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1988
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POLITICS
and HISTORY
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Kurt
Waldheim, Austrian President, is cleared of
war crimes
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Widespread
strikes by solidarity supporters take place in
Poland
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McDonalds
opens in Moscow
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Soviet
troops begin to withdraw from Afghanistan
after nine years occupation
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George
Bush defeats Michael Dukakis for the US Presidency
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Iran
and Iraq accept a UN peace plan
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Canada
and the US sign
a comprehensive free trade agreement
MUSIC
- Faith
by George Michael
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Never
Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley
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Sweet
Child O' Mine by Guns'N'Roses
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Heaven
in a Place on Earth by Belinda Carlisle
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Pour
Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
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Simply
Irresistable by Robert Palmer
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Don't
Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin
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The
Locomotion by Kylie Minogue
TV
and at the MOVIES
- Fred
Savage showed us all The Wonder Years
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Tom
Hanks wished he was 'Big'
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Kevin
kline and John Cleese were chasing 'A Fish
Called Wanda'
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Robing
Williams cried Good Morning Vietnam
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Cher
and Nicholas Cage were Moonstruck
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Danny
DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger were Twins
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The
Hogan Family joined the tv neighbourhood
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Bruce
Willis started to Die Hard
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The
Highwayman revived the spooky Twighlight Zone
genre
People
who died in 1988
- Heather
O'Rourke (b.1975) American film actress
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John
Houseman (b.1902) American actor and filmaker
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John
Carradine (b.1906) American actor
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Roy
Orbison (b.1936 ) American musician
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Enzo
Ferrari (b.1898) Italian Car maker
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Trevor
Howard (b.1916) English film actor
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Kenneth
Williams (b.1926) English 'Carry On' film
actor
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Chritina
Onassis (b.) Greek Oil Heiress
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