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| Berlin Festival Waters, Roger |  |
| 21st July Berlin 400,000 people watch Roger Waters stage "The Wall" in Berlin's Potsdamerplatz with a variety of guests |
| 17th Sep Berlin "The Wall - Live In Berlin" is released |
| Best Foreign Player Hoddle, Glenn | |
| Hoddle is voted the Best Foreign Player in French football |
| Birth of Hall, Jerry Hall, Jerry | |
| Birth of James Leroy Augustin Jagger, Jerry Hall, gives birth to Mick Jagger's son James Leroy Augustin Jagger |
| Birth of Jagger, Georgia May Ayeesha Jagger, Mick | |
| Birth of Georgia May Ayeesha Jagger, Jerry Hall, gives birth to Mick Jagger's daughter Georgia May Ayeesha Jagger |
| Birth of Jagger, James Leroy Augustin Jagger, Mick | |
| Birth of James Leroy Augustin Jagger, Jerry Hall, gives birth to Mick Jagger's son James Leroy Augustin Jagger |
| Budget Lawson, Nigel | |
| London Establishes a rate of income tax at 40% & a reduction of the basic rate of tax to 25% |
| Chairman Labour Party Skinner, Dennis | |
| London Appointed Chairman of the Labour Party |
| Clapham Junction Rail Crash Channon, Henry Paul Guinness | |
| Dec Secretary of State for Trans port during the Clapham Junction rail crash |
| Closed Shop Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| 17th Dec Announces Labour will not bring back the closed shop |
| Composition of Barrett Barrett, Roger Keith "Syd" | |
| An album of previously unreleased material, "Opel," is released |
| Composition of Barrett Barrett, Syd | |
| 17th Oct A collection of out-takes and unheard tracks by Syd is released under the title, "Opel" |
| Composition of Harrison Harrison, George | |
| Releases album, "The Travelling Wilburys Volume 1" |
| Composition of Winwood Winwood, Steve | |
| Releases "Roll With It", USAno 1 Album |
| Diplomacy Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Bruges Speaks of her unease at the prospect of a re-united Germany |
| Health Smith, John | |
| Suffers from a heart attack |
| Knebworth Festival Gilmour, Dave | |
| 21st June Knebworth Pink Floyd are one of the supergroups to play Knebworth Festival in aid of Nordorf Robbins music therapy |
| League Championship Hoddle, Glenn | |
| Joins AS Monaco alongside George Weah and fellow Englishman Mark Hateley and immediately inspires the club to the 1988 Ligue 1 championship |
| Legislation Criminal Justice Great Britai Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London Criminal Justice Act, the Attorney-General to appeal against Crown Court sentences |
| Legislation Employment Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London The Employment Act creates a special commissioner |
| Legislation Trades Unions Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London The Employment Act creates a special commissioner |
| London The Employment Act gives union members access to accounts |
| Lockerbie Disaster Channon, Henry Paul Guinness | |
| Dec Lockerbie Secretary of State for Trans port during the Lockerbie Disaster, in which Pan-Am flight 103 was brought down by a bomb planted by Libyan agents over Scottish town of Lockerbie |
| Luxuria Devoto, Howard | |
| Devoto and guitarist Noko team up under the name Luxuria and release two albums, Unanswerable Lust (1988) and Beast Box (1990) |
| Party Leader Jenkins, Roy | |
| London Appointed Leader of the Social & Liberal Democrat Peers in the Lords |
| Pink Floyd Gilmour, Dave | |
| 16th June Berlin Pink Floyd play Berlin, the concert is very close to The Wall and 2,000 East German fans gather at their side to listen |
| 21st June Versailles The band plays Versailles , the show is filmed for the "Delicate Sound Of Thunder" video |
| Sep Roger Waters issues a High Court writ against the band for breach of copyright, he claims $ 35,000 compensation for illegal use of the inflatable pig, one of his concepts, which has been used on their latest tour. |
| 21st Nov Pink Floyd release "Delicate Sound Of Thunder" |
| Pink Floyd Waters, Roger | |
| Sep Roger Waters issues a High Court writ against the band for breach of copyright, he claims $ 35,000 compensation for illegal use of the inflatable pig, one of his concepts, which has been used on their latest tour. |
| Privatization British Steel Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London British Steel is sold for œ2,500 million |
| Privatization Electricity Parkinson, Cecil | |
| 25th Feb London Announces to the House of Commons his intention to privatize the electricity industry |
| Publication of Hawking Hawking, Stephen | |
| Publication of, "A Brief history of Time" |
| Reform of Courts Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London Criminal Justice Act, the Attorney-General to appeal against Crown Court sentences |
| Reform of DHSS Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London The DHSS is split into the Health & Social Security Departments |
| Reform of Football Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 17th Jan London The Government proposes football fans should carry ID cards, later abandoned |
| Reform of Health Clarke, Kenneth | |
| London Introduces a system for money to follow patients |
| London Introduces GP budgets for patients with non critical conditions |
| Reform of Taxation Lawson, Nigel | |
| London Establishes a rate of income tax at 40% & a reduction of the basic rate of tax to 25% |
| London Inheritance Tax is reformed giving a single flat rate of 40% |
| Reform of Trades Unions Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London The Employment Act gives union members access to accounts |
| London The Employment Act gives union members the right not to be disciplined by their unions |
| London The Employment Act gives union members the right not to strike |
| Secretary Health Clarke, Kenneth | |
| London Appointed Secretary of Health |
| Shadow Cabinet Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton | |
| Appointed Member of the Shadow Cabinet, Shadow Energy Secretary |
| Speech Thatcher Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| Bruges Makes her Bruges speech in which she recalls how Britain stood alone in 1940 |
| Strike NUS McCluskie, Sam | |
| 31st Jan The NUSAcalls a national strike in support of the 161 crew sacked by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company for refusing to accept new terms & conditions |
| Strike NUS Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 31st Jan The NUSAcalls a national strike in support of the 161 crew sacked by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company for refusing to accept new terms & conditions |
| 4th Feb The National Union of Seamen (NUS) back down in the High Court after a three-day stoppage, which has stifled seafaring trade and transport in the UK |
| Strike Seamen Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 31st Jan The NUSAcalled a national strike in support of the 161 crew sacked by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company for refusing to accept new terms & conditions |
| 4th Feb The National Union of Seamen (NUS) back down in the High Court after a three-day stoppage, which has stifled seafaring trade and transport in the UK |
| 4th Feb Thousands of seamen at major British ports are continuing to strike even though their union has called an end to the action |
| TECs Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| London Establishes TECs & decentralizes training & increases employer input |
| Whip Maclean, David | |
| London Appointed Government Whip |
