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George H. Bush is elected president.
The greenhouse effect is discovered.
America's Most Wanted debuts.
Prozac is introduced to the public.
Sonny Bono becomes mayor of Palm Springs
Yo! MTV Raps debuts.
CD's outsell albums for the first time.
Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson get hitched.
"She's Like The Wind" shows Patrick Swayze can sing as well as dance and act.
Salt N Pepa get their breakthrough hit with "Push It".
Julia Roberts hits the big screen in her first breakthrough role in Mystic Pizza.
Spuds Mackenzie becomes the original party animal.
Oprah Winfrey is the hottest talk show in America.
The new Suzuki Samurai gets bad reputation for flipping over when turning corners.
Penny Loafers with a penny in them and Levis with the cuffs rolled up were the fashion statements of the year.
U2 records Rattle and Hum album and then later the documentary.
Flying chair thrown by skinhead hits Geraldo in the nose on his self titled talk show.

Top Ten Grossing Movies for 1988
Rain Man
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Coming to America
Big
Twins
Crocodile Dundee II
Die Hard
Cocktail
The Naked Gun
Oliver & Company

 
Top 10 Singles of 1988
Faith - George Michael
Need You Tonight - INXS
Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
Sweet Child 'O Mine - Guns N' Roses
So Emotional - Whitney Houston
Heaven Is A Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle
Could've Been - Tiffany
Hands to Heaven - Breathe
Roll With It - Steve Winwood 

   
Top 10 Albums of 1988
Faith - George Michael
Tiffany - Tiffany
OU812 - Van Halen
Hysteria - Def Leppard
Appetite for Destruction - Guns n' Roses
Roll With It - Steve Winwood
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
New Jersey - Bon Jovi
Rattle And Hum - U2
Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker