Historical Events In 1988
May 25 PSV wins Europe Cup
May 02 Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4,800,000
May 21 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
May 22 Károly Grósz succeeds party leader János Kádár in Hungary
May 24 John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute
May 11 Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
May 04 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
May 16 The U S Supreme Court rules that police can search discarded garbage without a search warrant
May 29 President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan
May 27 Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles
May 21 "Fat" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #99
May 21 "Da'Butt" by EU hits #35
May 09 Belgium 8th Government of Martens forms
May 23 Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on Jan 1, 1990
May 22 Hungarian Communist Party leader ousted
May 16 Surgeon General C Everett Koop reports nicotine as addictive as heroin
May 24 John Moschitta set record for fast talking 586 words per minute
May 03 Jasper Johns' "Diver" sold for $4,200,000
May 16 US Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant
May 01 IRA attack in Roermond, kills 3
May 11 France performs nuclear test
May 29 Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season
May 19 Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellín drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US
May 15 Soviet troops begin their withdrawl from Afghanistan
May 08 François Mitterrand elected President of France
May 24 Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals
May 02 Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump
May 11 KV Mechelen wins 28th Europe Cup II
May 08 Mike Tyson crashes his $183,000 Bently on Varick St in NYC
May 09 Belgium: 8th Government of Martens forms
May 26 Stanley Cup Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games
May 28 Genie Francis (General Hospital) weds Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek TNG)
May 21 Dedication of the Australian-Hellenic Memorial on Anzac Parade by the Prime Minister, the Hon Bob Hawke, and the Deputy Prime Minister of Greece, Mr Yannis Haralambopoulos
May 05 Eugene Antonio Marino became the first black Roman Catholic Bishop in the United States.
May 09 Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth
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