Tuesday October 25, 1988
US date format: 10/25/1988, UK date format: 25/10/1988
It was Tuesday, under the sign of Scorpio (see birth chart on October 25, 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 Chandler Parsons and Rylan Clark.
In that special week of October people in US were listening to Groovy Kind Of Love by Phil Collins.
In UK One Moment In Time by Whitney Houston was in the top 5 hits.
They Live, directed by John Carpenter, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1988
while Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Starting from Scratch.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Crosswize or Freedom Force.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
Which were the important events of October 25, 1988?
Holidays
- Day of the Romanian Army
- Virgin Islands - Thanksgiving Day : end of the hurricane season
- Republic of China - Taiwan Retrocession Day (1945)
- Also see October 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Famous Birthday
- Chandler Parsons: Basketball Player.
- Sickick : DJ.
- Rylan Clark: Pop Singer.
- Shane Edwards: Australian Rules footballer.
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Famous Deaths
- Bill Cody: Actor (Blazing Justice, Ghost City),...
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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They Live
Directed by: John Carpenter
Starring: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George 'Buck' Flower
Country: United States of America
A Cry in the Dark
Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Starring: Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Dale Reeves, David Hoflin
Everybody's All-American
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Jessica Lange, Dennis Quaid, Timothy Hutton, John Goodman
The Good Mother
Directed by: Leonard Nimoy
Starring: Diane Keaton, Liam Neeson, Jason Robards, Ralph Bellamy
Red Scorpion
Directed by: Joseph Zito
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Al White, T.P. McKenna
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of October 25, 1988?
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Top #10 songs in the USA
- Phil Collins - Groovy Kind Of Love
- The Beach Boys - Kokomo
- The Escape Club - Wild, Wild West
- UB40 - Red Red Wine '88
- Information Society - What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
- Steve Winwood - Don't You Know What The Night Can Do?
- Kylie Minogue - The Loco-Motion
- INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
- Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time
- Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
Top #5 songs in the UK
Top #10 R&B songs
- Karyn White - The Way You Love Me
- Luther Vandross - Any Love
- New Edition - You're Not My Kind Of Girl
- Midnight Star Feat. Ecstacy Of Whodini - Don't Rock The Boat
- Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got
- Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
- Cheryl Pepsii Riley - Thanks For My Child
- Al B. Sure! - Rescue Me
- Ready For The World - My Girly
- Vanessa Williams - (He's Got) The Look
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
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Starting from Scratch
Directed by: James Huang
Scruples
Directed by: Alan J. Levi
First Impressions
Directed by: Eric Shapiro
Inside the NBA
This Is David Lander
Starring: Stephen Fry
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Days to next October 25
If October 25, 1988 is your birthday you're 31 years, 10 months, 27 days old and you'll celebrate your next birthday in 1 month, 4 days.
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in October 1988?
- LIFE: Sigourney Weaver With Gorilla
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Politics of Personality -- Oct. 24, 1988
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9141
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
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Love In The Time Of Cholera
By: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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.
Landslide
By: Jane Mayer and Doyle McManus
This is an expose of the last four years of Ronald Reagan's presidency, which studies internal rivalries and dissension within the White House.
The Lives Of John Lennon
By: Albert Goldman
The result of six years of research and some 1,200 interviews, this book takes fans deep into Lennon’s secretive world, from his traumatic childhood to his Beatles days to his hidden
The Duchess Of Windsor
By: Charles Higham
"Deeply researched, valuable." –The New York Times Book Review "A shocker . . . stunning . . . absolutely hypnotic.
The First Salute
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
Barbara W. Tuchman, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the classic The Guns of August, turns her sights homeward with this brilliant, insightful narrative of the Revolutionary War.
Videogames
What videogames would you be playing back in the days?
Crosswize
Airwolf
Freedom Force
Legendary Wings
Bomber Raid
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