Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

The driverless Docklands Light Railway opens to passengers, giving London's redeveloping docklands a low-cost automated metro built largely on disused rail viaducts.

Meiji introduced Kajuu Gummy (果汁グミ) in 1988 with juice-forward flavour and a soft chew; today's Satsuma mandarin pack is 54 g, juice-based and free of artificial colours.

The direct-to-video Legend of the Galactic Heroes begins release, an epic space-opera OVA chronicling the war between the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance through rival commanders Reinhard von Lohengramm and Yang Wenli.

European airworthiness authorities jointly certified the A320 in February 1988, dated 26 February 1988, clearing the first fly-by-wire airliner for airline service.

At the 30th Annual Grammy Awards on 2 March 1988 at Radio City Music Hall in New York, hosted by Billy Crystal, U2's The Joshua Tree won Album of the Year, Paul Simon's "Graceland" took Record of the Year and Jody Watley was named Best New Artist.

American Airlines introduced the extended-range Boeing 767-300ER into service on 3 March 1988, two weeks after taking the first delivery (N351AA) on 19 February, launching what became the best-selling 767 version.

The 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards, on 21 March 1988, were the last held at Knott's Berry Farm; co-host Hank Williams Jr. won Entertainer of the Year again, Trio won Album of the Year and Randy Travis's "Forever and Ever, Amen" took Single and Song of the Year.

Air France received the first Airbus A320 on 28 March 1988, a 153-seat jet that began scheduled flying the next month.

Grave of the Fireflies opens in Japanese theaters, a Studio Ghibli war drama following two orphaned siblings, Seita and his young sister Setsuko, struggling to survive in the final months of World War II.

My Neighbor Totoro follows sisters Satsuki and Mei as they settle into a new countryside home and discover Totoro, a gentle forest spirit only children can see.

The first Boeing 747-400, N401PW, flew from Paine Field on 29 April 1988, six weeks behind schedule. The advanced 747 added a two-crew glass cockpit, winglets and new engines, and went on to be the most common 747 variant.

The original TVA records place Unit 2’s return in May 1988; an exact day is not claimed.

Coconut aroma with a smooth, lightly creamy mouthfeel. Sweetness is a conservative estimate for the ready-to-drink beverage, not canned cooking coconut milk.

TMS Entertainment's Soreike! Anpanman, based on Takashi Yanase's picture books, began its decades-long run on Nippon TV, making the bean-bun superhero Japan's defining preschool anime.

Gainax's Gunbuster (Top wo Nerae!), the directorial debut of Hideaki Anno, follows aspiring pilot Noriko Takaya as she trains to crew a giant robot defending Earth from an advancing alien species.

The stretched ATR 72 flew for the first time from ATR's Toulouse facility on 27 October 1988, almost three years after the programme was announced in January 1986.

Unit 1 returns in November 1988, completing Sequoyah’s recovery from the 1985 shutdown. Day 1 is a month-only anchor.

Oliver & Company is a 1988 American animated musical comedy drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and inspired by the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist and the Victor Hugo novel Les Misérables. It reached US theaters on 18 November 1988.

Chris Bianco’s original downtown pizzeria keeps its focus on careful sourcing.

An established Shandong restaurant on Jingwu Road, serving scallion-braised carp, lotus-leaf meat buns and traditional suguo.

Bell's Brewery brewed the first Expedition Stout in 1989, one of the earliest Russian imperial stouts made in the United States and now its longest-brewed imperial stout.

One- and two-bedroom homes in historic buildings, with shared porches and on-site laundry. The developer’s 2024–2025 report identifies Regent Terrace in its affordable-housing preservation program. Operator project listing and published rent information reviewed October 9, 2026; original opening date not established. Published rents: 1 bedroom $917, 2 bedrooms $1,101.

Commercial operation begins. This dates the original generating unit, before the later shutdown and recovery described in this thread.

At the 31st Grammy Awards on 22 February 1989 the first Best Rap Performance trophy went to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, who led a boycott because the category was not televised; Bobby McFerrin won Record and Song of the Year and George Michael Album of the Year.

The plant was undamaged in the December 1988 earthquake but later shut amid seismic-safety concerns.

On 24 March 1989 the Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling about 11 million gallons of oil in what was then the largest oil spill in US waters.

The six-episode OVA Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket begins release, following a boy on the neutral space colony Side 6 whose fascination with the One Year War turns serious once Zeon commandos infiltrate his home searching for a hidden Federation mobile suit program.

The 24th Academy of Country Music Awards, held on 10 April 1989 at Disney Studios in Burbank and hosted by Patrick Duffy, George Strait and K.T. Oslin, gave Hank Williams Jr. a third Entertainer of the Year, K.T. Oslin's This Woman Album of the Year and Alabama the Artist of the Decade award.

Toei Animation begins broadcasting Dragon Ball Z, the sequel series to Dragon Ball following an adult Goku, his son Gohan, and the Z Fighters against escalating threats like Frieza, Cell, and Majin Buu.