Editing 1988 (section)

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* Near the end of the year, the first proper and official [[Internet]] connection between North America and Europe is made between [[Princeton, New Jersey]], United States, and [[Stockholm, Sweden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nordu.net/history/TheHistoryOfNordunet_simple.pdf|title=nordunet_alkusivut_nettiversio.indd<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=September 20, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031416/http://www.nordu.net/history/TheHistoryOfNordunet_simple.pdf}}</ref>
* [[Zebra mussel]]s, a species originally native to the lakes of southern Russia and Ukraine, are found in the [[Great Lakes]] of North America.<ref>{{cite web |title = Zebra Mussels Overwhelm U.S. Waterways in the Great Lakes Region and Beyond – Copper Screens and Coatings Provide a Solution to this $500 million Problem |publisher = Copper Development Association |date = 2009-07-30 |url =http://www.copper.org/about/pressreleases/2009/pr2009_July_30.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101215202436/http://copper.org/about/pressreleases/2009/pr2009_July_30.html |archive-date = 2010-12-15 |access-date = 2011-03-13 |url-status    = live}}</ref>
* [[1988 Polish strikes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/09/99/iron_curtain/timelines/poland_8488.stm|title=BBC News &#124; Communism &#124; Poland|website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 30, 1988 |title=Polish Unrest Spreads; Dozens of Activists Held; Workers at 2nd Industrial Center Join Protest |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1253858.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025185757/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1253858.html |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>