November 1988 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1988 Actor Jeff Goldblum and actress Gena Davis wed in Las Vegas
• 02 Nov 1988 1st Mrs America beauty pageant
• 03 Nov 1988 Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill
• 04 Nov 1988 1st NBA game at Charlotte Coliseum - Hornets lose to Cavs, 133-93
• 05 Nov 1988 1st NBA game at Palace of Auburn Hills, Pistons beat Hornets 94-85
• 06 Nov 1988 19th NYC Marathon won by Steve Jones in 2:08:20
• 07 Nov 1988 MLB all stars beats Japan 16-8 (Game 3 of 7)
• 08 Nov 1988 900 die as earthquake hits China
• 09 Nov 1988 Prince of Central Park opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 4 performances
• 10 Nov 1988 China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938
• 11 Nov 1988 Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science
• 12 Nov 1988 Japan beats Major League Baseball All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7).
• 13 Nov 1988 Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian law student in Portland, Oregon is beaten to death by members of the Neo-Nazi group East Side White Pride.
• 15 Nov 1988 Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award
• 16 Nov 1988 Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years
• 17 Nov 1988 Linda Petursdottir of Iceland, 18, crowned 38th Miss World
• 18 Nov 1988 Canadian federal election, 1988: Brian Mulroney and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada win a second majority government.
• 19 Nov 1988 Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.
• 20 Nov 1988 Les Miserables, opens a Bus and Truck tour in Tampa
• 21 Nov 1988 Ted Turner officially buys Jim Crockett Promotions, known as NWA Crockett, and turns it into World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
• 22 Nov 1988 In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
• 23 Nov 1988 Wayne Gretzky scores his 600th NHL goal.
• 24 Nov 1988 The popular American cult television comedy Mystery Science Theater 3000 makes its debut on KTMA.
• 25 Nov 1988 Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges
• 26 Nov 1988 Alexander Volkov, Sergei Krikalev, and Jean-Loup Chretien launch.
• 27 Nov 1988 76th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers defeats BC Lions, 22-21
• 30 Nov 1988 New York City furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non payment of purchase

Famous Birthday

• Emma Stone

  American actress.

• Virat Kohli

  Indian cricketer.

• Jamie Campbell Bower

  English actor.

• Analeigh Tipton

  Actress.

• Fall of the Berlin Wall
• Russell Westbrook

  American basketball player.

• Jessica Lowndes

  Canadian actress.

• Conchita Wurst

  Austrian singer and gender illusionist who came to international attention when winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen,...

• Ayem Nour
• Russell Wilson

  Football Player.

• Tamsin Egerton

  Movie Actress.

• BoB

  Rapper.

• Morgan Parra

  French rugby player.

• Julia Görges

  German tennis player.

• Patrick Kane

  American professional hockey player.

• Patrick Kane

  American professional hockey player.

• Nodar Kumaritashvili

  Georgian luger (Born 1988).

• Hafþór Björnsson
• Nikki Blonsky

  American actress.

• Clémence Saint-Preux

  French singer and actress.

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Famous Deaths

• Christina Onassis

  Greek heiress born in the U.S.

• John Carradine

  American actor, dies at age 82 of kidney failure (born 1906).

• Janet Ertel

  Crooner.

• [John] Hein Donner

  Chess grand master, dies at 61.

• Karel Horky

  Composer, dies at 79.

• William Ifor Jones

  Welsh conductor and organist (Born 1900).

• Luis Barragan

  Mexican architect (Born 1908).

• Christine Onassis

  American shipping heiress, dies of heart failure at age 37 (born 1950).

• Jaromir Vejvoda

  Czech composer (Born 1902).

• Billo Frometa

  Dominican orchestra conductor, arranger and composer (Born 1915).

• Paul Vario

  American organizied crime figure (Born 1914).

• Antal Dorati

  Budapest, Hungary -- Conductor (Dresden Opera 1928-29.

• John Mitchell

  American award-winning actor, writer and director, best known for his films Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Shortbus (2006) and Rabbit...

• Erich Fried

  Austrian-German author poet and translator (d. 1988).

• Carl Hubbell

  Pitcher (New York Giants) - 253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA.

• David Bauer

  Canadian ice hockey player and priest (Born 1924).

• Angela Aames

  Actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training).

• Sheilah Graham

  gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at age 84.

• Henri van Praag

  Dutch para-psychologist.

• Mona Washbourne

  Actress (Blue Bird, Games), dies at 84.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Beach Boys - Kokomo
2. The Escape Club - Wild, Wild West
3. Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
4. Will To Power - Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley
5. Chicago - Look Away

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Robin Beck - First Time
2. Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine
3. Enya - Orinoco Flow
4. Kylie & Jason - Especially For You
5. Kylie Minogue - Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi