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LEAD: Every legislative session, State Senator Emanuel R. Gold nibbles his way through more than 1,000 shrimp, a few hundred slices of roast beef on little rounds of rye and dozens of carrot sticks swirled in creamy white dip. It is, he says, all in a day's work.
LEAD: The Food and Drug Administration today approved a birth control device called the cervical cap, a barrier contraceptive that is already available in Europe.
LEAD: The Farm Credit Administration reopened the Federal Land Bank of Jackson, Miss., today under the supervision of a court-appointed receiver, but did so only to prepare the insolvent bank for liquidation.
LEAD: The New Jersey Legislature passed a package of bills today designed to combat the state's growing ocean pollution problems. While the lawmakers acted, the Coast Guard and the marine police monitored a three-mile skein of seaweed, household garbage and wood that appeared offshore over the weekend.
LEAD: Interest Is Reviving in Hydrogen Aircraft Rendering of hydrogen-powered plane that could operate both in the atmosphere and in space. Sparked in part by a recent Soviet experiment, American interest in producing such a plane is reviving. Science Times, page C1. Panama Talks Are On Again A State Department official returned to Panama to seek a deal for the removal of Gen.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 18, 1988, covering May 24, 1988.
George Michael
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Michael Jackson
Terence Trent D'Arby
1988Artem Anisimov, Russian ice hockey player[†]
Artem Alekseevich Anisimov is a Russian professional ice hockey centre who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the American Hockey League (AHL). Anisimov has also previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Chicago Blackhawks and Ottawa Senators. The Rangers originally selected him in the second round, 54th overall, of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft
1988Monica Lin Brown, American sergeant[†]
Monica Lin Brown is a United States Army sergeant and medic who became the first woman during the War in Afghanistan and only the second woman since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the United States military's third-highest medal for valor in combat.
1988Billy Gilman, American musician[†]
William Wendell Gilman III, known professionally as Billy Gilman, is an American country music singer. Starting as a young country artist, he is known for his debut single "One Voice", a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 2000. He has released five albums, including three for Epic Nashville. In 2016, Gilman auditioned for season 11 of the US edition of The Voice and competed as part of Team Adam Levine, finishing as runner-up for the season.
1988Lucian Wintrich, American political artist and White House correspondent[†]
Lucian Baxter Wintrich IV is an American artist, photographer, writer, and media personality. He received widespread attention in 2017 as the White House correspondent for the conservative news and opinion site The Gateway Pundit. At age 28, he was one of the youngest members of the White House Press Corps, and among the first to be openly gay. During this time, Wintrich attracted significant controversy for his outspoken views on politics and culture. Many of his public appearances and art pieces have been met with protests ranging from civil disobedience to violent demonstrations.
1988Denis Petrić, Slovenian footballer[†]
Denis Petrić is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Lens.
1988Freddie Frith, English motorcycle road racer (born 1909)[†]
Frederick Lee Frith OBE was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion. A former stonemason and later a motor cycle retailer in Grimsby, he was a stylish rider and five times winner of the Isle of Man TT. Frith was one of the few to win TT races before and after the Second World War. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1950 Birthday Honours.
1988Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.[†]
Section 28 refers to a part of the Local Government Act 1988, which stated that local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality" or "promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship". It is sometimes referred to as Clause 28, or as Section 2A in reference to the relevant Scottish legislation.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]