Unix Timestamp: 591494400
Thursday, September 29. 1988, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Thousands riot in Algiers, Algeria against the National Liberation Front government by October 10 the army has killed and tortured about 500 people in crushing the riots.

"STS-26": NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the "Challenger" disaster, with Space Shuttle "Discovery".

Chilean presidentAugusto Pinochet is defeated in a national plebiscite that sought to renew his mandate.

In Omaha, Nebraska, in the only vice presidential debate of the 1988 U.S. presidential election, the Republican vice presidential nominee, Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana, insists he has as much experience in government as John F. Kennedy did when he sought the presidency in 1960. His Democratic opponent, Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas, replies, Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.