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May 11, 1988

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Headlines from May 11, 1988

Landmarks May Get New Rules

By David W. Dunlap

LEAD: Sweeping changes in the way New York City designates landmarks will be proposed today by the Koch administration, which says that its new system would increase protection of potential landmarks and give owners a more certain idea of their properties' status.

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Impresario Is Back in Moscow, for Now

By Esther B. Fein, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: One of the most prominent Soviet cultural figures forced into exile for challenging artistic orthodoxy has returned to Moscow this week to help stage a play at the theater he founded.

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About New York; On Each Lapel, A Small Badge Of Distinction

By Gregory Jaynes

LEAD: The badge of the conventioneer in midtown Manhattan is the name tag, and most of them tend to bore. Either they run along the strictly business lines of, say, ''Maurice Tiddlewhipple, Boise Cascade,'' or they take the casual, howdy approach, as in, ''Hello, I'm Sharon, Bayou La Batre.'' Given the dreariness of the usual identifications, then, it was arresting earlier this week to run across people festooned with chest labels that marked their achievements, such as ''bass fisherman'' or ''grower of largest squash'' or ''bubble gum blower.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 11, 1988, covering May 11, 1988.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Faith by George Michael

    Faith

    George Michael

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    26
  2. 2
    Album cover for Dirty Dancing by Soundtrack

    Dirty Dancing

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    35
  3. 3
    Album cover for More Dirty Dancing by Soundtrack

    More Dirty Dancing

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    9
  4. 4
    Album cover for Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby by Terence Trent D'Arby

    Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby

    Terence Trent D'Arby

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    30
  5. 5
    Album cover for Bad by Michael Jackson

    Bad

    Michael Jackson

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    34

Notable Births

Jeremy Maclin

1988Jeremy Maclin, American football player[†]

Jeremy Maclin is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Missouri Tigers, twice earning consensus All-American honors. Maclin was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft. He also played for the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens, making a Pro Bowl appearance in 2014 with the Eagles. Maclin retired in 2019.

Brad Marchand

1988Brad Marchand, Canadian ice hockey player[†]

Bradley Kevin Marchand is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Boston Bruins selected Marchand in the third round, 71st overall, of the 2006 NHL entry draft.

Notable Deaths

Kim Philby

1988Kim Philby, British-Soviet double agent (born 1912)[†]

Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby was a British intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union. In 1963, he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring that had divulged British secrets to the Soviets during World War II and in the early stages of the Cold War. Of the five, Philby is believed to have been the most successful in providing secret information to the Soviets.

Historical Context for May 11, 1988

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