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LEAD: After four months of political infighting and debate, the Senate today gave President Reagan a victory he had been waiting for: an overwhelming vote of approval for the treaty eliminating medium- and shorter-range missiles based on land.
LEAD: From the customer's side of the counter, the neighborhood dry cleaner is a prosaic affair, where lost tickets and missing buttons seem far removed from international trade and finance.
LEAD: To the cheers of residents, several hundred Syrian troops moved into the southern suburbs of Beirut today to enforce an agreement to end 22 days of fighting between rival Shiite Moslem militias.
LEAD: A series of slowdowns and other job actions by the drivers' union have curtailed distribution of The New York Times in some areas. These actions are associated with contract negotiations, and The Times is unable to say how long the disruptions may continue. We regret the inconvenience to our readers.
LEAD: With parochial school enrollment showing no sign of ending a 23-year decline, a growing number of Roman Catholic educators have begun to question the church's long-standing reliance on such schools as the bedrock of religious education.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 25, 1988, covering May 28, 1988.
George Michael
Soundtrack
Michael Jackson
Soundtrack
Terence Trent D'Arby
1988NaVorro Bowman, American football player[†]
NaVorro Roderick Bowman is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently the linebackers coach for the Los Angeles Chargers. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the third round of the 2010 NFL draft. Bowman was also a member of the Oakland Raiders.
1988Percy Harvin, American football player[†]
William Percival Harvin III is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Gators, who won the BCS National Championship in 2006 and 2008. A two-time first-team All-American, he was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft. Harvin also played for the Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets and Buffalo Bills. He was named the Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2009 and won Super Bowl XLVIII with the Seahawks in 2013 over the Denver Broncos. He attended and played football for Landstown High School in Virginia Beach, where his team won the high school state championship in 2004.
1988Craig Kimbrel, American baseball player[†]
Craig Michael Kimbrel is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Baltimore Orioles. He is a nine-time All-Star, four-time Reliever of the Year, and a 2018 World Series champion. Internationally, Kimbrel represented the United States.
1988David Perron, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
David Perron is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1988Sy Oliver, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (born 1910)[†]
Melvin James "Sy" Oliver was an American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]