February 1988 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1988 Heather O'Rourke, American actress (Poltergeist), dies of intestinal ailment at age 12 (born 1975).
• 03 Feb 1988 The Democrat-controlled United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36.25 million to support the Nicaraguan Contras.
• 04 Feb 1988 Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges
• 05 Feb 1988 Arizona House of Representatives votes to impeach Republican Governor Evan Mecham.
• 07 Feb 1988 38th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 138-133 at Chicago, Illinois.
• 08 Feb 1988 NASA launches DOD-2.
• 09 Feb 1988 39th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 6-5 (overtime) at Saint Louis, Missouri.
• 10 Feb 1988 Three-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal).
• 11 Feb 1988 Anthony M Kennedy appointed to Supreme Court
• 12 Feb 1988 Anthony M. Kennedy is appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 13 Feb 1988 15th Winter Olympic games open at Calgary, Canada
• 14 Feb 1988 General hospital star Jackie Zeman marries Glenn Gorden
• 15 Feb 1988 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 16 Feb 1988 First documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador.
• 17 Feb 1988 Lebanese terrorists kidnap UN truce observer Lt Col William Higgins
• 18 Feb 1988 Anthony M Kennedy sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice.
• 19 Feb 1988 Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, and Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200 metre (1:32.55).
• 20 Feb 1988 Peter Kalikow purchases New York Post from Rupert Murdoch for US$37.6 million.
• 21 Feb 1988 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation
• 22 Feb 1988 Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 metre (39.10 seconds).
• 23 Feb 1988 15th Winter Olympic games opens in Calgary, Alberta
• 24 Feb 1988 Supreme Ct votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody
• 25 Feb 1988 Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love Tour, begins in Worcester, Massachusetts
• 26 Feb 1988 Christa Rotherburger (German Democratic Republic) skates ladies world record 1000 metre (1:17.65).
• 27 Feb 1988 Gulfstream G-IV jet goes around the world 36:08:34.
• 28 Feb 1988 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
• 29 Feb 1988 KWK-FM in St. Louis Missouri changes call letters to WKBG

Famous Birthday

• Rihanna

  Barbadian recording artist, actress, and fashion designer.

• Natascha Kampusch

  Abduction victim, was held captive in a secret cellar by her kidnapper Wolfgang Priklopil for more than eight years, until she escaped on 23...

• Quentin Mosimann

  Swiss singer and reality show contestant.

• Cho Kyuhyun

  Pop Singer.

• Mike Posner

  Pop Singer.

• Maiara Walsh

  TV Actress.

• Kim Soo-hyun

  South Korean actor and singer.

• Lena Gercke

  Model.

• Jimena Navarrete
• Sophie Tapie
• Antonella Roccuzzo

  Family Member.

• Nicole Faverón
• Changmin (singer)
• Anne-Sophie Barthet
• Livia Lancelot
• Gregory van der Wiel

  Dutch footballer.

• Markéta Irglová

  Czech singer-songwriter guitarist and actress.

• Naïm Aarab
• Asia Nitollano

  American singer and dancer (The Pussycat Dolls).

• Jonathan Borlée

  Belgian sprinter.

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Famous Deaths

• Marcel Bozzuffi

  French actor in film, stage and TV, director.

• Frederick [Fritz] Loewe

  Composer.

• Gerard Holt

  Architect, dies at 83.

• Neil R[onald] Jones

  Sf writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78.

• Lin[wood V] Carter

  American science-fiction writer (Lost World of Time), dies at age 57.

• Amapola Del Vando

  Actress (Cowboy), dies at 78.

• Allan Cuthbertson

  Actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67.

• Reinder Zwolsman

  Dutch businessman, dies at age 75.

• G Mennen Williams

  US Supreme Court justice, dies at age 76 in Detroit, Michigan.

• Lee Goodman

  Actor (Imitation of Life), dies of tuberculosis at 64.

• Richard P Feynman

  American physicist (Nobel Prize 1965, Physical Law), dies at age 69 (born 1918).

• Gardiner Means

  US economist, dies at age 91.

• Irwan Chanin

  US theater builder, dies at age 96.

• Nuno Oliveira

  Bass Player (Born 1925).

• Andre Frederic Cournand

  French-born physician, Nobel laureate (Born 1895).

• Frederick Loewe

  US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at age 84 in Palm Springs, California (born in Vienna, Austria).

• Marghanita Laski

  British journalist and novelist (d. 1988).

• Jean Carignan

  Canadian fiddler and composer (d. 1988).

• Clive Epstein

  brother of Brian Epstein, dies at age 51.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Tiffany - Could've Been
2. Expose - Seasons Change
3. George Michael - Father Figure
4. Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter
5. Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done To Deserve This

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky
2. Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
3. Bros - When Will I Be Famous
4. Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart
5. Billy Ocean - Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car