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LEAD: The Federal Home Loan Bank Board said today that it would provide $565 million in financial assistance to an investor group that intends to merge two California savings institutions.
LEAD: A New York State system that pays nursing homes more to accept the most seriously ill patients has excluded thousands of others with major health-care needs, industry officials and advocates for the aged say.
LEAD: Gov. Michael S. Dukakis charged today that Vice President Bush's insistence that schoolchildren be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance suggested that Mr. Bush did not understand the Constitution well enough to be fit to be President.
LEAD: Robots in the Kitchen The fast-food business will soon undergo a technological revolution that will bring robots and other labor-saving devices into the kitchens, restaurant industry experts say. Page D5. Tyson Hurt in Scuffle Mike Tyson, the heavyweight champion, injured his right hand in a scuffle with Mitch Green, another boxer.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 24, 1988, covering August 24, 1988.
Tracy Chapman
Def Leppard
Steve Winwood
Guns N' Roses
D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
1988Rupert Grint, English actor[†]
Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint is an English actor. He rose to fame for his role as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, for which he was cast at age eleven, having previously acted only in school plays and his local theatre group. Grint portrayed Weasley in all eight films in the series, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and concluding with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). Since then, he has continued to work in film, television, and theatre.
1988Brad Hunt, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Bradley Michael Hunt is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who plays for the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Edmonton Oilers, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators, Vegas Golden Knights, Minnesota Wild, Vancouver Canucks and Colorado Avalanche. Hunt beginning his professional career in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Chicago Wolves, where he was an All-Star in the 2012–13 season. He is considered undersized for a defenseman, but is known for possessing a hard slapshot.
1988Manu Ma'u, New Zealand rugby league player[†]
Manu Maʻu is a rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Souths Sharks in Mackay, Queensland. He has played for both Tonga and New Zealand at international level.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]