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February 15, 1988

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Headlines from February 15, 1988

Washington's Birthday Observed

By Unknown Author

LEAD: NEW YORK Parking: Alternate-side rules suspended. Sanitation: No collection or street sweeping. Government offices: Federal, state and city offices are closed. Post offices: Closed, except for special delivery and Express Mail. Banks: Option to close. Financial markets: Closed. Transportation: Subways and buses on Saturday schedule, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North on holiday schedule.

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Jansen Falls in Bid for Gold Medal

By Michael Janofsky, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: One of the United States' few chances to win a gold medal in the Calgary Olympics ended in stunning fashion tonight when Dan Jansen fell entering the first turn and Nick Thometz finished eighth in the men's 500-meter speed-skating race.

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New Yorkers & Co.; No Business Like the Real Estate Business

By Albert Scardino

LEAD: Broadway may be enjoying its best year of the decade, with blockbuster hits lighting up every available playhouse, but to hear the story told by Gerald Schoenfeld, the biggest name in the theater business, you would think this season represents nothing more than a temporary respite in the 60-year decline of the industry.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 10, 1988, covering February 15, 1988.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Faith by George Michael

    Faith

    George Michael

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  2. 2
    Album cover for Tiffany by Tiffany

    Tiffany

    Tiffany

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    21
  3. 3
    Album cover for Dirty Dancing by Soundtrack

    Dirty Dancing

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    22
  4. 4
    Album cover for Kick by INXS

    Kick

    INXS

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    14
  5. 5
    Album cover for Bad by Michael Jackson

    Bad

    Michael Jackson

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    21

Notable Births

Papu Gómez

1988Papu Gómez, Argentine footballer[†]

Alejandro Darío Gómez, known as Papu Gómez, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward, left winger or attacking midfielder. He is banned from competing professionally until October 2025 due to having failed an anti-doping test.

Rui Patrício

1988Rui Patrício, Portuguese footballer[†]

Rui Pedro dos Santos Patrício is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for UAE Pro League side Al Ain and the Portugal national team. He is often nicknamed "São Patrício".

Notable Deaths

Richard Feynman

1988Richard Feynman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)[†]

Richard Phillips Feynman was an American theoretical physicist. He is best known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and in particle physics, for which he proposed the parton model. For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics, Feynman received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 jointly with Julian Schwinger and Shin'ichirō Tomonaga.

Historical Context for February 15, 1988

In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]