On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: The estimated 100 million Americans whose relatives arrived in the United States at Ellis Island will be able to instantly trace their history at a new computerized geneological center planned for the restored immigration site.
LEAD: Adding pressure to get union concessions, the board of directors of Pan American World Airways said yesterday that it had authorized management to sell some of the airline's assets if no agreements were reached.
LEAD: Less than 24 hours after Michael S. Dukakis clinched the Democratic Presidential nomination, the Republicans turned their most powerful weapon against him yesterday when President Reagan assailed the Massachusetts Governor, charging that he distorted reality by painting economic conditions as unhealthy.
LEAD: ON an outing to Manhattan for a Broadway show and a dinner with his editorial staff, which is also his family, R. Scudder Smith issued a warning. The first person to mention The Bee would have to get out of the car. He meant it, and no one - not his wife, Helen, nor their two children nor their spouses - breathed a story idea or a headline.
LEAD: The judge in the Iran-contra conspiracy case ruled today that Oliver L. North, John M. Poindexter and two co-defendants must be tried separately.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 8, 1988, covering June 9, 1988.
George Michael
Soundtrack
Poison
Def Leppard
Michael Jackson
1988Jason Demers, Canadian ice hockey defenseman[†]
Jason Demers is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Bakersfield Condors in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the seventh round, 186th overall, at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
1988Sara Isaković, Slovenian swimmer[†]
Sara Isaković is a retired Slovenian swimmer. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, aged 20, she placed 2nd in the 200 m freestyle with the time of 1:54.97, becoming the second woman ever to break the 1 min 55 sec mark. It is still, to this day, the only swimming Olympic medal won for Slovenia. Isaković competed for Slovenia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
1988Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Greek footballer[†]
Sokratis Papastathopoulos, also known mononymously as Sokratis, is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
1988Mae Whitman, American actress[†]
Mae Margaret Whitman is an American actor. She began her career as a child actor, starring in the films When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), One Fine Day (1996), Independence Day (1996), and Hope Floats (1998), and the television series Chicago Hope (1996–1999) and JAG (1998–2001). She earned mainstream recognition for her performances in the Fox sitcom Arrested Development, the NBC drama series Parenthood (2010–2015)—for which she was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award—and the NBC crime comedy series Good Girls (2018–2021). She also had roles in the films Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), and The DUFF (2015), the latter earning her a Teen Choice Award nomination.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]