Trying to Stage a Convention With Flair but Without Glitz
By Maureen Dowd, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: ''We want a convention just like our candidate: organized, orderly and short.''
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On this day
July 2, 1988
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Contras Say Shultz Is Enthusiastic About Bid for $30 Million in Aid
By Robert Pear, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: Contra leaders who met with Secretary of State George P. Shultz said today that he had expressed enthusiasm about a proposal to provide at least $30 million in additional assistance to the rebels.
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5 Firefighters Killed in Jersey as a Roof Collapses
By Robert D. McFadden
LEAD: Five firefighters battling flames inside an automobile dealership in downtown Hackensack, N.J., were killed in a cataract of burning timbers yesterday when the roof of the blazing building collapsed on them, fire officials said.
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A Shadowy Kremlin Rivalry Moves Into the Public Glare
By Felicity Barringer, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: Boris N. Yeltsin came to the final session of the Communist Party conference today a prophet without honor in his own party, asking hoarsely for his honor back.
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PRETORIA PRESENTS PLAN TO BUTTRESS SEGREGATION LAW
By John D. Battersby, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: Apparently bowing to pressure from the political right wing, the South African Government today proposed legislation that would lead to stricter enforcement of residential segregation and harsher penalties for offenders.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 29, 1988, covering July 2, 1988.
- 1
OU812
Van Halen
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 3
- 2
Faith
George Michael
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 33
- 3
Hysteria
Def Leppard
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 46
- 4
Dirty Dancing
Soundtrack
- Last week
- 5
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 42
- 5
Open Up And Say...Ahh!
Poison
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 2
- Weeks
- 7
Notable Births
1988Lee Chung-yong, South Korean footballer[†]
Lee Chung-yong is a South Korean footballer who plays as a winger for K League 1 club Ulsan HD and is a South Korean international.
Notable Deaths
1988Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1894)[†]
Alice Vibert Douglas, who usually went by her middle name, was a Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist.
Historical Events
1988Marcel Lefebvre and the four bishops he consecrated were excommunicated by the Holy See.[†]
Marcel François Marie Joseph Lefebvre was a French Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Dakar from 1955 to 1962. He was a major influence in modern traditionalist Catholicism, founding in 1970 the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) to train traditionalist seminarians. In 1988, Pope John Paul II declared that Lefebvre had been automatically excommunicated for consecrating four bishops that year without permission and despite the pope's express prohibition.
Historical Context for July 2, 1988
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]