Tuesday April 5, 1988
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It was Tuesday, under the sign of Aries (see planets position on April 5, 1988). The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Xin Wang (actress) and Quade Cooper.
In that special week of April people in US were listening to Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car by Billy Ocean.
In UK Heart by Pet Shop Boys was in the top 5 hits.
My Neighbor Totoro, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1988
while Keeping Secrets by Suzanne Somers was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Bereitschaft Dr. Federau.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Gemstone IV or Laser Squad.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
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Holidays:
- Saint Geeraard
- The last day of the tax year in the United Kingdom.
- Blessed Kreszentia Hoess
- Saint Vincent Ferrer
- Arbor Day in South Korea
- Qingming Festival in the Chinese calendar
- Mauritius: Ougadi.
- Saint Irena (d. 304)
Famous Birthdays:
- Xin Wang (actress)
- Quade Cooper: Rugby Player.
- Jon Kwang-ik: North Korean footballer.
- Mylène Adam: French woman with headaches since her childhood, who took a contraception pill and was victim of thrombosis.
- Christopher Papamichalopoulos: Cypriot skier.
- Alex Valentini: Italian footballer.
- Asumi Nakada: Japanese voice actress and model.
Famous Deaths:
- Alf Kjellin: Swedish actor / director (Juggler).
Facts:
- Democratic Convention picks Michael Dukakis as their Presidential Candidate
- Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis wins the Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary.
- The comic strip ''FoxTrot'' makes its first appearance in US newspapers.
- The Ojhri Camp Disaster occurs in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
- The Great Seto Bridge opens to traffic in Japan.
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in April 1988?
- LIFE: Flight 225 Plane Crash
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Israel at 40 -- Apr. 4, 1988
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9111
- Beano: Your personalised Beano Book from 1988
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Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of April 1988 ?
Top #10 songs in the USA
- Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
- Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
- Debbie Gibson - Out Of The Blue
- INXS - Devil Inside
- Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go
- The Jets - Rocket 2 U
- Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights
- Pebbles - Girlfriend
- Keith Sweat - I Want Her
- Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well
Top #10 R&B songs
- Teena Marie - Ooo La La La
- Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well
- Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
- Da'Butt (From The Film "School Daze") - E.U.
- Wasn't I Good To Ya? - da'Krash
- Gladys Knight And The Pips - Lovin' On Next To Nothin'
- Levert - Sweet Sensation
- Full Force - All In My Mind
- That's What Love Is - Miki Howard (Duet With Gerald Levert)
- Gavin Christopher - You Are Who You Love
Top #10 Latin songs
- AY AMOR - Ana Gabriel
- Juan Gabriel - DEBO HACERLO
- Y AHORA TE VAS - Los Bukis
- No Hay Mal Que Por Bien No Venga - Jose Feliciano/Pandora
- Y es que llegaste tu - Maria Conchita Alonso
- ES MEJOR PERDONAR - Daniela Romo
- AMOR PERFECTO - Roberto Carlos
- PELIGRO DE AMOR - Chayanne
- DESCARTAME - Lissette
- Mi Hembra - Jose Jose
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
Keeping Secrets
From superstar Suzanne Somers comes the much-talked-about, painfully honest account of her life in an alcoholic family and the difficult road to recovery.
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Emperor Of The Air
EMPEROR OF THE AIR "explores tricky family relationships and tender moments of self-discovery with a voice of compassion rarely found in contemporary short fiction" (San Francisco Chronicle).
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Kaleidoscope
When a beautiful young Frenchwoman and a brilliant American actor meet in wartime Paris, their love begins like a fairy tale but ends in tragedy. Suddenly orphaned, their three children are cruelly separated.
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