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# 1988

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Years : | 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: | 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years: | 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

## [edit] Births

- January 12 - Chris Casement, Northern Irish footballer

## [edit] Deaths

- March 10 - Andy Gibb
- December 6 - Roy Orbison, singer

## [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

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