Historical Events In 1988

Aug 11 Meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament

Aug 04 Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II

Aug 05 Mario Biaggi politician convicted of racketeering

Aug 07 Writers guild end their 6 months strike

Aug 25 NASA launches space vehicle S-214

Aug 17 Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq pres of Pakistan (1978-88), dies at 63 in plane crash

Aug 18 FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment

Aug 31 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins

Aug 08 South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola

Oct 28 Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to U Wash library

Oct 17 Scottish scientist James Black awarded the Nobel prize for his work on treating angina and blood pressure

Oct 15 Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires

Oct 15 With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of 85th World Series

Oct 25 ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy porkers' popularity as pets

Oct 04 Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid

Oct 03 26th Space Shuttle Mission, Discovery 7 returns to Earth after 4-days

Oct 03 Lebanese kidnappers release Mithileshwar Singh (held for 30 months)

Oct 19 Senate passes bill curbing ads during children`s TV shows

Oct 20 Man armed with explosives blows self up in 125 St subway station (NYC)

Oct 28 Jurors award $147,000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister

Oct 19 Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border

Oct 19 3 Americans win Nobel in physics; 3 W Germans win chemistry Nobel

Oct 31 First Monday Night NFL game in Indianapolis, Colts beat Denver 55-23

Oct 30 2 gambling clubs &1 player share 61.38 M California lotto jackpot

Oct 29 Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi

Oct 17 31 reported dead as Ugandan jetliner crashes in fog near Rome

Oct 24 Traveling Wilburys Volume One is released

Oct 22 Elton John sells out Madison Square Gardens for a record 26th time

Oct 27 "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)

Oct 27 Larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione & Sinatra

Oct 29 2,000 US anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics

Oct 20 Britain ends suspects right to remain silent in crackdown on IRA

Oct 24 Typhoon Ruby sinks Philippine ferry; hundreds drown

Oct 29 China announces a herbal male contraceptive

Oct 07 Robin Givens files for divorce after 8-month marriage to Mike Tyson

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