Hey guys! I am an RA in a freshman dorm and most of my residents were born in 1988 so I wanted to do a bulletin board celebrating that year. As someone who was only born two years earlier I am having a hard time finding things besides the presidential election, tv shows that debuted and the Jamaican bobsled team. If you all can think of anything else that would be of interest to college aged students that would be FABULOUS! Also, I was wondering if there was a website that listed things such as the price of a gallon of milk, or a ticket to the movie theater and such like that specifically for 1988. Anything on this year specifically or links to cool facts would be awesome.
Thanks in Advance Guys!!!
2006-11-20 18:22:35 · 5 answers · asked by princess banana hammock 2 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
I found this on a Google search for you: Hope it helps!
Timeline of the 80s, 1988
This is a list of important events the occured during 1988. Exact dates are listed when known.
CDs outsell vinyl for the first time ever.
Soviets leave Afghanistan
Jimmy Swaggart admits to being with prostitutes.
Summer Olympics in Seoul, South-Korea; Ben Johnson caught for steriods after setting a World Record in the 100 meter dash.
Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland; Lybian terrorists are suspected of planting the bomb
Earthquake in the USSR
Bobby McFerrin tells everyone "Don't worry, be happy"
Prozac is introduced as an anti-depresent.
US advertising is permitted on Soviet TV
The first plutonium pacemaker is made.
World's longest undersea tunnel is completed. Work begins on the Chunnel which will then become the world's longest undersea tunnel.
Sonny Bono becomes Mayor in Palm Springs.
Robin Givens files for divorce from Mike Tyson
Benazir Bhutto becomes the first woman to head an Islamic nation
Willie Horton ads during the '88 re-election
Dukakis loses to the "Read My Lips" guy, he's never heard from again.
McDonalds in the USSR (might have been 1989)
Long Island beaches close due to medical waste coming ashore July 6th.
Iran-Iraqi war ends in August.
Human Genome project begins.
Soviets withdraw from Afghanastan.
Australia celebrates it's bicentenary
Supreme Court case, California v. Greenwood, tested the Bill of Rights 4th Amendment, addressing search and seizure in trash.
Fires in Yellowstone National Park. The rains didn't come when expected but months later.
2006-11-21 01:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by banahans 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started college. I wanted to become a financial planner but ended up a lawyer...go figure.
It was so young then...then it gets weird...especially the first time someone who looks like they should be a high school senior walks into the medical exam room and you find out its your doctor.
Its hard to pin point when you "cross" that invisible line from young, to young adult to adult. Its just happens without notice, until someone mistakes you as one of your friends mother.
But for me, it all started in 1988. God bless that year...
2006-11-20 19:28:55 · answer #2 · answered by Ms. Balls 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is going to be fun for an old person like me! Okay, my favorites:
In 1988, CD's outsold vinyl for the first time ever.
We were introduced to "Don't Worry, Be Happy."
Prozac was born.
Sonny Bono became Palm Springs mayor.
I hope these help you!
2006-11-20 18:59:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats a very cool and thoughtful idea.
i cant help you though. all i can remember is that i had a newly born baby and a 3 year old too. i was too busy to remember any news happenings
2006-11-20 19:05:29 · answer #4 · answered by rhonda3826 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was born in 87 and 87 was ******* awesome. to bad you weren't an RA a year ago.
2006-11-20 18:30:53 · answer #5 · answered by Mitch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋