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1988
The 20th Century Almanac · The Eighties

1988

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

Soviet troops began their withdrawal from Afghanistan, an Iranian airliner was mistakenly shot down by the USS Vincennes, and Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland. George H.W. Bush won the presidency, and Rain Man won Best Picture.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
Rain Man
Nobel · Literature
Mahfouz
World Series
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Oakland A's Seri
No. 1 Song
So Emotional
Top TV
Academy · Actor
Dustin Hoffman

Major Events of 1988

5 events
Soviets pull out of AfghanastanTen day seige of Golden TempleLongest undersea tunnel opensIranian passenger jet shot down by the USGorbachev announces unilateral troop cuts

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1988

Champions

NBALos Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit Pistons Series: 4-3
NCAA FootballNotre Dame Record: 12-0-0
Heisman TrophyBarry Sanders, oklahoma state, RB points: 1,878
Stanley CupEdmunton Oilers vs. Boston Bruins Series: 4-0 Super Bowl XXII: Washington Red Skins vs. Denver Broncos Score: 42-10 US Open Golf: Curtis Strange Score: 278* Course: The Country Club Location: Brookline, MA (*Playoff with Nick Faldo)
World SeriesLos Angeles Dodgers vs. Oakland A's Series: 4-1

Top Music of 1988

The year on the charts

Top Songs

  1. So Emotional Whitney Houston
  2. Got My Mind Set on You George Harrison
  3. The Way You Make Me Feel Michael Jackson
  4. Need You Tonight INXS
  5. Could've Been Tiffany
  6. Season Change Expose
  7. Father Figure George Michael
  8. Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley
  9. Man In the Mirror Michael Jackson
  10. Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car Billy Ocean

Grammy Awards

Record of the Year
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" ... Bobby McFerrin Best Song: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" ... Bobby McFerrin Best Album: "Faith" ... George Michael Male Vocalist: Bobby McFerrin ... "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Female Vocalist: Tracy Chapman ... "Fast Car"

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

  1. Beetlejuice
  2. Big
  3. Bull Durham
  4. Cocktail
  5. Colors
  6. Coming to America
  7. Crocodile Dundee II
  8. Die Hard
  9. A Fish Called Wanda
  10. Good Morning, Vietnam

Academy Awards

Honoring 1988
Best Picture
Rain Man
Best Director
Barry Levinson
Rain Man
Best Actor
Dustin Hoffman
Rain Man
Best Actress
Jodie Foster
The Accused

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
The prize was awarded jointly to: DEISENHOFER, JOHANN, Federal Republic of Germany, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, U.S.A., b. 1943; HUBER, ROBER
Literature
MAHFOUZ, NAGUIB, Egypt, b. 1911: "who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind"
Peace
THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE-KEEPING FORCES New York, NY, U.S.A
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to: BLACK, Sir JAMES W., Great Britain, King's College Hospital Medical School, University of London, London, Great Britain, b. 1924; ELION, GERTRUDE B., U.S.A., Wellcome Research Laboratories, Research Triangl
Physics
The prize was awarded jointly to: LEDERMAN, LEON M., U.S.A., Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL, b. 1922; SCHWARTZ, MELVIN, U.S.A., Digital Pathways, Inc., Mountain View, CA, b. 1932; and STEINBERGER, JACK, U.S.A., CERN, Gen