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April 30, 1988
On April 30, 1988, andy Allen is born. The year's #1 song was "Faith" by George Michael. Brook Lopez, Robin Lopez, Chris Heston would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · April 30, 1988
Andy Allen is born.
Andrew Peter Allen is an Australian cook, food critic and television presenter. He is notable for winning the fourth season of MasterChef Australia in 2012, and for being a judge on MasterChef Australia from 2020.
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The year in brief
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1988th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 988th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1980s decade.
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- April 10 The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
- April 14 The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
- April 14 In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
- April 18 The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
- April 18 In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned.
- April 28 Near Maui, Hawaii, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing is blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, and falls to her death when part of the plane's fuselage rips open in mid-flight.
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