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LEAD: A top Federal health official said today that human clinical trials of several promising AIDS drugs had been delayed for as much as a year because of insufficient staff to guide each drug through the testing process.
LEAD: The prospect of golden arches on Gorky Street moved a step closer today when the McDonald's Corporation agreed to help put two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a Soviet bun.
LEAD: The Suffolk County Executive today signed legislation that will ban plastic grocery bags and many plastic food containers in the county beginning in July 1989.
LEAD: In the five months since protest riots occurred at two Federal penitentiaries, the Government has released 1,153 Cuban detainees, 10 times more than were freed the previous five months. The majority have been released to live with family sponsors, and others have been sent to halfway houses as a step to freedom.
LEAD: The Government's main economic-forecasting gauge posted its second straight hefty advance in March, for the strongest two-month performance in more than a year.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 27, 1988, covering April 30, 1988.
Soundtrack
George Michael
Soundtrack
Michael Jackson
INXS
1988Andy Allen, Australian chef[†]
Andrew Peter Allen is an Australian cook, food critic and television presenter. He is notable for winning the fourth season of MasterChef Australia in 2012, and for being a judge on MasterChef Australia from 2020.
1988Sander Baart, Dutch field hockey player[†]
Alexander Baart is a Dutch field hockey player of Belgian descent who plays as a defender or midfielder for Belgian club Antwerp.
1988Ana de Armas, Cuban actress[†]
Ana Celia de Armas Caso is a Cuban and Spanish actress. She began her career in Cuba with a leading role in the romantic drama Una rosa de Francia (2006). At the age of 18, she moved to Madrid, Spain, and starred in the popular drama El Internado (2007–2010). After moving to Los Angeles, de Armas had English-speaking roles in the psychological thriller Knock Knock (2015) and the comedy-crime film War Dogs (2016).
1988Liu Xijun, Chinese singer[†]
Sara Liu Xijun, is a Chinese pop singer who rose to fame through televised singing competitions. Liu was born in Shenzhen, Guangdong province to a Hakka family and began as a singer by ranking fifth in the fourth season (2009) of a singing contest in China, Super Girls, or Happy Girl.
1988Oh Hye-ri, South Korean taekwondo athlete[†]
Oh Hye-ri is a South Korean taekwondo athlete.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]