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1988
 
    
Yasser Arafat, leader of the PLO, declares that the organization renounces 'terrorism in all its forms'       
1988
 
   
US architect Frank Gehry builds a strikingly unconventional house for his family in Santa Monica      
c. 1988
 
    
Osama bin Laden's involvement in the fight against Soviet forces in Afghanistan leads to his development of al-Qaeda       
1988
 
   
Students demonstrating in Rangoon are joined by civilians and monks in what becomes known as the 8888 Uprising (from the date, 8/8/88)      
1988
 
    
Leading New York Graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat dies of an overdose       
1988
 
   
The Iran-Iraq war ends with the border between the countries unchanged and more than a million dead      
1988
 
   
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein uses chemical weapons against the Kurds of northern Iraq      
1988
 
    
Aung San Suu Kyi returns to Burma from England, to look after her dying mother       
1988
 
 
Bernardo Bertolucci directs The Last Emperor, a film based on the life of Puyi, the last in China's imperial line    
1988
 
    
General Saw Maung seizes power in Burma and crushes the 8888 Uprising, by now nation-wide, with probably about 3000 deaths       
Aung San Suu Kyi at a public meeting


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