On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: Apple Computer Inc. maintained its momentum in the most recent quarter, reporting a 71 percent gain in net income and a 56 percent rise in revenues from the comparable quarter a year earlier.
LEAD: The Atlantic Richfield Company said today that the Internal Revenue Service had billed it for more than $1.1 billion in back taxes and interest in a dispute over how the company valued oil that it produced in Alaska from 1980 to 1983.
LEAD: The GTE Corporation said yesterday that it planned to sell most of its 50 percent stake in the U S Sprint Communications Corporation to United Telecommunications Inc., its business partner in the troubled long-distance venture, for more than $600 million.
LEAD: Prices of corn and soybeans plunged yesterday after large areas of the parched Farm Belt received unexpected soaking rainfall over the weekend. With meteorologists predicting more rain for today and tomorrow, corn and soybeans were bid down the maximum levels allowed from the opening bell at the Chicago Board of
LEAD: An independent prosecutor said today that Attorney General Edwin Meese 3d had probably broken the law in managing his personal finances, but he essentially exonerated Mr. Meese of wrongdoing in two major government scandals.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 13, 1988, covering July 19, 1988.
Van Halen
Def Leppard
George Michael
Soundtrack
Guns N' Roses
1988Shane Dawson, American comedian and actor[†]
Shane Lee Yaw, known online as Shane Dawson, is an American YouTuber, actor, filmmaker, writer, and musician. Dawson was one of the first people to rise to fame on YouTube after he began making videos in 2008 at the age of 19 and garnered over 500 million views during the next two years.
1988Kevin Großkreutz, German footballer[†]
Kevin Großkreutz is a semi-retired German professional footballer who plays as a right back and winger for Westfalenliga 2 club Wacker Castrop.
1988Jakub Kovář, Czech ice hockey player[†]
Jakub Kovář is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for HC Sparta Praha in the Czech Extraliga. He was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 4th round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He is the older brother of Jan Kovář.
1988Trent Williams, American football player[†]
Trent Williams is an American professional football offensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, where he was recognized as an All-American, and was selected by the Washington Redskins fourth overall in the 2010 NFL draft. Williams is considered one of the greatest offensive tackles of all time, having made eleven Pro Bowls and four All-Pro teams.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]