Memory Lane

1988's Top 40 Hits

1. Faith - George Michael
2. Need You Tonight - INXS
3. Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
4. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
5. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
6. So Emotional - Whitney Houston
7. Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
8. Could've Been - Tiffany
9. Hands To Heaven - Breathe
10. Roll With It - Steve Winwood
11. One More Try - George Michael
12. Wishing Well - Terence Trent d'Arby
13. Anything For You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
14. The Flame - Cheap Trick
15. Get Outta My Dreams - Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
16. Seasons Change - Expose
17. Is This Love - Whitesnake
18. Wild, Wild West - Escape Club
19. Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
20. I'll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne
21. Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson
22. Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson
23. Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer
24. Hold On To The Nights - Richard Marx
25. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carnen
26. Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz
27. Father Figure - George Michael
28. Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) - Samantha Fox
29. A Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins
30. Love Bites - Def Leppard
31. Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx
32. Foolish Beat - Debbie Gibson
33. Where Do Broken Hearts Go - Whitney Houston
34. Angel - Aerosmith
35. Hazy Shade Of Winter - Bangles
36. The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
37. Don't Worry - Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
38. Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carnen
39. Red Red Wine - UB40
40. She's Like The Wind - Patric Swayze

1988's Top Grossing Movies

1. Rain Man
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
3. Coming to America
4. Big
5. Twins
6. Crocodile Dundee II
7. Die Hard
8. Cocktail
9. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
10. Oliver & Company

1988 In Sports

• World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers won 4 games to 1 over the Oakland Athletics.
• NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers won 4 games to 3 over the Detroit Pistons.
• NFL: Washington Redskins win their second Super Bowl title 42-10 over the Denver Broncos.
• PGA Tour: the leading money winner for the year was Curtis Strange with $1,147,644.
• NHL: Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup 4-0 over the Boston Bruins.
• Tennis: Steffi Graf becomes only the third woman in history to win the Grand Slam in tennis.

Historical Notes:

• January 1 - The Soviet Union begins its program of economic restructuring (perestroika) with legislation initiated by Premier Mikhail Gorbachev.
• January 8 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 140.58 points, or 6.85%, to close at 1,911.31 in a mini-crash.
• February 13-February 28 - The 1988 Winter Olympics are held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• March 16 - Iran-Contra Affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.
• May 31 - President Ronald Reagan addresses 600 Moscow State University students, during his visit to the Soviet Union.
• August 20 - The Iran-Iraq war ends, with an estimated 1 million lives lost.
• September 17-October 2 - The Summer Olympic Games are held in Seoul, South Korea.
• September 29 - NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster.
• October 5 - Republican vice presidential nominee Senator Dan Quayle insists he has as much experience in government as John F. Kennedy did when he sought the presidency in 1960. Senator Lloyd Bentsen replies, "Senator, I knew Jack Kennedy. I served with Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
• November 8 - George H.W. Bush is elected over Michael Dukakis.