Pogrom that targeted the Armenian population of the seaside town of Sumgait in Soviet Azerbaijan in late February 1988. It began on 27 February 1988 and lasted until 1 March 1988 (about 3 days). The setting was Sumgait. It was part of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. About 32 people died.
Before and after
- 1988The Global Polio Eradication Initiative begins
- 19881988 becomes the warmest year on record
- 15 February 1988Death of Richard Feynman
- from 20 February 1988 to 16 May 1994First Nagorno-Karabakh War
- from 27 February 1988 to 1 March 1988Sumgait pogrom
- 13 March 1988Construction of Seikan Tunnel
- 5 May 1988Birth of Adele
- 23 June 1988Creation of Mathematica
- 23 June 1988James Hansen tells the US Senate that global warming has begun
More in Wars, politics & history
- from 12 March 1947 to 25 December 1991Cold War
- from 3 April 1948 to 1 December 1951Marshall Plan
- 10 December 1948Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 26 July 1953Cuban Revolution
- from 14 October 1962 to 28 October 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 26 December 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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