Top 10 Singles of 1988
Faith - George Michael Need You Tonight - INXS Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley Sweet Child 'O Mine - Guns N' Roses So Emotional - Whitney Houston Heaven Is A Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle Could've Been - Tiffany Hands to Heaven - Breathe Roll With It - Steve Winwood |
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Top 10 Albums of 1988
Faith - George Michael Tiffany - Tiffany OU812 - Van Halen Hysteria - Def Leppard Appetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses Roll With It - Steve Winwood Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman New Jersey - Bon Jovi Rattle And Hum - U2 Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker |
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Top Ten Grossing Movies for 1988
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1988 TIME LINE
February 21, 1988 In one of the most memorable moments of the Awesome80s, Jimmy Swaggart tearfully claimed, "I have sinned against you" in a scripted program designed to elicit sympathy from his followers after it is revealed that the TV minister had been hooking up with hookers. February 24, 1988 Jerry Falwell's attempts to win $200,000 from Hustler magazine over a cartoon ended in failure when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a lower court's judgment on free speech grounds. March 16, 1988 Iran-Contra defendants John Poindexter and Oliver North are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States. April 4, 1988 Arizona Governor Evan Mecham is removed from office following impeachment (and a voter-lead recall) for diversion of state money and for generally embarrassing residents of the state nearly every time he opened his mouth. April 14, 1988 Soviet Union announces it will withdraw troops from Afghanistan, which will end the nine year old conflict. June 28, 1988 The Defense Attache of the U.S. Embassy in Greece was killed when a car bomb was detonated outside his home in Athens. July 3, 1988 The Navy's U.S.S. Vincennes mistakenly shoots down an Iranian airliner killing 290 people. July 6, 1988 Long Island beaches close due to medical waste coming ashore. August 1988 Iran-Iraqi war ends. August 20, 1988 Fires in Yellowstone National Park burn over 160,000 acres in one day. September 10-17, 1988 Hurricane Gilbert in the Caribbean & Gulf of Mexico leaves 260 dead. September 27, 1988 Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson is stripped of his gold medal after testing positive for banned steroids. September 29, 1988 NASA resumes Space Shuttle flights, which have been grounded since the Challenger disaster November 8, 1988 George Bush Sr. wins the presidency by a comfortable margin over Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis. November 15, 1988 First and only flight of the Soviet space shuttle. December 7, 1988 An earthquake in Armenia leaves over 25,000 dead. December 21, 1988 Pan American Airlines Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, by a bomb believed to have been placed on the aircraft in Frankfurt, West Germany, by Libyan terrorists. All 259 people on board were killed in addition to 11 on the ground. 1988 No Specific Dates - CDs outsell vinyl for the first time ever.- Summer Olympics in Seoul, South-Korea; Ben Johnson caught for steroids after setting a World Record in the 100 meter dash. - US advertising is permitted on Soviet TV. - The first plutonium pacemaker is made. - Sonny Bono becomes Mayor in Palm Springs. - Robin Givens files for divorce from Mike Tyson. |
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