Today in History for January 1988

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 60 of 60

1st - Czech born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen
1st - Miami beats Oklahoma for college football championship
1st - Year of the Reader begins
2nd - Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn
2nd - Mulroney & Reagan sign Canada-US free trade agreement
3rd - Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut
3rd - Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century
8th - 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit
8th - Dow Jones down 140.58 points
8th - Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator
8th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas
9th - August Wilson's "Piano Lesson," premieres in Boston
9th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
10th - "Don't Get God Started" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 86 perfs
11th - Test debut of Phil Simmons, WI v India, Madras
11th - USSR announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics
12th - Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
13th - LA Dodger/SD Padre Steve Garvey retires
13th - Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays & other expressive activities
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 15th - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes
15th - Kiran More stumps five WI batsman at Madras, world Test record
15th - Narendra Hirwani takes 16-136 (8-61 & 8-75) v WI on Test debut
16th - 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Live wins
16th - Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks
16th - NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix
17th - "Teddy & Alice" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 77 performances
17th - Leslie Manigay elected president of Haiti
18th - Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board
19th - "48 Hours" premiers on CBS-TV
20th - Andre Hoffman skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
20th - Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Gov Evan Mecham
21st - US accept immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children
22nd - 1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago v Leeward Is
22nd - 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS v Transvaal
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson 22nd - Mike Tyson TKOs Larry Holmes in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
23rd - 45th Golden Globes: Last Emperor, Sally Kirkland, Michael Douglas
23rd - 62nd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76)
23rd - Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match
24th - 1st WWF Royal Rumble - Jim Duggan wins
24th - 76th Australian Mens Tennis: M Wilander beats P Cash (63 67 36 61 86)
24th - 9th ACE Cable Awards
24th - Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win Cricket's World Series Cup
24th - Cerebral Palsy telethon
25th - 15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon & Whitney Houston
25th - George Harrison releases "When We Was Fab"
25th - Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)
25th - Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as pres of Suriname
25th - VP Bush & Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair
26th - "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 4,000+ perfs
Singer Whitney Houston 26th - Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor
27th - Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to US Supreme Court
28th - "Saratina!" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 597 performances
28th - Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional
29th - Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
29th - Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers
29th - Largest NBA crowd-Boston Celtics at Detroit (61,938)
29th - United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s
30th - Hansie Cronje gets a pair in 2nd 1st-class game (OFS v N Tvl)
31st - Barge sinks near Anacortes, WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil
31st - Superbowl XXII: Wash Redskins beat Denver Broncos, 42-10 in San Diego Superbowl MVP: Doug Williams, Washington, QB

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 29 of 29

2nd - Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer
3rd - Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican artist and performer
4th - Nabila Jamshed, Indian writer
5th - Pauline, French singer
7th - Scott Pendlebury, Australian rules footballer
7th - Haley Bennett, American Singer and Actress
7th - Robert Sheehan, Irish actor
8th - Adam T. Siska, American musician
11th - Alexandria L'Esperance, quintuplet
11th - Danielle L'Esperance, quintuplet
11th - Erica L'Esperance, quintuplet
11th - Raymond L'Esperance, quintuplet
11th - Veronica L'Esperance, quintuplet
12th - Chris Casement, Irish footballer
12th - Joseph Dundas, British TV Presenter
14th - Jamie Altman, son of Lynda Carter & Robert Altman
14th - Jordy, French singer
14th - Mikalah Gordon, American singer
14th - Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
16th - Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
18th - Ronald Guglielmone Jr., American singer-songwriter
21st - William Johansson, Swedish composer
22nd - Greg Oden, American basketball player
25th - Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player
26th - Mia Rose, British-Portuguese singer
27th - Kerlon Moura Souza, Brazilian footballer
28th - Henry Mortensen, American actor
29th - Stephanie Gilmore, Australian professional surfer
30th - Rob Pinkston, American actor

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

9th - English earl of St Andrews marries Sylvana Tomaselli

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 35 of 35

1st - Leo Steiner, NY Carnegie Deli's owner, dies
3rd - Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72), dies at 82
3rd - William Cagney, actor (Torrid Zone), dies of a heart attack at 82
3rd - Rose Ausländer, German poet (b. 1901)
3rd - Joie Chitwood, American racedriver & Daredevil (b. 1912)
4th - Lily Laskine, French harpist (b. 1893)
5th - "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40
5th - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (b. 1947)
6th - Brent Collins, soap actor (Another World), dies of heart attack at 46
7th - Trevor Howard, actor (Ryan's Daughter), dies of bronchitis at 71
7th - Michel Auclair, French actor (b. 1922)
8th - Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76
11th - Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer
11th - Isidor Isaac Rabi, nuclear physicist (Nobel Prize-1944), dies at 89
11th - Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. 1873)
12th - Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
13th - Chiang Ching-huo, president of Taiwan (1978-88), dies at 69
14th - Georgy M Malenkov, PM of USSR (1953-55), dies at 86
15th - Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83
16th - Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (b. 1899)
19th - Ballard Berkeley, actor (East meets West), dies at 83
20th - Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux Vineyard manager, dies in Paris at 86
20th - Dora Stratou, Greek choreographer and folklorist (b. 1903)
21st - Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies
22nd - Georgi M Malenkov, Russian premier (1953-55), dies at 86
22nd - Parker Fennelly, actor (Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm), dies at 96
24th - Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91
24th - Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (b. 1905)
25th - Colleen Moore, actress (These Girls Won't Talk), dies at 87
27th - Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian author (b. 1938)
28th - Klaus Fuchs, German physicist (b. 1911)
29th - Bantcho Bantchevsky, US opera singer, commits suicide
29th - James R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59), dies at 83
29th - Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 46
30th - Cornelia D "Corry" Spark, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 85