Unix Timestamp: 586310400
Sunday, July 31. 1988, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Thirty-two people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Malaysia.

The 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis culminates in the ouster of the Lord President of Malaysia, Salleh Abas.

Shooting of Allama Arif Hussain Hussaini, leader of Pakistani Shia Muslims, in Peshawar.