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April 7, 1988

On April 7, 1988, soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov orders the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. The year's #1 song was "Faith" by George Michael. Brook Lopez, Robin Lopez, Chris Heston would arrive in the same year.

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1988

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1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1988th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 988th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1980s decade.

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On April 7, 1988

  1. 1988 Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov orders the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan.

    Soviet minister of defence (1924–2020)

    Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov was a Marshal of the Soviet Union. A veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Yazov served as Minister of Defence from 1987 until he was arrested for his part in the 1991 August coup, four months before the fall of the Soviet Union. Yazov was the last person to be appointed to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union on 28 April 1990 and the only Marshal born in Siberia.

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Born on April 7, 1988

Antonio Piccolo 1988– Italian footballer (born 1988)
Ed Speleers 1988– British actor (born 1988)

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Others born in 1988

Brook Lopez 1988– American basketball player
Robin Lopez 1988– American basketball player
Chris Heston 1988– American baseball pitcher
Kareem Jackson 1988– American football player
Haley Joel Osment 1988– American actor
Jan-Phillip Tadsen 1988– German politician

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