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July 7, 1988

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Historical Context for July 7, 1988

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

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 6, 1988, covering July 7, 1988.

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    Album cover for OU812 by Van Halen

    OU812

    Van Halen

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    4
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hysteria by Def Leppard

    Hysteria

    Def Leppard

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    2
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    47
  3. 3
    Album cover for Faith by George Michael

    Faith

    George Michael

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    1
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    34
  4. 4
    Album cover for Dirty Dancing by Soundtrack

    Dirty Dancing

    Soundtrack

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    Peak
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    43
  5. 5
    Album cover for Scenes From The Southside by Bruce Hornsby & The Range

    Scenes From The Southside

    Bruce Hornsby & The Range

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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    8
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    Album cover for Open Up And Say...Ahh! by Poison

    Open Up And Say...Ahh!

    Poison

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    2
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    8
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    Album cover for Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

    Appetite For Destruction

    Guns N' Roses

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    7
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    46
  8. 8
    Album cover for Stronger Than Pride by Sade

    Stronger Than Pride

    Sade

    Last week
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    Peak
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    6
  9. 9
    Album cover for Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman

    Tracy Chapman

    Tracy Chapman

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    16
    Peak
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    11
  10. 10
    Album cover for More Dirty Dancing by Soundtrack

    More Dirty Dancing

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    13
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    17

Notable Births

Kaci Brown

1988Kaci Brown, American singer-songwriter[†]

Kaci Deanne Brown is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Sulphur Springs, Texas, she began performing at an early age, performing across Texas and winning the title of "Little Miss Texas Overall Grand Talent" at ten years old. At age 11, she moved with her family to Nashville, Tennessee in 2001, where she quickly established herself in the country scene. She soon signed a music publishing deal as a staff songwriter with Roy and Barbara Orbison's Still Working Music, initially with the intention of developing a career in country music. She eventually chose to pursue a pop career and toured with the Backstreet Boys. At age 17, she released her debut album Instigator via Interscope Records in 2005. She co-wrote all but one of the album's songs with producer Toby Gad.

Lukas Rosenthal

1988Lukas Rosenthal, German rugby player[†]

Lukas Rosenthal is a German international rugby union player, playing for the TSV Handschuhsheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

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Headlines from July 7, 1988

2 Setbacks For Irving Directors

By Barnaby J. Feder

LEAD: The Irving Bank Corporation ran into setbacks in court and at the Federal Reserve Board yesterday in its efforts to stave off a hostile takeover bid by the Bank of New York Company and to conclude a friendly agreement with Banca Commerciale Italiana.

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Amtrak Trains To Stop Using Grand Central

By Kirk Johnson

LEAD: Amtrak, the federally financed passenger rail system that serves both Pennsylvania Station and Grand Central Terminal, said yesterday that it would consolidate all its operations at Penn Station as early as 1990.

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Stocks Buffeted by Program Trading

By H. J. Maidenberg

LEAD: The stock market was buffeted yesterday by waves of futures-related program trading in the final minutes that left the Dow Jones industrial average down 28.45, at 2,130.16.

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SENATORS ASSERT WARSHIP CAPTAIN REACTED PROPERLY

By John H. Cushman Jr., Special To the New York Times

LEAD: Members of the Senate said after Pentagon briefings today that the captain of a Navy cruiser had acted properly in shooting down an unidentified aircraft that turned out to be a civilian Iranian airliner, even though he acted on incomplete information.

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Spanish-Language TV Grows Up

By Richard W. Stevenson, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: Helped by the deep pockets of new corporate owners and growing interest from advertisers, Spanish-language television in the United States is shedding its status as the stepchild of the broadcasting industry and maturing into a more professional and competitive business.

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U.S. Vehicle Sales Up 9.1% For First Half

By Philip E. Ross, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: Sales of passenger vehicles rose 9.1 percent in the first half of 1988 over the comparable period last year, as domestic models increased their share of the market.

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Role Reversal: When the Child Employs the Parent

By Franny Heller Zorn

LEAD: LAST January. Frank Ross was retired from his job as a clerk for a New York brokerage firm. ''It was company policy,'' he said. ''I never wanted to retire.'' But by March, he had a new career: bookkeeping for his son's printing company in Sacramento, Calif.

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Pentagon Fraud Inquiry: What Is Known to Date

By David E. Rosenbaum, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: Three weeks ago, Federal agents conducted a series of surprise searches across the country, carting away mounds of documents that they said pertained to a two-year secret investigation of fraud and bribery in the Pentagon's procurement of military weapons. Since then, enough evidence has been made public to construct an outline of the nature of the investigation, though not enough to judge the extent of the corruption.

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