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1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar.
Events
- February 13 – Michael Jackson purchases a ranch in Santa Ynez, California. He calls his new home "Neverland".
- 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 becomes 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 in which he called Powers a "creep".
- June 14 – A small wildfire starts in Montana near Yellowstone National Park. It joins other fires. Eventually, over 750,000 acres (3,000 km2) of Yellowstone burns before firefighters gain control in late September.
- July 1 – Quartetto Cetra's last concert
- August 20 – The Iran–Iraq War ends
- September 16 – rapper Eazy-E releases his first album Eazy-Duz-It
- November 1 – Bad Religion releases Suffer
- Hurricane Gilbert strikes the Caribbean, Mexico and south Texas
- November 24 – Mystery Science Theater 3000 premieres
- December 7 – A powerful earthquake kills nearly 25,000 people in Soviet Armenia
- December 21 – A Pan-Am airplane explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing more than 270 people
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- Peter Ruzicka becomes director of the Hamburg State Opera and State Philharmonic Orchestra
- "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.
Births
See also: Category:1988 births
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January
- January 3 – Rose Auslander, German poet (b. 1901)
- January 3 – Gaston Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1905)
- January 5 – Pete Maravich, basketball player (b. 1947)
- January 7 – Trevor Howard, English actor (b. 1913)
- January 11 – Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist (b. 1898)
- January 13 – Chiang Ching-kuo, 3rd President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
- January 14 – Georgy Malenkov, 5th Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (b. 1902)
- January 15 – Seán MacBride, Irish Republican Army leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1904)
- January 16 – Ballard Berkeley, British actor (b. 1904)
February
- February 1 – Heather O'Rourke, American actress (b. 1975)
- February 13 – John Curulewski, American guitarist (Styx) (b. 1950)
- February 15 – Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
March
- March 7 – Divine, American actor and singer (b. 1945)
- March 9 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger, 3rd Chancellor of Germany (b. 1904)
- March 10 – Andy Gibb, singer (b. 1958)
- March 10 – Phạm Hùng, Vietnamese prime minister (b. 1912)
- March 31 – Sir William McMahon, twentieth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
April
- April 12 – Alan Paton, South African author (b. 1903)
- April 17 - Louise Nevelson, American sculptor
- April 25 - Valerie Solanas, American author (b. 1936)
May
- May 8 – Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer (b. 1907)
- May 11 – Kim Philby, British agent and spy (b. 1912)
- May 14 – Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1886)
- May 25 – Ernst Ruska, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
June
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- June 7 - Vernon Washington, American actor (b. 1927)
- June 11 – Giuseppe Saragat, 5th President of Italy (b. 1898)
- June 25 – Hillel Slovak, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (b. 1962)
July
- July 25 – Judith Barsi, American child actress (b. 1978)
August
- August 2 – Raymond Carver, American writer (b. 1938)
- August 10 – Arnulfo Arias, President of Panama (b. 1901)
- August 14 – Enzo Ferrari, Italian car maker (b. 1898)
- August 17 – Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
- August 20 – Lazarus Salii, President of Palau (b. 1937)
- August 30 – Jack Marshall, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1912)
September
- September 1 – Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
- September 5 - Gert Fröbe, German actor (b. 1913)
- September 11 - Roger Hargreaves, English writer (b. 1934)
- September 30 – Trường Chinh, former President of Vietnam (b. 1907)
October
- October 3 – Franz Josef Strauß, German politician (b. 1915)
November
- November 4 – Kleanthis Vikelidis, Greek footballer (b. 1916)
- November 14 – Takeo Miki, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1907)
- November 27 – Angela Aames, American actress (b. 1956)
- November 27 – John Carradine, American actor (b. 1906)
December
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- December 3 – Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1901)
- December 4 – Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (b. 1899)
- December 6 – Roy Orbison, American singer (b. 1936)
Deaths
See also: Category:1988 deaths
Nobel Prizes
- Nobel Prize in Physics shared by Leon M. Lederman, Melvin Schwartz, and Jack Steinberger for their research on neutrinos
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry shared by Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber, and Hartmut Michel
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine shared by Sir James W. Black, Gertrude B. Elion, and George H. Hitchings
- Nobel Prize in Literature won by Naguib Mahfouz, an Egyptian writer
- Nobel Peace Prize won by The United Nations Peace-Keeping Forces
- Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences won by Maurice Allais, French economist
1988 Media
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The Iranian frigate, IS Alvand, attacked by US Navy forces during Operation Praying Mantis
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The Holy Saviour's Church in Gyumri after the Spitak earthquake in Armenia, December 7
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Haley Bennett during an interview for Cyrano in December 2021
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Irish actor Robert Sheehan at the Electric Entertainment Press Room, where the TV series The Librarians and the film Bad Samaritan w
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From First To Last at Emo Nite.
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Sydney, Australia - 7January 2018: Sydney International defending champion Angelique Kerber during a press conference at Sydney Olympic Park. Kerber as she listens to a question that asked "Who do you see as your main competition at the Australian Open? Who are you looking out for in particular?" (Photo by Rob Keating/robiciatennis.com)
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Mike Posner performs at B96 Summerbash on June 16, 2012. Toyota Park, Bridgeview, IL, USA. Photo by Adam Bielawski
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Ángel Di María with Argentina against Iceland in the 2018 FIFA World Cup
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Maiara Walsh stands with the Chevrolet Volt electric plug-in vehicle on the green carpet of Global Green USA’s 2010 Pre-Oscar Party on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 in Hollywood, California
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Rihanna for Fenty Beauty campaign
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