April 1988 calendar

Events

• 03 Apr 1988 17th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott.
• 04 Apr 1988 Last broadcast of Crossroads on British TV
• 05 Apr 1988 Democratic Convention picks Michael Dukakis as their Presidential Candidate
• 06 Apr 1988 Black pole explorer M Henson buried next to R Peary in Arlington
• 07 Apr 1988 Devils 3-2 over Isles, 1st round tied 1-1
• 09 Apr 1988 Les Miserables, opens at Umeda-Koma Theatre, Osaka
• 10 Apr 1988 8th Golden Raspberry Awards: Leonard Part 6 wins.
• 11 Apr 1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens.
• 12 Apr 1988 Former pop singer Sonny Bono is elected mayor of Palm Springs, California.
• 13 Apr 1988 Italy government of De Mita forms.
• 14 Apr 1988 Mail opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 36 performances
• 15 Apr 1988 Meteorite explodes above Indonesia.
• 17 Apr 1988 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA AI Star / Centinela Hospital Golf Classic
• 18 Apr 1988 Barbra Streisand records Warm All Over
• 20 Apr 1988 Yanks HR 9,999 (D Winfield) 10,000 (C Washington) 10,001
• 22 Apr 1988 New Jersey Devils' Patrik Sundstrom ties NHL playoff record of eight points in a playoff game (hat trick and five assists) in 10-4 rout over the Washington Capitals.
• 23 Apr 1988 Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25km (1:29:30)/30km (1:47:06).
• 24 Apr 1988 Rosie Jones wins LPGA USX Golf Classic.
• 25 Apr 1988 Nightline goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
• 26 Apr 1988 NBA approves addition of third referee in the 1988-89 season.
• 28 Apr 1988 Chess opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 68 performances
• 29 Apr 1988 60 Minutes newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols
• 30 Apr 1988 World Expo '88 opens in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The exhibition runs for six months, hosting pavilions from over 70 countries.

Famous Birthday

• Haley Joel Osment
• Sara Paxton

  American actress.

• Jencarlos Canela

  Soap Opera Actor.

• Allison Williams (actress)
• Solène Jambaqué

  French alpine skier and two time Paralympic Champion.

• Jessie James
• Jesse Plemons

  American actor.

• Lisa-Mari Moen Jünge
• Robbie Amell

  Canadian actor.

• Jonathan Toews

  Canadian ice hockey player.

• Spencer Hawes
• Luka Karabatic

  French giant handballer of Serbian-Croatian descent, accused to have bet the defeat of his club (MAHB Montpellier) in 2012.

• Juan Mata

  Soccer Player.

• Mihael Borko
• Ed Speleers

  Movie Actor.

• Eliza Doolittle (singer)
• Ana de Armas
• Olya Ivanisevic
• Uee

  South Korean singer dancer and actress (After School).

• Romain Girouille
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Famous Deaths

• Pierre Desproges

  French humorist, famous for his elaborate, eloquent and above all, virulent diatribes criticizing anything and everything.

• James McCracken

  American tenor (Born 1926).

• Milton Caniff

  American cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) (Born 1907).

• Carolyn Franklin

  American singer and the sister of Aretha Franklin.

• Brook Benton

  singer (Just a Matter of Time), dies of meningitis at age 56.

• Alf Kjellin

  Swedish actor / director (Juggler).

• Marius W Holtrop

  economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at age 85.

• Milton A Caniff

  US cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates), dies at age 81.

• Cesar Bresgen

  Austrian composer/organist, dies at age 74.

• David Prater

  US singer (Sam and Dave - "Soul Man"), dies in car crash at age 50.

• Alan Stewart Paton

  South African writer, dies (born 1903).

• Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra

  Dutch poet (Zandloper), dies at age 81.

• Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad)

  Palestinian Liberation Organization military commander, assassinated by Israeli commandos in Tunisia.

• Warde Donovan

  dies at age 72.

• Jacques de Kadt

  Dutch second chamber member (Socialist-Democrat), dies at age 90.

• David Prater

  American singer (Sam & Dave) (Born 1937).

• Fred Bear

  American bow-hunter (Born 1902).

• David Scarboro

  British actor (Born 1968).

• B W Stevenson

  American country singer (Born 1949).

• James McCracken

  American singer, a dramatic tenor in opera.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
2. Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
3. Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go
4. Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights
5. INXS - Devil Inside

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Pet Shop Boys - Heart
2. Wet Wet Wet / Billy Bragg With Cara Tivey - With A Little Help From My Friends / She's Leaving Home
3. Bros - Drop The Boy
4. Fairground Attraction - Perfect
5. Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)