21 December 1988 Posted on December 20, 2012 by Staff A bomb explodes on board Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland, killing all 270 on board. Famous Words of Inspiration..."The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all." Thomas Jefferson — Click here for more from Thomas Jefferson Related posts: 21 December 1988 17 July 1996 1 December 1988 12 December 1988 6 October 1976 20 August 1988 16 March 1988 4 May 1988 20 August 1988 28 August 1988