Tuesday 20 September 1988
It was Tuesday, under the sign of Virgo. The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Matthias and Sergei Bobrovsky.
In that special week of September people in US were listening to Don't Worry Be Happy (Edit) by Bobby McFerrin.
In UK Groovy Kind Of Love by Phil Collins was in the top 5 hits.
Dead Ringers, directed by David Cronenberg, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1988
while The Cardinal Of The Kremlin by Tom Clancy was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Round the Bend.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Cybernoid II: The Revenge or Fire King.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Old Newspapers
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV series released in the last months ?
Round the Bend
Reaching for the Skies
Rough Guide to Europe
TV Pirata
The D Generation Goes Commercial
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Historical Events
Which were the important events of 20 September 1988 ?
Famous Birthdays:
- Matthias : YouTube Star.
- Sergei Bobrovsky: Russian ice hockey player.
- Arisa Sato: Japanese model and actress.
Famous Deaths:
- Roy Kinnear: Actor (Casanova, Pirates, Scrooge, Help!), dies at 54.
Facts:
- Darrell Evans hits his 400th career home run
- Greg Louganis wins Olympic gold medal in springboard diving
- Wade Boggs is 1st player to get 200 hits for 6 consecutive seasons
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Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of September 1988 ?
Top #10 songs in the USA
- Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy (Edit)
- Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
- Taylor Dayne - I'll Always Love You
- Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible
- Def Leppard - Love Bites
- Huey Lewis & The News - Perfect World
- Peter Cetera - One Good Woman
- New Edition - If It Isn't Love
- Kenny Loggins - Nobody's Fool
- Cheap Trick - Don't Be Cruel
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in September 1988?
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Jackie Joyner-Kersee -- Sep. 19, 1988
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9136
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9135
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
Leaving Home
In the first collection of Lake Wobegon monologues, Keillor tells readers more about some of the people from Lake Wobegon Days and introduces some new faces.
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The Bonfire Of The Vanities
Vintage Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities, the #1 bestseller that will forever define late-twentieth-century New York style. "No one has portrayed New York Society this accurately and devastatingly since Edith Wharton" (The National Review)“A page-turner .
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The Tommyknockers
Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic, terrifying #1 New York Times bestseller about a terrifying otherworldly discovery and the effects it has a on a small town.“Late
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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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