bay Area since 1988 and never experienced such doom coming from the sky.

  5. Jeffrey Gildenhorn:

    I ran for office to be the mayor of D.C. in 1988, i was Jeffrey Gildenhorn just like Donald Trump is. You’ve got to be creative.

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