1988 in England

Events from 1988 in England

January

 * 9 January – One of the worst incidents of football hooliganism this season sees 41 suspected hooligans arrested at the FA Cup third round tie between Arsenal and Millwall at Highbury.

March

 * 6 March – SAS soldiers shot dead three unarmed IRA members in Gibraltar, leading to widespread republican criticism.

June

 * 21 June – The Poole explosion of 1988 caused 3,500 people to be evacuated out of the town centre in the biggest peacetime evacuation the country had seen since the World War II.

Births

 * 14 January – Sian Honnor, lawn bowler
 * 2 March – James Arthur, singer and songwriter
 * 27 March – Jessie J, singer
 * April 18 – Vanessa Kirby, actress
 * 24 August – Rupert Grint, actor
 * 15 September – John Bradley, actor
 * 22 November – Jamie Campbell Bower, actor, singer and model

Deaths

 * 14 August – Margaret Sampson, Anglican nun.