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A LOOK
AT THE WORLD IN 1988 |
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In
The News In 1988
Federal grand juries return indictments against Gen.
Manuel Noriega, ruler of Panama, charging that he was aiding
drug cartels .
A missile, fired from the U.S. Navy warship Vincennes destroys a
commercial Iranian airliner killing all 290 on board.
A Pan-Am Boeing 747 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland from a
terrorist bomb.
Controversial Arizona Governor Evan Mecham is removed from
office for financial misdeeds.
Jimmy Swaggart is defrocked when his sexual liasons with women
other than his wife are revealed. |
Entertainment
in 1988
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Naguib Mahfouz - Egypt
* Best Selling Fiction - The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Tom Clancy
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure, Robert
E. Kowalski
* Best Picture - Rain Man, United Artists
* Best Director - Barry Levinson, Rain Man
* Best Actress - Jodie Foster, The Accused
* Best Actor - Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man |
Sport
champions in 1988
* MLB - Los Angeles Dodgers
* NFL - Washington Redskins
* NBA - Los Angeles Lakers
* NHL - Edmonton Oilers
* NCAA-Basketball - Kansas
* KY Derby - Winning Colors
* U.S. Open Golf - Curtis Strange
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Mats Wilander
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Steffi Graf |
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