Bank robbery and subsequent two-day hostage taking in West Germany and the Netherlands in August 1988. It began on 16 August 1988 and lasted until 18 August 1988 (about 2 days). The setting was Gladbeck and Bremen. Those involved included Silke Bischoff and Emanuele de Giorgi. About 3 people died. Some 5 were injured.
Before and after
- 5 May 1988Birth of Adele
- 23 June 1988Creation of Mathematica
- 23 June 1988James Hansen tells the US Senate that global warming has begun
- 3 July 1988Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown
- from 16 August 1988 to 18 August 1988Gladbeck hostage crisis
- 21 August 1988Birth of Robert Lewandowski
- September 1988Publication of The Satanic Verses
- 15 October 1988Birth of Mesut Özil
- 4 November 1988Launch of National Center for Biotechnology Information
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- 26 July 1953Cuban Revolution
- from 14 October 1962 to 28 October 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- from 2 April 1982 to 14 June 1982Falklands War
- 26 December 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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