On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
LEAD: Pakistan's two senior leaders have concluded that some members of the pro-Moscow Government in Afghanistan must be allowed to take part in a successor government as a condition for the withdrawal of Soviet troops.
LEAD: A New York State judge yesterday ordered a temporary halt to the eviction of all New York City families on welfare whose monthly rent is higher than the shelter allowance provided by the state.
LEAD: The President's national security adviser has warned the leaders of four Central American countries that they could face serious economic and political consequences if Congress lets the contras collapse, according to senior Administration officials and diplomats familiar with the discussions.
LEAD: The American Express Bank said yesterday that it had written off all its loans to Latin America's private sector and added $350 million to its reserves for loan losses.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 13, 1988, covering January 13, 1988.
George Michael
Soundtrack
Tiffany
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
1988Josh Freeman, American football player[†]
Joshua Tyler Freeman is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kansas State Wildcats, and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft. Freeman became the starter for Tampa Bay in his rookie year and went on to break numerous franchise passing records. However, he was released partway through his fifth year with the team.
1988Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, President of the Republic of China (born 1910)[†]
Chiang Ching-kuo was a politician of the Republic of China. The eldest and only biological son of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, he held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China and ended martial law in 1987. He served as the third premier of the Republic of China between 1972 and 1978 and was the third president of the Republic of China from 1978 until his death in 1988.
1988Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.[†]
Lee Teng-hui was a Taiwanese politician and agricultural scientist who served as the fourth president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the 1947 Constitution and chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000. He was the first president to be born in Taiwan, the last to be indirectly elected and the first to be directly elected.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]