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  1. Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Demonstrators calling for Georgia's independence

    Nov, 1988Tbilisi, Georgia

    In Tbilisi, capital of Soviet Georgia, many demonstrators camped out in front of the republic's legislature in November 1988 calling for Georgia's independence and in support of Estonia's declaration of sovereignty.

  2. Kosovo War

    Kosovo's head of the provincial committee was arrested

    Nov, 1988Kosovo

    In November 1988 Kosovo's head of the provincial committee was arrested.

  3. Sooronbay Jeenbekov

    Instructor in the District Committee

    Nov, 1988The District committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan, Osh region, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan)

    In November 1988, he managed to obtain a job as an instructor in the district committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan in the Soviet district of the Osh region. After a few years, he became the director of the party committee.

  4. Virat Kohli

    The birth of Virat Kohli

    Saturday Nov 5, 1988Delhi, India

    Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi into a Punjabi Hindu family. His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a housewife. He has an older brother, Vikas, and an older sister, Bhavna. According to his family, when he was three-years old, Kohli would pick up a cricket bat, start swinging it and ask his father to bowl at him.

  5. Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Estonian laws would take precedence over of the Soviet Union's

    Wednesday Nov 16, 1988Estonia

    On November 16, 1988, the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR adopted a declaration of national sovereignty under which Estonian laws would take precedence over those of the Soviet Union.

  6. Kosovo War

    Resignations from the leadership of the League of Communists of Kosovo (LCK)

    Thursday Nov 17, 1988Kosovo

    On 17 November 1988, Kaqusha Jashari and Azem Vllasi were forced to resign from the leadership of the League of Communists of Kosovo (LCK).

  7. Slobodan Milošević

    Belgrade Speech

    Saturday Nov 19, 1988Belgrade, Serbia

    Milošević appealed to nationalist and populist passion by speaking of Serbia's importance to the world and in a Belgrade speech on 19 November 1988, he spoke of Serbia as facing battles against both internal and external enemies.

  8. Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Demonstrators calling for Georgia's independence

    Nov, 1988Tbilisi, Georgia

    In Tbilisi, capital of Soviet Georgia, many demonstrators camped out in front of the republic's legislature in November 1988 calling for Georgia's independence and in support of Estonia's declaration of sovereignty.

  9. Kosovo War

    Kosovo's head of the provincial committee was arrested

    Nov, 1988Kosovo

    In November 1988 Kosovo's head of the provincial committee was arrested.

  10. Sooronbay Jeenbekov

    Instructor in the District Committee

    Nov, 1988The District committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan, Osh region, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan)

    In November 1988, he managed to obtain a job as an instructor in the district committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan in the Soviet district of the Osh region. After a few years, he became the director of the party committee.

  11. Virat Kohli

    The birth of Virat Kohli

    Saturday Nov 5, 1988Delhi, India

    Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi into a Punjabi Hindu family. His father, Prem Kohli, worked as a criminal lawyer and his mother, Saroj Kohli, is a housewife. He has an older brother, Vikas, and an older sister, Bhavna. According to his family, when he was three-years old, Kohli would pick up a cricket bat, start swinging it and ask his father to bowl at him.

  12. Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Estonian laws would take precedence over of the Soviet Union's

    Wednesday Nov 16, 1988Estonia

    On November 16, 1988, the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR adopted a declaration of national sovereignty under which Estonian laws would take precedence over those of the Soviet Union.

  13. Kosovo War

    Resignations from the leadership of the League of Communists of Kosovo (LCK)

    Thursday Nov 17, 1988Kosovo

    On 17 November 1988, Kaqusha Jashari and Azem Vllasi were forced to resign from the leadership of the League of Communists of Kosovo (LCK).

  14. Slobodan Milošević

    Belgrade Speech

    Saturday Nov 19, 1988Belgrade, Serbia

    Milošević appealed to nationalist and populist passion by speaking of Serbia's importance to the world and in a Belgrade speech on 19 November 1988, he spoke of Serbia as facing battles against both internal and external enemies.