Unix Timestamp: 576806400
Tuesday, April 12. 1988, 12:00:00 AM UTC

In Forlì, Italy, the brigate rosse kill Senator Roberto Ruffilli, an advisor of Prime MinisterCiriaco de Mita.

Israeli commandos kill the PLO's Abu Jihad in Tunisia.

The USS \\\\'\\\\'Samuel B. Roberts\\\\'\\\\' (FFG-58) strikes a naval mine in the Persian Gulf, while deployed on Operation Earnest Will, during the Tanker War phase of the Iran–Iraq War.

The USS "Samuel B. Roberts" (FFG-58) strikes a naval mine in the Persian Gulf, while deployed on Operation Earnest Will, during the Tanker War phase of the Iran–Iraq War.

In the Geneva Accords, the Soviet Union commits itself to withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan.

Former pop singer Sonny Bono is elected mayor of Palm Springs, California.