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LEAD: Zhao Ziyang, the head of the Chinese Communist Party, delivered a remarkable tribute today to Chiang Ching-kuo, the President of Taiwan and a fervent anti-Communist, who died Wednesday in Taipei.
LEAD: Governor Cuomo has withdrawn a proposal to make Wayne County near Rochester the home of a $4.4 billion atom smasher.
LEAD: MERCE CUNNINGHAM has frequently compared the art of choreography with the art of cooking. George Balanchine did, too. And if dance-making could be compared to the perfect steaming of a parsnip or the celestial balancing of elements in a blini, then this dance weekend in New York City would be a rugged winter stew with enough meat, vegetables, spices and sauce to fill a kitchen.
LEAD: A Federal judge withdrew yesterday from the pending trial of Bess Myerson because of a bitter dispute with the United States Attorney in Manhattan, Rudolph W. Giuliani.
LEAD: Reacting to criticism that computerized program trading was a major factor behind October's stock market collapse, the New York Stock Exchange yesterday announced a six-day experiment to curb the practice.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 13, 1988, covering January 15, 1988.
George Michael
Soundtrack
Tiffany
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
1988Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer[†]
Daniel Caligiuri is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
1988Skrillex, American DJ and producer[†]
Sonny John Moore, known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ, record producer, musician, singer. Raised in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he began his career in 2004 as the lead vocalist of the post-hardcore band From First to Last. He recorded their first two studio albums with the band, Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount (2004) and Heroine (2006), before leaving to pursue a solo career in 2007. He began his first tour as a solo artist in late 2007. After recruiting a new band lineup, Moore joined the Alternative Press Tour to support bands such as All Time Low and the Rocket Summer, and appeared on the cover of Alternative Press's annual "100 Bands You Need to Know" issue.
1988Donald Sloan, American basketball player[†]
Donald Wayne Sloan is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies. Sloan played parts of five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Atlanta Hawks, New Orleans Hornets, Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers and Brooklyn Nets. He played in the NBA D-League and Chinese Basketball Association in between NBA stints.
1988Jun. K, South Korean singer[†]
Kim Min-jun, better known by his stage name Jun. K, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, dancer and actor. He is the main vocalist of 2PM.
1988Seán MacBride, Irish republican activist and politician, Minister for External Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)[†]
Seán MacBride was an Irish Republican activist, politician, and diplomat who served as Minister for External Affairs from 1948 to 1951, Leader of Clann na Poblachta from 1946 to 1965 and Chief of Staff of the IRA from 1936 to 1937. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1947 to 1957.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]