December 1988 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1988 New York Islanders greatest shutout loss (8-0) versus Saint Louis Blues.
• 02 Dec 1988 STS-27 Atlantis launched
• 03 Dec 1988 New York Lotto pays US$45 million to twelve winners (numbers are 1-8-13-18-28-48).
• 04 Dec 1988 Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash
• 05 Dec 1988 North Carolina federal grand jury indicts PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud and conspiracy.
• 06 Dec 1988 Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles
• 07 Dec 1988 6.9 earthquake in Armenia, Spitak destroyed, 60,000 killed
• 08 Dec 1988 Famous vocalist Roy Orbison dies of a heart attack
• 09 Dec 1988 The last Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant roll off the assembly line in a Chrysler factory.
• 10 Dec 1988 Washington Capitals' first NHL scoreless tie, versus Montreal Canadiens.
• 12 Dec 1988 3 trains collide in London, 40 die
• 13 Dec 1988 Arafat addresses UN in Geneva
• 14 Dec 1988 US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Organization (first time in 13 years).
• 15 Dec 1988 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks
• 16 Dec 1988 Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud.
• 17 Dec 1988 USS Tennessee, first submarine to carry Trident 2 missiles, commissioned.
• 18 Dec 1988 Seattle Seahawks win their first ever division title with 9-7 record.
• 19 Dec 1988 NASA unveils plans for lunar colony and manned missions to Mars.
• 20 Dec 1988 NBC signs lease to stay in New York City for 33 more years.
• 21 Dec 1988 New York bound Pan Am jumbo jet explodes over Scotland all 258 aboard die
• 22 Dec 1988 Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gallons on 300 miles of Western Australia and British Columbia coast.
• 26 Dec 1988 Legs Diamond opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 64 performances
• 27 Dec 1988 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than three decades.
• 28 Dec 1988 John Tarrant, 1st Aust born Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission
• 29 Dec 1988 Soviet Red Army hockey team edges New York Islanders, 3-2 at Nassau Coliseum.
• 30 Dec 1988 Oliver North subpoenas Ronald Reagan and George Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial.

Famous Birthday

• Vanessa Hudgens

  American singer and actress.

• Hayley Williams

  American singer (Paramore).

• Hayley Williams

  American singer (Paramore).

• Zoë Kravitz

  American actress, singer and model, daughter of actress Lisa Bonet and rock musician Lenny Kravitz, born at home.

• Emily Browning

  Movie Actress.

• Emily Browning

  Movie Actress.

• Valentin Montand

  French noted family, son of actor Yves Montand and his companion Carole Amiel.

• Anna Popplewell

  Movie Actress.

• Tyler Joseph

  Rock Singer.

• Laurent Bourgeois (Les Twins)
• Léa Castel
• Paulina Gretzky

  American noted family and daughter of Los Angeles Kings star Wayne Gretzky and his wife Janet Jones, who were married in a lavish ceremony...

• Taecyeon
• Marwan Berreni
• Michaela Kocianová
• Yu (Cinema Bizarre)
• Mats Hummels

  Soccer Player.

• Larry Bourgeois (Les Twins)
• Marco Mengoni

  Italian singer-songwriter.

• David Rudisha

  Kenyan runner.

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Famous Deaths

• Roy Orbison

  American singer and rock and roll songwriter with an original style and stunning tenor voice that earned him the name "The Caruso of Rock.

• Hal Ashby

  Academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59.

• John Canning

  New York Post managing editor, dies at 56.

• Bob Steele [Robert Bradbury]

  Dies after short illness at 60.

• Nicholas Tinbergen

  Dutch / British biologist, dies at 81.

• Hall Ashby

  US director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die), dies at 59.

• Fox Harris

  Actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid & Nancy).

• Richard Castellano

  Aqctor (Honor thy Father), dies at 55.

• Ooka Shohei

  Japanese novelist (Born 1909).

• Bill Harris

  US guitarist (Clovers - "Love Potion No 9"), dies at age 63.

• Peter Langan

  Irish restaurateur (Langans London), dies in fire.

• Andrei P Ershov

  Russian computer pioneer, dies.

• Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad

  US singer (Persuasions - "Good news"), dies at age 44.

• Karl-Heinz Burger

  German SS-Oberfuhrer (Born 1904).

• Johnny Lawrence

  English cricketer (Born 1911).

• Richard S Castellano

  American actor (Born 1933).

• Anthony ''Tony Pro'' Provenzano

  American Mafia figure (Born 1917).

• Edward Pelham-Clinton

  10th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (Born 1920).

• Hal Ashby

  American film director and editor associated with the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking.

• Mike Beuttler

  Egyptian-English race car driver (d. 1988).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Will To Power - Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley
2. Chicago - Look Away
3. Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
4. Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
5. Breathe - How Can I Fall?

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine
2. Kylie & Jason - Especially For You
3. Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth
4. Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind
5. Erasure - Crackers International (EP)