Thursday 7 July 1988
It was Thursday, under the sign of Cancer. The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Venus Raj and Sophie Rodriguez.
In that special week of July people in US were listening to The Flame by Cheap Trick.
In UK Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You by Glenn Medeiros was in the top 5 hits.
The Dead Pool, directed by Buddy Van Horn, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1988
while Rock Star by Jackie Collins was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Rough Guide to Europe.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Elemental or Exile XZR.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
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Holidays:
- Russia and Ukraine - Ivan Kupala
- United Kingdom - July 7th Bombings remembrance day
- Bhutan - Guru Rinpoche
- Roman Empire - Nonae Caprotinae festival in honor of Juno
- Tanzania - Saba Saba Day (or Peasants' Day, founding of the TANU party, 1954)
- Solomon Islands - Independence Day (1978)
- Spain - San Fermfn festival or running of the bulls, in Pamplona, Navarre.
- Worldwide - Bungie Day
- United States - Bonza bottler day
- Japan - Tanabata
Famous Birthdays:
- Venus Raj
- Sophie Rodriguez
- Jack Whitehall: TV Actor.
- LionMakerStudios : YouTube Star.
- Kaci Brown: American singer-songwriter.
- Lukas Rosenthal: German rugby player.
- Ilan Rubin: American drummer (Angels & Airwaves Nine Inch Nails Lostprophets Denver Harbor and Fenix TX).
- Mariana Krueger: American noted family, the first child born to the former ambassador to Mexico, Bob Krueger and his wife Kathleen.
Famous Deaths:
- Jimmy Edwards: Actor (Plank, Bottoms Up, Late Mr H), dies at 68.
Facts:
- Soviet Union launches Phobos 1 to probe Martian moon (unsuccessful).
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in July 1988?
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Drought -- July 4, 1988
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9124
- Life: Mike Tyson And Robin Givens
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
Riding The Iron Rooster
Paul Theroux, the author of the train travel classics The Great Railway Bazaar and The Old Patagonian Express, takes to the rails once again in this account of his epic journey
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Love In The Time Of Cholera
In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic.
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For The Record
In this provocative and stunningly insightful memoir, Donald T. Regan takes us down the corridors of power in Washington and into the heart of the Reagan Administration.
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