1988 in Czechoslovakia

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See also:	Other events of 1988; History of Czechoslovakia; Years in Czechoslovakia;

Events from the year 1988 in Czechoslovakia. The year saw the candle demonstration in Bratislava.

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25 March – The candle demonstration in Bratislava, led by the Catholic Church requesting religious freedom, is repressed with 190 people arrested.^[3]
21 August – Large anti-government demonstrations are held in Prague to mark the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.^[4]
11 October – A ČSA Tupolev Tu-134A (registration OK-AFB) landed hard at Ruzyne Airport; there were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off and flown to Piešťany where it served as a restaurant.^[5]

Alice, directed and written by Jan Švankmajer, is released.^[6]
How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (Czech: Jak básníkům chutná život), directed by Dušan Klein is released.^[7]
The Jester and the Queen (Czech: Šašek a královna), directed by Věra Chytilová, is released in English.^[8]

The band Půlnoc is formed by members of The Plastic People of the Universe. They perform in New York in July,^[9]

9 December – Veronika Vítková, biathlete, winner of the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.^[10]

^ Cook & Paxton 2001, p. 43.
^ Kirkpatrick 1990, p. 308.
^ Guenwald 2007, p. 42.
^ Bell 2002, p. 206.
^ Accident description for OK-AFB at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 September 2013.
^ Monaco & Pallot 1991, p. 523.
^ Táňa 2010, p. 151.
^ Monaco & Pallot 1991, p. 113.
^ Stephens Cravens 2006, p. 139.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Veronika Vitková". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
^ Gály 2006, p. 183.
^ Gály 2006, p. 543.
^ Holeňová 2001, p. 132.
^ Gály 2006, p. 135.

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