1988 in Czechoslovakia
# 1988 in Czechoslovakia

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

## Incumbents

* President: Gustáv Husák.
* Prime Minister:
   * Lubomír Štrougal (until 12 October)
   * Ladislav Adamec (from 12 October)

## Events

* 25 March – The candle demonstration in Bratislava, led by the Catholic Church requesting religious freedom, is repressed with 190 people arrested.
* 21 August – Large anti-government demonstrations are held in Prague to mark the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
* 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.

## Popular culture

### Film

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

### Music

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

## Births

* 9 December – Veronika Vítková, biathlete, winner of the silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

## Deaths

* 3 January – John Dopyera, inventor of the resonator guitar (born 1893).
* 17 April – Daniel Rapant, historian (born 1897).
* 29 April – Jan Kapr, composer (born 1914).
* 21 December – Ján Cikker, composer (born 1911).
