Thursday March 24, 1988
US date format: 3/24/1988, UK date format: 24/3/1988
It was Thursday, under the sign of Aries (see birth chart on March 24, 1988). The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.
Famous people born on this day include Jean-Guillaume Béatrix and Finn Jones.
In that special week of March people in US were listening to Man In The Mirror by Michael Jackson.
In UK I Should Be So Lucky by Kylie Minogue was in the top 5 hits.
Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1988
while Inheritance by Judith Michael was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Der Geisterwald oder Des Raben Rache.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Gemstone IV or 5th Gear.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
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Holidays
- World Tuberculosis Day.
- Saint Simeon (died 1475)
- Ancient Latvia - Kazimiras Diena observed.
- Saint Catharine of Sweden ((died 1381)
Events
- Gospel at Colonus opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 61 performances
- Quarterback Dan Fouts retires.
Famous Birthday
- Jean-Guillaume Béatrix: French biathlete, he won two silver...
- Finn Jones: Actor.
- Matías Martínez: Argentinian footballer.
- Kardo Ploomipuu: Estonian swimmer.
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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Beetlejuice
Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Annie McEnroe
Country: United States of America
Maniac Cop
Directed by: William Lustig
Starring: Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree
The Seventh Sign
Directed by: Carl Schultz
Starring: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jürgen Prochnow, Peter Friedman
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Directed by: Ken Annakin
Starring: Tami Erin, David Seaman, Cory Crow, Eileen Brennan
Bright Lights, Big City
Directed by: James Bridges
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Swoosie Kurtz
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of March 24, 1988?
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Top #10 songs in the USA
- Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
- Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights
- Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
- Debbie Gibson - Out Of The Blue
- Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
- Belinda Carlisle - I Get Weak
- Keith Sweat - I Want Her
- George Michael - Father Figure
- The Jets - Rocket 2 U
- Def Leppard - Hysteria
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
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Der Geisterwald oder Des Raben Rache
Red Dwarf
Written by: Rob Grant, Doug Naylor
Starring: Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Chris Barrie, Robert Llewellyn
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Adventures Beyond Belief
Directed by: Marcus Tompson
City Hunter 2
Starring: Akira Kamiya, Shingo Kanemoto
Country: Japan
Der Schwammerlkönig
Days to next March 24
If March 24, 1988 is your birthday you're 32 years, 5 months, 28 days old and you'll celebrate your next birthday in 6 months, 3 days.
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in March 1988?
- LIFE: Gilda Radner
- Time: Inset: sex therapist Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Inset: by Chiasson/Gamma Liaison.
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9109
- RollingStone: Robert Plant
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
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Inheritance
By: Judith Michael
This is a saga of a family pitted against an orphan and of a woman's fight to recover her reputation. A household help to the Salingers befriends the family patriarch and
Oscar Wilde
By: Richard Ellmann
The biography sensitive to the tragic pattern of the story of a great subject: Oscar Wilde - psychologically and sexually complicated, enormously quotable, central to a alluring cultural world and someone
Treasure
By: Clive Cussler
Clive Cussler, author of sixteen consecutive New York Times bestseller brings us beloved character Dirk Pitt, who discovers a trail leading straight to priceless treasures.
The Great Depression Of 1990
By: Ravi Batra
From Jacket Flap: Startling in its revelations, bold in its predictions, and overwhelmingly convincing in the evidence it offers, "The Great Depression of 1990" demonstrates that we are headed toward an
Kaleidoscope
By: Danielle Steel
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.
Videogames
What videogames would you be playing back in the days?
The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate
Bonze Adventure
Gemstone IV
Kuri Kinton
5th Gear
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