What Happened on February 24, 1988

Historical Events

Olympic Gold

Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykanen wins his 3rd gold medal of the Calgary Winter Olympics as part of the winning large hill team; normal and large hill individual champion

South African apartheid regime bans the UDF
US Supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody

Events in 1988

Famous Deaths

Irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at 96
Memphis Slim [John Len Chatman], American blues musician ("Every Day I Have the Blues"), dies at 72
Uno "Miff" Görling, Swedish jazz trombonist, arranger, bandleader, and composer, dies at 78

Died in 1988 1988 Highlights