Highlights of 1988
Music
- Sweet Child O'Mine Guns N' Roses
- Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley
- Roll With It Steve Winwood
- One More Try George Michael
- Anything for You Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
- Every Rose Has Its Thorns Poison
- Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car Billy Ocean
- Man in the Mirror Michael Jackson
- Look Away Chicago
- The Flame Cheap Trick
On Television
- The Golden Girls
- Married. . .With Children
- L.A. Law
- Murphy Brown
- Roseanne
- The Wonder Years
- The Cosby Show
- Moonlighting
- China Beach
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
In the Movies
- Best Picture: Rain Man
- Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man
- Best Actress: Jodie Foster in The Accused
New Toys
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Super Soaker
Politics
- US President: Ronald Reagan
- US Vice Pres.: George Bush
1988 Prices
- Bread - $0.61 a loaf
- Milk - $2.00 a gallon
- Car - $14,065
- Gas - $0.96 a gallon
- House - $138,300
- Stamp - $0.25
- Average Income - $38,608 a year
- Minimum Wage - $3.35 an hour