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| 1988 |
| | | Saw Maung calls his new regime the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) but promises to hold a free election in 1990 | |
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| 1988 |
| | | Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna wins the first of his three Formula One titles | |
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| 1988 |
| | | A new party, the National League for Democracy, is formed in Burma with Aung San Suu Kyi soon becoming its leader | |
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| 1988 |
| | | Nine Roman Catholic cardinals attend the 1000th anniversary celebrations of the Russian people being brought into the Orthodox faith | |
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| 1988 |
| | | English composer Mark-Anthony Turnage's first opera, Greek, is premiered in Munich | |
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| 1988 |
| | | Augusto Pinochet, the only candidate in Chile's presidential election, resigns when he wins less than half the votes cast | |
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| 1988 |
| | | English conceptual artist Damien Hirst organizes the first exhibition of the 'Young British Artists', also known as the Britpack | |
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| 1988 |
| | | Australian author Peter Carey's novel Oscar and Lucinda wins the Booker Prize | |
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| 1988 |
| | | Republican George Bush ('read my lips, no new taxes') wins the US presidential election | |
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| 1988 |
| | | M. Butterfly, by US author and composer David Henry Hwang, uses Puccini's opera as its inspiration | |
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