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LEAD: The end is in sight for the renovation of Brooklyn Borough Hall. And in the end, it will not have taken as long to renew the landmark as it did to build it in the first place; that took 15 years.
LEAD: Luis W. Alvarez, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physics who was a member of the team that developed the atomic bomb, died yesterday in Berkeley, Calif., after a long bout with cancer. He was 77 years old.
LEAD: Labor Day will be observed on Monday. Following are holiday schedules. NEW YORK
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 31, 1988, covering September 2, 1988.
Def Leppard
Tracy Chapman
Guns N' Roses
Steve Winwood
D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
1988Keisuke Kato, Japanese actor and singer[†]
Keisuke Katō is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his roles as Kousuke Kitamura (Ivory) in TV Tokyo's drama Happy Boys and Keisuke Nago/Kamen Rider Ixa in TV Asahi's tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kiva. Also, he is one of PureBoys, though on March 21, 2008 he announced his graduation from the group alongside colleagues Yukihiro Takiguchi and Masei Nakayama. This graduation was made official on March 31, 2008; the "graduation ceremony" was on March 28, 2008 during the PureBoys' weekly school-themed internet broadcast show. He graduated from Nihon University. In 2016, he launched his apparel brand "StarLean". On March 31, 2017, he left the talent agency Box Corporation to retire from the entertainment business, but from 2018, he is affiliated with the talent agency G-Star.Pro.
1988Javi Martínez, Spanish footballer[†]
Javier "Javi" Martínez Aginaga is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or centre-back.
1988Ibrahim Šehić, Bosnian footballer[†]
Ibrahim Šehić is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al-Khaleej.
1988Ishant Sharma, Indian cricketer[†]
Ishant Sharma is an Indian cricketer who has represented India in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He is a 6 ft 4 in tall right-arm fast-medium bowler. In 2011, he became the fifth youngest player to take 100 Test wickets. While often considered a "rhythm" bowler, prioritizing accuracy, he still is one of the fastest Indian bowlers having bowled in excess of 150 km/h on several occasions. In 2020, Indian government has awarded him the Arjuna Award to recognize his outstanding achievement in cricket. Sharma was a member of the Indian team that won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
1988Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer (died 2008)[†]
Ishmeet Singh was a winning singer on the STAR Plus show Amul STAR Voice of India. Hailing from Model town, Ludhiana of Punjab, Ishmeet won the Star Plus show in 2007 and also participated in another reality show called Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar. His first album was a religious Gurbani album called Satgur Tumre Kaaj Savaare.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]