Editing 1988 (section)

===March===
* [[March 6]] – [[Operation Flavius]]: A [[Special Air Service]] team of the [[British Army]] shoots dead 3 unarmed members of a [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) [[Active service unit]] in [[Gibraltar]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/7/newsid_2516000/2516155.stm|title=IRA gang shot dead in Gibraltar|work=On This Day|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2013-03-16|date=March 7, 1988|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307010143/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/7/newsid_2516000/2516155.stm |archive-date=March 7, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 16]]
** The [[Halabja chemical attack]] is carried out by [[Iraq]]i government forces.<ref>{{cite book|title=Biological Weapons: The Threat Posed by Terrorists - Congressional Hearing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HeBNs909KKoC&pg=PA196|date=October 2000|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=978-0-7567-0278-6|page=196|access-date=November 6, 2020|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207091228/https://books.google.com/books?id=HeBNs909KKoC&pg=PA196#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Iran–Contra affair]]: Lieutenant Colonel [[Oliver North]] and Vice Admiral [[John Poindexter]] are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States. 
** [[Milltown Cemetery attack]]: Three men are killed and 70 wounded in a gun and grenade attack by [[Michael Stone (loyalist)|loyalist paramilitary Michael Stone]] on mourners at [[Milltown Cemetery]] in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]], during the funerals of the 3 [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] members killed in Gibraltar.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/16/newsid_2523000/2523953.stm|title=Three shot dead at Milltown Cemetery|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2008-02-02|date=March 16, 1988|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102044140/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/16/newsid_2523000/2523953.stm |archive-date=January 2, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>
** In the United States, the [[First Republic Bank Corporation|First Republic Bank]] of Texas fails and enters FDIC receivership, the largest FDIC assisted bank failure in history.<ref>{{cite book|title=Managing the Crisis: The FDIC and RTC Experience 1980-1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TisFEvj_7KAC&pg=PA598|year=1998|publisher=Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation|isbn=978-0-9661808-2-4|page=598|access-date=June 23, 2021|archive-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207091139/https://books.google.com/books?id=TisFEvj_7KAC&pg=PA598#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 17]]
** A [[Colombia]]n [[Boeing 727]] jetliner, [[Avianca Flight 410]], crashes into the side of the mountains near the [[Venezuela]]n border, killing 143 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-21 HK-1716 Cúcuta-Camilo Daza Airport (CUC) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19880317-0 |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
** [[Eritrean War of Independence]] – [[Battle of Afabet]]: The Nadew Command, an [[Ethiopia]]n army corps in [[Eritrea]], is attacked on 3 sides by military units of the [[Eritrean People's Liberation Front]] (EPLF).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Battle of Afabet – Annihilation of Nadew Command |url=https://zantana.net/the-battle-of-afabet-annihilation-of-nadew-command/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=zantana.net |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 19]] – [[Corporals killings]] in Belfast: Two British Army corporals are abducted, beaten and shot dead by [[Irish republicanism|Irish republicans]] after driving into the funeral cortege of [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] members killed in the [[Milltown Cemetery attack]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/06/21/nkane21.html |title=Judges free man jailed over IRA funeral murders |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=2008-02-02 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906065655/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=%2Farchive%2F1997%2F06%2F21%2Fnkane21.html |archive-date=September 6, 2004 }}</ref>
* [[March 20]] – [[Eritrean War of Independence]]: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the EPLF enters the town of [[Afabet]], victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.<ref name=":0" />
* [[March 24]] – The first [[McDonald's]] restaurant in a country run by a [[Communist party]] opens in Belgrade, [[Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-24-mn-510-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|title=Yugoslavs Relish Opening of McDonald's in Belgrade|date=March 24, 1988|access-date=July 25, 2013|archive-date=January 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116141539/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-24/news/mn-510_1_big-mac|url-status=live}}</ref> It was later followed by one in [[Budapest]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-08-05 |title=This is how the first McDonald's was opened in Hungary during communism - Daily News Hungary |url=https://dailynewshungary.com/first-mcdonalds-opened-hungary-communism/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=dailynewshungary.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and in 1990 in Moscow,<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 31, 2019 |title=When a Canadian brought McDonald's fast food to Moscow |url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/first-mcdonalds-moscow-1990-1.4980247 |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=CBC Archives}}</ref> and [[Shenzhen, China]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-04 |title=The History of McDonald's in China |url=https://blogs.transparent.com/chinese/the-history-of-mcdonalds-in-china/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Chinese Language Blog {{!}} Language and Culture of the Chinese-Speaking World}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] – The [[Candle demonstration in Bratislava]], [[Slovakia]], is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the socialist government in [[Czechoslovakia]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 17, 2023 |title=The Candle Demonstration reminds Slovaks of the power of the people |url=https://www.mzv.sk/en/web/en/slovakia/history/the-candle-demonstration-reminds-slovaks-of-the-power-of-the-people |access-date=February 2, 2024 |website=Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic}}</ref>