Year of record

1988

12 verified events recorded in 1988.

12 events From Jan 1, 1988 To Dec 1, 1988 Open in filter view →

Date	Event	Status
1988-12-01	Silverado S&L Collapses: Neil Bush Conflict of Interest Costs Taxpayers $1 Billion 4 src George H.W. Bush · Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	confirmed
1988-11-23	IBP Settles Record OSHA Case for Systematic Injury Underreporting at Dakota City Meatpacking Plant 3 src	confirmed
1988-11-18	Anti-Drug Abuse Act Creates "Aggravated Felony" Category, Merging War on Drugs with Deportation 3 src Ronald Reagan · U.S. Congress · Department of Justice · Immigration and Naturalization Service	confirmed
1988-09-21	Bush Campaign Deploys Willie Horton Ad Weaponizing Racial Fear of Black Criminals 4 src George H.W. Bush · Roger Ailes	confirmed
1988-08-12	Duncan Campbell's New Statesman Article First Publicly Names ECHELON Surveillance Network 3 src Government Communications Headquarters · National Security Agency	confirmed
1988-08-04	WARN Act Passes with Corporate Loopholes, Toothless Plant Closing Protection 3 src U.S. Congress · Ronald Reagan · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · AFL-CIO	confirmed
1988-08-01	Rush Limbaugh National Syndication Begins - Conservative Talk Radio Ecosystem Created 3 src Rush Limbaugh	confirmed
1988-08-01	Wise Use Movement Founded as Industry-Funded Anti-Environmental Grassroots Campaign 6 src American Petroleum Institute · National Mining Association · American Farm Bureau Federation	confirmed
1988-06-29	Beck Decision Enables Workers to Withhold Union Dues for Political Activity, Weakening Labor Resources 3 src U.S. Supreme Court	confirmed
1988-06-29	Morrison v. Olson: Scalia's Lone Dissent Articulates Unitary-Executive Theory That Becomes Movement Doctrine 3 src U.S. Supreme Court · William Rehnquist · Antonin Scalia · Edwin Meese	confirmed
1988-01-01	Maxwell Acquires Macmillan Publishers, Expanding US Media Empire at Massive Cost 3 src Robert Maxwell	confirmed
1988-01-01	S&L Crisis Prosecutions: 1,000+ Bankers Convicted, Contrasts Sharply with 2008 3 src Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Thrift Supervision	confirmed