January[]
- 13 January
- Allison Siko is born.
February[]
- 4 February
- Charlie Barnett is born.
April[]
- 23 April
- Molly Burnett is born.
June[]
- 9 June
- Mae Whitman is born.
August[]
- 17 August
- Brady Corbet is born.
September[]
- 16 September
- Sarah Steele is born.
December[]
- 24 December
- Kimberly McConnell is born.
1988 in the Law & Order Universe[]
- Undetermined Date
- Nicole Wallace and Bernard Fremont were arrested at the Thailand Airport for the murder of eight people, the two spent several years in jail in Thailand, due to the passports that were planted by Bernard's disciple Hilary Marsden, due to Hilary's jealously of Nicole after Nicole decided to leave Fremont, afraid that he might retaliate. (CI: "Slither")
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