Theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
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Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Airways: "Today, in 1988, the world's first Boeing[4] 747-400, registration N401PW, took to the skies for the first time. The jet ... departed Paine Field (PAE) under the command of test pilot James Loesch and co-pilot Kenneth Higgins."
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.
Estimated: A contemporary Xinhua report published in People’s Daily describes this coconut drink first being presented to Beijing consumers in June 1988. The exact day and current 1-liter packaging launch are not established. June 3 was a technical certification date, not a verified launch day. Timeline uses the last day of the sourced year/month window, not a claimed exact launch day.[1]
Coconut aroma with a smooth, lightly creamy mouthfeel. Sweetness is a conservative estimate for the ready-to-drink beverage, not canned cooking coconut milk.
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TMS Entertainment
Premiere date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
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.
Release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
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.
Aéroport de Toulouse-Blagnac, Avenue du Parc, Cantegril, Blagnac, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France métropolitaine, 31700, France
ATR
ATRATR's milestones page: "October 27, 1988 First flight of the ATR 72. The aircraft is flown from ATR's Toulouse facility".[1]
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.
Roy E. Disney - Feature Animation Building, Riverside Drive, Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, 91521, United States
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Wikipedia's[2][3] article for the film and its list of Walt Disney Animation Studios films give the US release as 18 November 1988. It premiered at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on 13 November 1988 and opened across the United States on 18 November 1988. The Numbers[4] lists domestic release(s): November 18th, 1988 (Wide) by Walt Disney March 29th, 1996 (Limited).
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.
Opened in 1988 (year only, so estimated at year end), per pizzeriabianco.com[2]. The original Pizzeria Bianco opened in a grocery store; the Heritage Square location came later. Restaurant information verified October 9, 2026.
Chris Bianco’s original downtown pizzeria keeps its focus on careful sourcing.
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Unit 101, 31 Guangming Road, Beiyu, Guancheng, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Ctrip[1] confirms the shop at 北隅光明路31号101室 is 冠群饮食店(城外步行街店); the prior pass's Dongguan Bendibao old-brand guide gives 1988 for the Guanqun eatery at 31 Guangming Road, same address. Single source, no month/day; not re-verified this pass (searches found nothing further). Estimated: 1988 is a best estimate and 1988-12-31 is used only as a period-end sorting date, not a confirmed opening day.
A Guangming Road breakfast shop serving Daojiao-style meatball congee, preserved-egg congee and roast-meat noodles.
11 Jingwu Road, Shizhong District, Jinan, Shandong, China
Baidu Baike and the Shandong old-brand association say the restaurant moved in 1988 into its current five-story, 7,000+ m2 building near Daguanyuan at Jingwu Rd/Dawei 2nd Rd (11 Jingwu Road). Brand dates from 1947; the 1994 date in Qichacha is only the company registration, and the 2007 'reopening' remains unverified. Estimated: 1988 is a best estimate and 1988-12-31 is used only as a period-end sorting date, not a confirmed opening day.[1]
An established Shandong restaurant on Jingwu Road, serving scallion-braised carp, lotus-leaf meat buns and traditional suguo.
Shrine Auditorium, 665, West Jefferson Boulevard, University Park, Historic South-Central, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90007, United States
Recording Academy
XXL's 'Today in Hip-Hop' says 'On Feb. 22, 1989 ... DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince led rappers to boycott the 31st annual Grammy[3] Awards'; Wikipedia[4] confirms the ceremony date at the Shrine Auditorium; no start time is given, so the pin is the all-day date.
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.
NOAA's[1][3] damage assessment page states 'On March 24, 1989 the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling 11 million gallons of oil'; VOA and Wikipedia[4] agree on the date.
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.
First-episode release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
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.
Wikipedia's[2] ceremony page and the ACM's list of ceremonies give April 10, 1989 (a Monday); the ACM winners database labels these awards 1988, the year of the nominated work. No contemporaneous news story was retrievable in this run.
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.
Broadcast start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
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.
Theatrical release date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Kiki's Delivery Service follows a young witch, Kiki, as she leaves home at thirteen to complete her training year in a new city, opening a flying delivery service with her talking cat Jiji.
London Heathrow Airport, Inner Ring West, Harmondsworth, London Borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England, TW6 1DB, United KingdomBoeing Commercial Airplanes
Traveller[1]: "the morning of August 16, 1989 ... the Boeing[6] 747-438 in Qantas colours ... carried the name City of Canberra, registration VH-OJA"; Airline Ratings[2]: "The marathon flight took 20 hours, 9 minutes and 5 seconds and set a new Federation Aeronautique Internationale distance record".
On 16 August 1989 Qantas' first Boeing 747-400, VH-OJA City of Canberra, flew non-stop from London Heathrow to Sydney in 20 hours 9 minutes, setting FAI distance and speed records. It landed with under 900 kg of fuel to spare.
Aéroport de Toulouse-Blagnac, Avenue du Parc, Cantegril, Blagnac, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France métropolitaine, 31700, FranceATR
ATRATR's milestones page: "October 27, 1989 The first ATR 72 is delivered to Finnair"; Wikipedia[3] and Simple Flying[5] say Finnair introduced it into service the same day.
Finnair received the first ATR 72 on 27 October 1989, a month after French certification, and became the first airline to operate the 66-seat stretch.
Roy E. Disney - Feature Animation Building, Riverside Drive, Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, 91521, United StatesWalt Disney Animation Studios
Wikipedia's[2][3] article for the film and its list of Walt Disney Animation Studios films give the US release as 17 November 1989. Wikipedia and its list of Walt Disney Animation Studios films give 17 November 1989; The Numbers[4] shows a 15 November 1989 opening. The Numbers lists domestic release(s): November 15th, 1989 (Wide) by Walt Disney November 14th, 1997 (Wide) by Walt Disney.
The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film written and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and produced by Musker and Howard Ashman, who also wrote the film's songs with composer Alan Menken. It reached US theaters on 17 November 1989.
OC Waste & Recycling’s own fact sheet states the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill opened in 1990.[1]
In 1990, Orange County opened the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill in the hills above Irvine, California, which grew into the ninth-largest landfill in the United States.
Start date confirmed on the title's own MyAnimeList[1] listing.
Momoko Sakura is an elementary school student who likes popular idol Momoe Yamaguchi and mangas. She is often called "Chibi Maruko-chan" due to her young age and small size.
Long Beach Airport, Lakewood Boulevard, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, 90846, United StatesMcDonnell Douglas
AvGeekery[1]: "On January 10, 1990, the McDonnellDouglas MD-11 took to the skies for the very first time over Long Beach, California"; Airport Spotting[5] and Wikipedia[2] agree.
The first MD-11 trijet, a stretched and updated DC-10 derivative, took off from Long Beach on 10 January 1990, about nine months after its original schedule.
Cisco's[1] own heritage site: "Cisco goes public on February 16, 1990, listed as CSCO on the NASDAQ ... market capitalization of $224 million"; Wikipedia[2] states the same date and figure.
Cisco Systems listed on the Nasdaq as CSCO on 16 February 1990 with a market capitalization of US$224 million, six years after its Stanford-born founders started selling routers.
Shrine Auditorium, 665, West Jefferson Boulevard, University Park, Historic South-Central, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90007, United StatesRecording Academy
Wikipedia[2]: 'The 32nd Annual Grammy[1][5] Awards were held on February 21, 1990, and hosted by Garry Shandling'; ABC Audio: 'On This Day, February 21, 1990 ... At the 32nd annual Grammy Awards, Bonnie Raitt took home four awards'. No start time is given, so the pin is the all-day date.
At the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards on 21 February 1990 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, hosted by Garry Shandling, Bonnie Raitt won four awards including Album of the Year for Nick of Time, Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings" took Record and Song of the Year and Milli Vanilli were named Best New Artist, an award later revoked.
6233, Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90028, United States
Academy of Country Music
United Press International's winners story is dated April 25, 1990 and calls it the 25th Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony; a 92.5 XTU / Backstage Country[6] 'This Day in Country History' item puts it on April 25, 1990 at the Pantages Theatre, and Wikipedia[2] agrees.
At the 25th Academy of Country Music Awards, held on 25 April 1990 at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, George Strait won Entertainer of the Year while co-hosting, and Clint Black won four awards including Album of the Year for Killin' Time.
Rocky Mountaineer's[3] own 30th-anniversary blog post states the first scheduled journey departed Vancouver on 27 May 1990 with 200 guests.
The Rocky Mountaineer's first scheduled luxury rail journey left Vancouver for the Canadian Rockies with 200 guests aboard, launching what became one of the world's most iconic train trips.
Released theatrically on August 17, 1990 per the film's Wikipedia[1] infobox.
The Exorcist III is a 1990 American supernatural psychological horror film written for the screen and directed by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1983 novel Legion. It is the third installment in The Exorcist film series and the final installment in Blatty's "Trilogy of Faith" after The Ninth Configuration (1980), serving as a follow-up and direct sequel of The Exorcist (1973).
Boeing 40-33, Airport Road, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, 98204, United StatesBoeing Commercial Airplanes
The Seattle Times[1][6] (15 Oct 1990) says 'The Boeing Co. today bagged a record $11 billion aircraft order from United Airlines and, because of it, will launch its long-proposed, new-model 777 jetliner'; Boeing's own 2019 alumni note says the program's launch was on Oct. 15, 1990. The board's formal ratification was expected on 29 October.
On 15 October 1990 United Airlines placed firm orders for 34 Boeing 777s (plus 34 options) in a US$11 billion deal that also covered 30 747-400s, giving Boeing the launch customer it needed to proceed with the twin-engine 777.
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