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Undated. The U.S. Drought of 1988 causes big crop damage in many states, impacts many portions of the United States and causes around $60 billion in damage. Multiple regions suffer in the conditions. Heat waves cause 4,800 to 17,000 excess deaths while scorching many areas of the United States during 1988.
1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1988th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 988th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1980s decade.
The 1988 United States presidential election was the 51st quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 8, 1988. In what was the third consecutive landslide election for the Republican Party, their ticket of incumbent Vice President George H. W. Bush and Indiana senator Dan Quayle defeated the Democratic ticket of Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and Texas senator Lloyd ...
Huey Lewis and the News: 65 "New Sensation" INXS: 66 "Catch Me (I'm Falling)" Pretty Poison: 67 "If It Isn't Love" New Edition: 68 "Rocket 2 U" The Jets: 69 "One Good Woman" Peter Cetera: 70 "Don't Be Cruel" Cheap Trick: 71 "Candle in the Wind" Elton John: 72 "Everything Your Heart Desires" Daryl Hall & John Oates: 73 "Say You Will" Foreigner ...
Hot 100 number ones of 1988. Steve Winwood (pictured) earned his second Hot 100 number-one single with "Roll With It", which stayed at the top position for four straight weeks. These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1988. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States.
The 1988 United States elections were held on November 8 and elected the President of the United States and members of the 101st United States Congress. Republican Vice President George H. W. Bush defeated Democratic Governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis. Despite Dukakis' defeat, the Democratic Party built on their majorities in Congress .
Billboard. Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1988. This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1988. 122 songs were in the top ten in 1988, only 113 of them peaked in 1988 (the other nine peaked in either 1987 or 1989). 33 singles hit number one that year, tying with 1989 with the second most number one ...
The 1988 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held for the presidential election. [ 1 ] The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization formed in 1987, organized two debates among the major presidential candidates, sponsored two presidential debates and one vice-presidential debates.