Births on August 1

Bodene Thompson

Born on August 1, 1988

Bodene Thompson, New Zealand rugby league player

Bodene Thompson (born 1 August 1988) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Leeds Rhinos in the Betfred Super League and the New Zealand Māori at international level.

He previously played for the Gold Coast Titans, Wests Tigers and the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL. Thompson has also played for the Leigh Centurions in the Championship, the Warrington Wolves in the Super League and the Toronto Wolfpack in the Betfred Championship and the Super League. Thompson spent time on loan from Toronto at Leeds in the Super League. Earlier in his career his played as a centre.

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Events on 1988

14 Apr

Soviet Union
In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
29 May

Ronald Reagan
The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
15 Nov

State of Palestine
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
16 Nov

Benazir Bhutto
In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
19 Nov

Slobodan Milošević
Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.

Births on August 1

Bodene Thompson

Born on August 1, 1988

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Soviet Union

Ronald Reagan

State of Palestine

Benazir Bhutto

Slobodan Milošević