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LEAD: In a major surprise, the nation's trade deficit grew sharply to $13.8 billion in February, as imports surged more than twice as much as exports, the Commerce Department reported today.
LEAD: Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Soviet Union and the United States signed agreements today providing for the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan and the restoration of a nonaligned Afghan state.
LEAD: In an effort to slash expenses and tighten controls, R. H. Macy & Company will undergo a sweeping internal consolidation, retailing industry sources said yesterday. The move is said to spring from Macy's agreement last week to acquire the Bullock's and I. Magnin divisions of Federated Department Stores
LEAD: A bitter factional struggle within the armed forces contributed to the Honduran decision last week to hand over a major drug-trafficking suspect to the United States, and that action has in turn intensified the struggle, according to Honduran Government officials and foreign diplomats here.
LEAD: Mayor Koch threw a surprising twist into New York's Democratic Presidential primary yesterday, endorsing the underdog, Senator Albert Gore Jr. of Tennessee, and saying it was ''irrelevant'' that the move might help his least favorite candidate, the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 13, 1988, covering April 15, 1988.
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Michael Jackson
George Michael
INXS
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1988Blake Ayshford, Australian rugby league player[†]
Blake Ayshford is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre in the 2000s and 2010s.
1988Steven Defour, Belgian footballer[†]
Steven Arnold Defour is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, currently a manager.
1988Chris Tillman, American baseball pitcher[†]
Christopher Steven Tillman is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Baltimore Orioles in 2009, and played with them until 2018. He was named an All-Star in 2013.
1988Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)[†]
Kenneth Charles Williams was a British actor and comedian. He was best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 Carry On films, and appeared in many British television programmes and radio comedies, including series with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne, as well as being a frequent panellist on BBC Radio 4's comedy panel show Just a Minute from its second series in 1968 until his death 20 years later.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]