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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
- Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley
- Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns'N'Roses
- Heaven in a Place on Earth by Belinda Carlisle
- Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
- Simply Irresistable by Robert Palmer
- Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin
- The Locomotion by Kylie Minogue
TV and at the MOVIES
- Fred Savage showed us all The Wonder Years
- Tom Hanks wished he was 'Big'
- Kevin kline and John Cleese were chasing 'A Fish Called Wanda'
- Robing Williams cried Good Morning Vietnam
- Cher and Nicholas Cage were Moonstruck
- Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger were Twins
- The Hogan Family joined the tv neighbourhood
- Bruce Willis started to Die Hard
- The Highwayman revived the spooky Twighlight Zone genre
People who died in 1988
- Heather O'Rourke (b.1975) American film actress
- John Houseman (b.1902) American actor and filmaker
- John Carradine (b.1906) American actor
- Roy Orbison (b.1936 ) American musician
- Enzo Ferrari (b.1898) Italian Car maker
- Trevor Howard (b.1916) English film actor
- Kenneth Williams (b.1926) English 'Carry On' film actor
- Chritina Onassis (b.) Greek Oil Heiress
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