1988

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Contents

[edit] Births

  • January 12 - Chris Casement, Northern Irish footballer

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Events

  • Ankst music label founded.
  • Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • February 13 - Michael Jackson purchases a ranch in Santa Ynez, California. He calls his new home "Neverland".
  • February 17 - A 12-year old Mötley Crüe fan in Florida is badly burned while trying to imitate a stunt in the band's "Live Wire" music video. The boy suffered burns over ten percent of his body. Mötley Crüe issued a statement saying the band's stunts should not be tried at home.
  • March 12 - Record producer Jimmy Iovine presents the Special Olympics with a donation of $5 million, which was raised with the release of the A Very Special Christmas album.
  • April 19 - Former rock and roll singer Sonny Bono is inaugurated as the Mayor of Palm Springs, California
  • May 1 - Citing the 1st Amendment, a judge drops all charges filed against singer Billy Joel. Joel was being sued by Jack Powers for defamation following an interview with Playboy magazine in which he called Powers a "creep".
  • July 1 - Quartetto Cetra's last concert.
  • November 24-Mystery Science Theater 3000 premires.
  • "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" experiences a surge in popularity sparked by television commercials featuring claymation raisin figures dancing to the song. The California Raisins version of the song peaks at No. 84 on Billboard's Hot 100.

[edit] Nobel prizes

[edit] Films released

  • The Great Outdoors
  • Rambo III
  • Willow
  • Young Guns
  • The Thin Blue Line
  • Die Hard
  • Cocktail
  • The Cat Came Back
  • Twins
  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
  • My Neighbor Totoro

[edit] Hit songs

  • "Tell It To My Heart" - Taylor Dayne
  • "New Sensation" - INXS
  • "I Should Be So Lucky" - Kylie Minogue
  • "Kokomo" - The Beach Boys
  • "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - Bobby McFerrin
  • "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" - Belinda Carlie
  • "Simply Irristable" - Robert Palmer
  • "Man in the Mirror" - Michael Jackson
  • "Get Outta My Dreams (Get Into My Car)" - Billy Ocean
  • "Anything for You" - Gloria Estefan
  • "Saved By Love" - Amy Grant
  • "Lead Me On" - Amy Grant
  • "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - Poison
  • "Never Gonna Give You Up" - Rick Astley
  • "Look Away" - Chicago
  • "Johnny B. Goode" - Judas Priest
  • "One More Try" - George Michael
  • "Roll With It" - Steve Winwood
  • "Sweet Child O' Mine" - Guns N' Roses
  • "Mountain Song" - Jane's Addiction
  • "Got My Mind Set On You" - George Harrison
  • "1-2-3" - Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine
  • "Forever Young" - Rod Stewart
  • "Is this Love" - Whitesnake
  • "I Get Weak" - Belinda Carlisle
  • "The Promise" - When In Rome
  • "When You Put Your Heart In It" - Kenny Rogers

[edit] New books

  • Alaska - James A. Michener
  • The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
  • Kiki: Reine de la Montparnasse - Lou Mollgaard
  • Breathing Lessons - Anne Tyler
  • A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
  • The Butcher - Alina Reyes
  • Cabal - Clive Barker
  • Candlelight Spells - Gerina Dunwich
  • The Cardinal of the Kremlin - Tom Clancy
  • Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood
  • The Coming of the King - Nikolai Tolstoy
  • Curriculum (poems) - Grazyna Miller
  • The Dark Green Tunnel - Allan W. Eckert
  • The Fifth Child - Doris Lessing
  • Golden Girl: The Story of Jessica Savitch - Alanna Nash
  • The Hellbound Heart - Clive Barker
  • The Icarus Agenda - Robert Ludlum
  • Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel García Márquez
  • Nervous Conditions - Tsitsi Dangarembga
  • Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey
  • The Player of Games - Iain M. Banks
  • A Ring of Conspirators: Henry James and his literary circle, 1895-1915 - Miranda Seymour
  • The Sands of Time - Sidney Sheldon
  • Scorpius - John Gardner
  • The Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher
  • Sourcery - Terry Pratchett
  • Tapestry - Belva Plain
  • Til We Meet Again - Judith Krantz
  • The Toynbee Convector - Ray Bradbury
  • Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett
  • Zoya - Danielle Steel