1988 in Czechoslovakia

none 1988 Events from the year 1988 in Czechoslovakia. The year saw the candle demonstration in Bratislava. yes center Incumbents President: Gustáv Husák.Cook Paxton 2001 43 Prime Minister:Kirkpatrick 1990 308 Lubomír Štrougal (until 12 October) Ladislav Adamec (from 12 October) Events 25 March – The candle demonstration in Bratislava, led by the Catholic Church requesting religious freedom, is repressed with 190 people arrested.Guenwald 2007 42 21 August – Large anti-government demonstrations are held in Prague to mark the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.Bell 2002 206 11 October – A ČSA Tupolev Tu-134A (registration OK-AFB) landed hard at Ruzyne Airport; there were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off and flown to Piešťany where it served as a restaurant.OK-AFB 19881011-1 23 September 2013 Popular culture Film Alice, directed and written by Jan Švankmajer, is released.Monaco Pallot 1991 523 How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (cs Jak básníkům chutná život), directed by Dušan Klein is released.Táňa 2010 151 The Jester and the Queen (cs Šašek a královna), directed by Věra Chytilová, is released in English.Monaco Pallot 1991 113 Music The band Půlnoc is formed by members of The Plastic People of the Universe. They perform in New York in July,Stephens Cravens 2006 139 Births 9 December – Veronika Vítková, biathlete, winner of the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/veronika-vitkova-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205646/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/veronika-vitkova-1.html dead 3 March 2016 Veronika Vitková Deaths 3 January – John Dopyera, inventor of the resonator guitar (born 1893).Gály 2006 183 17 April – Daniel Rapant, historian (born 1897).Gály 2006 543 29 April – Jan Kapr, composer (born 1914).Holeňová 2001 132 21 December – Ján Cikker, composer (born 1911).Gály 2006 135 References Citations Bibliography Bell Imogen Central and South-East Europe 2003 London Europa Publications 2002 978-1-85743-136-0 https://books.google.com/books?id=4CrpzRJCbckC Cook Chris John Paxton European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century London Palgrave Macmillan 2001 978-0-33397-746-0 https://books.google.com/books?id=xVKEDAAAQBAJ Gály Tamara Archleb The Encyclopaedia of Slovakia and the Slovaks: A Concise Encyclopaedia Bratislava Encyclopaedic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences 2006 978-8-02240-925-4 https://books.google.com/books?id=ynwYAQAAIAAJ Guenwald Oskan Toward an Open Society: Reflections on the 1989 Revolution Stanislav J. Kirschbaum Central European History and the European Union London Palgrave Macmillan 2007 978-0-23057-953-8 32–59 Holeňová Jana Český Taneční Slovník: Tanec, Balet, Pantomima Czech Dance Dictionary: Dance, Ballet and Pantomime Prague Divadelní ústav 2001 978-8-07008-112-9 https://books.google.com/books?id=odUaAQAAIAAJ cs Kirkpatrick Jeannie The Withering Away of the Totalitarian State And Other Surprises Washington DC American Enterprise Institute 1990 978-0-84473-728-7 https://books.google.com/books?id=1hzh0leHuKMC Monaco James Pallot James The Encyclopedia of Film New York Perigee Books 1991 978-0-39951-604-7 https://books.google.com/books?id=kqcYAQAAIAAJ Stephens Cravens Craig Culture and Customs of the Czech Republic and Slovakia Westport, Connecticut Greenwood Press 2006 978-0-31333-412-2 https://books.google.com/books?id=HudnAAAAMAAJ Táňa Bretyšová Czech Feature Film 6 1981–1993 Prague Národní Filmový Archiv 2010 978-8-07004-141-3 https://books.google.com/books?id=TABGAQAAIAAJ 1988 Czechoslovakia Category:1988 in Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Category:1980s in Czechoslovakia Category:Years in Czechoslovakia