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August 28 - Seventy-five people are killed and three-hundred and forty-six injured in one of the worst airshow disasters in history at Germany's Ramstein Air Base, when three jets from the Italian air demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori, collide, sending one of the aircraft crashing into the crowd of spectators.

September 5 - With US$2 billion in federal aid, the Robert M. Bass Group agrees to buy the United States's largest thrift, American Savings and Loan Association.

# September 11 - In Estonia, 300 000 demonstrate for independence.

September 12 - Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula 2 days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.

September 16th- I was born :)

# September 17 – October 2 - The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea.

September 22 - The Ocean Odyssey drilling rig suffers a blowout and fire in the North Sea. (See also July 6)

September 24 – September 26 - Large, militant protests against the 1988 World Bank and IMF meetings take place in West Berlin.

September 29 - STS-26: NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster, with Space Shuttle Discovery.

Thousands riot in Algiers, Algeria against the National Liberation Front government