1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1988 - Events. January 1 - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is established, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. January 2 - Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 - Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 - Australia celebrates its bicentennial. 1988 - February. ...

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1988 - January to March. January 2 - Edmund Brisco Ford, British geneticist (b. 1901) January 5 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947) January 7 - Trevor Howard, British actor (b. 1913) January 11 - Pappy Boyington, American pilot (b. 1912) January 13 - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910) January 14 - Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party (b. 1902) January 15 - Se ...

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See also: 1987 in television, other events of 1988, 1989 in television and the list of 'years in television'. For the United States network television schedule, please see 1988-89 United States network television schedule. 1988 in television - Events. February 26 - Tom Hardy marries Simone Ravelle on General Hospital. It is a milestone for the genre as it is the first interracial wedding between two characters on American daytime television. April 28 - ITV in the UK broad ...

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See also: 1987 in music, other events of 1988, 1989 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1988 in music - Events. Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra. January – Broadcast of the Cinemax television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, recorded on September 30, 1987 at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, California. February 13 - Michael Jackson purchases a ranch in Santa Ynez, California. H ...

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See also: 1987 in film, other events of 1988, 1989 in film, list of 'years in film'. 1988 in film - Events. Michael Jackson's first film was Moonwalker 1988 in film - Top grossing films. Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise Who Framed Roger Rabbit Coming to America Big, starring Tom Hanks Crocodile Dundee II Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis ...

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The U.S. presidential election of 1988 featured an open primary for both major parties. Ronald Reagan, the incumbent President, was vacating the position after serving the maximum two terms allowed by the Twenty-Second Amendment. Reagan's Vice President, George Bush, won the Republican nomination, while the Democrats nominated Michael Dukakis, governor of Massachusetts. Bush capitalized on Reagan's popularity while Dukakis's campaign suffered from several miscues; the result was the third lopsided Republican victory in as many preside ...

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1988 throughout the world.   2000s 2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005 2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000 1990s 1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995 1994 • 1993 • 1992
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The Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. The host was chosen in the September 1981 vote, ahead of the Japanese city of Nagoya. After boycotts of the Olympics in 1976, 1980 and 1984, the Seoul Games were again boycotted, led by North Korea and followed by Cuba; the basis of the boycott was South Korea's refusal to co-host the Olympics with North Korea, which rejected all compromise. However it was an early, visible triumph of nordpolitik that no other Communist natio ...

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The 1988 European Football Championship (Euro 88) final tournament was held at West Germany. It was the 8th edition of the European Football Championship, held every four years and supported by UEFA. The final tournament took place between June 10 and June 25, 1988. At the time, only eight countries could dispute the final tournament. Seven countries had to qualify for the final stage. West Germany qualified automatically as hosts of the event. 1988 European Football Championship - Venues. < ...

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The 1988 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held in Atlanta, Georgia in July 18–21, 1988 to select a candidate for the 1988 United States presidential election. At the convention Michael Dukakis was nominated for President and Lloyd Bentsen for Vice President. Notable speakers: Texas state Treasurer Ann Richards gave a keynote speech that put her in the public spotlight and included the line that George H.W. Bush was "born with a silver foot in this mouth". Massachusetts senator Ted Ken ...

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Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the seventh time. Eight teams competed in Seoul in the baseball tournament. The format used was the same as the tournament of four years earlier. Five teams that had competed in the 1984 tournament returned. Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Preliminary round. There were two pools for the preliminary round. Teams played each of the three other teams in their division. Blue Division Chinese Taipei Netherlan ...

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1988 in music - Grammy Awards. Grammy Awards of 1988 1988 in music - Country Music Association Awards. 1988 in music - Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision Song Contest 1988 ...

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Men's Golf Major championship results: May - The Masters - Sandy Lyle June - US Open - Curtis Strange July - British Open - Seve Ballesteros August - PGA Championship - Jeff Sluman Professional Tour leading money winner for the year: Curtis Strange - $1,147,644 Champions Tour leading money winner: Bob Charles - $533,929 Women's Golf US Women's Open - Liselotte Neumann LPGA Championship - Sherri Turner Sherri Turner: leading money winner on the LPGA ...

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1988 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Oakland Athletics (4-1); Orel Hershiser, MVP American League Championship Series: Oakland Athletics (West) over Boston Red Sox (East) (4-0); Dennis Eckersley, MVP National League Championship Series: Los Angeles Dodgers (West) over New York Mets (East) (4-3); Orel Hershiser, MVP All-Star Game, July 12 at Riverfront Stadium: Ame ...

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January January 26 - the French defence ministry approves full-scale development of the Dassault Rafale January 30 - a Boeing 747 sets a new around-the-world record of 36 hours 54 minutes April April 23 - Kanellos Kanellopoulos recreates the mythical flight of Daedalus by flying a pedal-powered aircraft, the MIT Daedalus from Crete to Santorini, covering the 119 ...

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1988 in Canada - New works. Timothy Findley - Stones Morley Callaghan - A Wild Old Man on the Road Jeffrey Simpson - Spoils of Power Bill Bissett - What We Have 1988 in Canada - Awards. See 1988 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Books in Canada First Novel Award: Marion Quednau, The Butterfly Chair Geoffrey Bilson Award: 1988 ...

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1988 in South Africa - January. 1 January - Nordic countries implement comprehensive sanctions against South Africa and South West Africa which are intended to counteract apartheid 10 January - 6 African National Congress members are injured in a car bomb explosion in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 25 January - Guerrillas wound a policeman when they open fire at a police roadblock set up at Ugie A Limpet mine explodes at the Kokstad Men's Club opposite the police station 27 January - Guerrillas open fire on a police vehicle in Soweto a ...

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1988 in rail transport - February events. February 1 - MBTA restores passenger train service to Rhode Island, but only during peak rush-hour times. February 29 - Illinois Central Gulf Railroad drops the word "Gulf" from its name, returning to the premerger Illinois Central Railroad company name. 1988 in rail transport - June events. June 27 - A runaway train hits a stationary rush-hour train at Gare de Lyon in France, killing 5 ...

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All times local (CET). Half-time scores are in brackets. 1988 European Football Championship - Group A. June 10, 1988 June 11, 1988 June 14, 1988 June 17, 1988 1988 European Football Championship - Group B. June 12, 1988 June 15, 1988 June 18, 1988 ...

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