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LEAD: In what Belgians view as an assault on their nation, a Paris-based investment group headed by Carlo de Benedetti, the Italian financier, said today that it was starting a bid for control of Societe Generale de Belgique, a holding company that is synonymous with Belgium.
LEAD: The ax is falling more slowly on employment in London's financial district than on Wall Street, but some analysts warn that it may eventually cut deeper.
LEAD: The new ''people meter'' system of measuring television audiences has cost the three major networks $40 million to $50 million in lost advertising revenues because of system errors, according to CBS executives.
LEAD: In a new, previously unpublished poem that has found its way to the United States, the Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko expresses a vivid admiration and compassion for Nikolai I. Bukharin, the Bolshevik leader who was executed on Stalin's orders in 1938.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 13, 1988, covering January 19, 1988.
George Michael
Soundtrack
Tiffany
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
1988Tyler Breeze, Canadian wrestler[†]
Mattias Clement is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under the ring name Tyler Breeze as a member of the UpUpDownDown channel and as a writer for the NXT brand. He also wrestles on the independent circuit under the mononymous ring name Breeze.
1988JaVale McGee, American basketball player[†]
JaVale Lindy McGee is an American professional basketball player for the Vaqueros de Bayamón of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for the Nevada Wolf Pack and was selected 18th overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2008 NBA draft. McGee is a three-time NBA champion, having won consecutive titles with the Golden State Warriors in 2017 and 2018 before winning a third title with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020. The son of Olympic gold medalist Pamela McGee, he won a gold medal with the 2020 U.S. Olympic team.
1988Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 crashes in Bayfield, Colorado, killing nine.[†]
Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Denver, Colorado, United States, to Durango, Colorado, United States, operated for Continental Express by Trans-Colorado Airlines. On January 19, 1988, Flight 2286 crashed onto terrain near Bayfield, Colorado, while on approach to Durango-La Plata County Airport. Out of the 17 people on board, 9 were killed, including both crew members.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]