1988 (MCMLXXXVIII)was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (dominical letter CB), the 1988th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 988th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1980s decade.In the 20th century, the year 1988 has the most Roman numeral digits (11).