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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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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List of MacArthur Fellows organized by terms of their awards... MacArthur Foundation - October 2005 through September 2010. Marin Alsop, symphony conductor Ted Ames, fisherman Terry Belanger, rare book preservationist Edet Belzberg, Documentary Filmmaker Majora Carter, Urban Revitalization Strategist Lu Chen, Neuroscientist Michael Cohen, pharmacist Joseph Curtin, violinmaker Aaron Dworkin, Music Educator T ...

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William T. Kirby, a founding member of the board of directors, suggested that the MacArthur Foundation create the Fellows Program. It was his doctor, Dr. George Burch of Tulane University, who first brought this idea to Mr. Kirby's attention. The complete story of how this program began can be found at http://macarthur-foundation.blogspot.com/ The MacArthur Fellowship (sometimes nicknamed the "genius grant") is an award issued by the MacArthur Foundation each year, to typically 20 to 40 citizens or residents of the USA, of any age and working in any field, who "show exceptional ...

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What If is a comic book series first published intermittently (originally bimonthly) in the late 1970s by Marvel Comics that explores "the road not traveled" by its own various characters. All of the stories are set with the alien Uatu the Watcher as narrator. As the observer of events transpiring on Earth from his base on the moon, Uatu is also able to observe what transpires in "alternate realities" — that is, on worlds where the history depicted in the comic books took a different turn. The first What If issu ...

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Aleksandra Szutenberg (called: Ola), born 15 October 1988, Polish rhythmic gymnast. Started gymnast training at the age of 6. Results : 2002 - Polish Nationals --- 2 2002 - Polish Nationals in Team --- 1 ...

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Billy Barty (born William John Bertanzetti) (October 25, 1924–December 23, 2000) was an Italian-American film actor. Barty was born in Millsboro, Pennsylvania. He was one of the most famous 20th century people with dwarfism, having prominent roles in popular movies such as Foul Play, The Lord of the Rings (both 1978), Under the Rainbow (1981), Masters of the Universe (1987), Willow (1988) and UHF (1989). But because of his stature, most of his work consisted of bit parts and gag roles. Barty was known for his boundless energy and en ...

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Arthur "Art" Buchwald (born October 20, 1925) is an American humorist best known for his long-running column in The Washington Post newspaper, which concentrates on political satire and commentary. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982 and in 1986 was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. Buchwald is also known for the Buchwald v. Paramount lawsuit, which he and partner Alain Bernheim filed against Paramount Pictures in 1988 in a controversy over the Eddie Murphy m ...

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Christopher Timothy (born October 14, 1940) is a Welsh-born actor best known for playing James Herriot in the television series All Creatures Great and Small. Timothy was born in Bala, Gwynedd, Wales. His T.V. career started in the 1969 series Take Three Girls. He went on to appear in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em in 1973 and Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle in 1977 before winning the role of Herriot. He played the role from 1978 until 1980 and again between 1988 and 1990. In 2000 he was cast as ...

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Zurab Noghaideli (Georgian: ზურაბ ნოღაიდელი) (born October 22, 1964) is the current Prime Minister of Georgia. Zurab Noghaideli - Early life and career. Born in the coastal town of Kobuleti in the southwestern region of Ajaria, Noghaideli graduated from the Moscow State University with a diploma in Physics in 1987. Before entering into national politics, he worked for the Institute of Geography of the Georgian Academy of Sciences between 1988-1992. In 1989-1990, he was also train ...

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Carly Janiga (born October 19, 1988), is an American gymnast who was an Olympic hopeful for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. A Paradise Valley, Arizona native, she belongs to the Desert Devils Gymnastics club in Mesa. She was the youngest gymnast hoping to qualify to the U.S. team for the 2004 Olympics. Janiga did not see much competition in 2003 because of a heel injury, missing the Gymnastic World championships. Janiga has been feat ...

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Vishwanath Pratap Singh (born 25 June 1931) was the seventh Prime Minister of the Republic of India. After resigning as Congress cabinet minister under Rajiv Gandhi's government, Singh floated an opposition party Jan Morcha to protest a defense contract. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Allahabad defeating Anil Shastri. On 11 October 1988, the birthday of Jayaprakash Narayan Janata dal was formed by merger of Jan Morcha, Janata Party, Lok dal and Congress(s). Janatha Dal fought elections in 1989, alongside BJP and the Communist ...

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Robert William "Bob" Hoskins (born October 26, 1942) is a British actor best known for playing Cockney rough diamonds and gangsters, and for family films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, Eddie Valiant). Bob Hoskins - Early life. Born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (of part Roma descent), Bob Hoskins had a number of occupations before going into acting, and made his stage debut in 1969. He hit the big time in 1978 when he starred in Dennis Potter's successful BBC drama serial, Pen ...

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Image:Jjack.jpeg The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. (born October 8, 1941) is an American politician, civil rights activist, and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988. I Am - Somebody, Jesse Lee Peterson, an outspoken African American critic of Jesse Jackson, wikiquotes Jesse Jackson - Early Life. He was born as Jesse Louis Burns in a poor household in Greenville, South Carolina. He married Jacquelin ...

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MacArthur Foundation - 2000. Susan E. Alcock K. Christopher Beard Lucy Blake Anne Carson Peter Hayes (Nuclear Activist) David Isay Alfredo Jaar Ben Katchor Hideo Mabuchi Susan Marshall Samuel Mockbee Cecilia Muñoz Margaret Murnane Laura Otis Lucia Perillo Matthew Rabin Carl Safina Daniel Schrag Susan Sygall Gina Turrigiano Gary Urton Patricia J. Williams Deborah Wil ...

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It was William T. Kirby, John MacArthur's attorney, along with Paul Doolen, Mr. MacArthur's CFO, who suggested that the MacArthurs create a foundation which was endowed by their vast fortune. The legal document, written by William T. Kirby, that created the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation was two pages long. It was written in understandable English. The first president of the foundation was Paul Doolen, who served from 1978 to 1980. Dr. John Corbally was the second president of ...

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American sales: 1 million (Platinum) UK sales: 100,000 (Gold) Canadian sales: 200,000 (Double Platinum) Japanese sales: 4 weeks, 17,430 (1992/12/16) ...

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