On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: The Yonkers City Council voted early today to approve a court-ordered housing desegregation plan, ending a crisis that had threatened to bankrupt the city.
LEAD: The former chairman of Ashland Oil Inc. was secretly arrested and charged with transporting stolen company documents sought by Iran for its $500 million lawsuit against the company, according to court records, law-enforcement officials and defense attorneys.
LEAD: Democrats in the House of Representatives today learned for themselves what their party's Presidential candidate already knew: In the hands of a political enemy, the Pledge of Allegiance can be a powerful weapon.
LEAD: A Federal jury today found G. D. Searle & Company negligent in the testing and marketing of its Copper-7 birth-control device, and it awarded $8.75 million in damages to the plaintiff in the case.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 7, 1988, covering September 10, 1988.
Def Leppard
Guns N' Roses
Tracy Chapman
Steve Winwood
D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
1988Bobby Sharp, Canadian wrestler[†]
Robert Sharp is an active Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Lion Warrior" Bobby Sharp. He is currently working for numerous companies across Canada including Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, High Impact Wrestling Canada, Monster Pro Wrestling, and Real Canadian Wrestling. Sharp is a Cauliflower Alley Club Future Legend award winner and a Canadian National Wrestling Association (CNWA) National Champion (2012).
1988Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Jordan Staal is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is regarded as a premier penalty-killer and skilled two-way forward. In 2007, he became the youngest player to score a hat trick in league history.
1988Jared Lee Loughner, American mass murderer[†]
Jared Lee Loughner is an American mass murderer who pleaded guilty to 19 charges of murder and attempted murder in connection with the January 8, 2011, Tucson shooting, in which he shot and severely injured U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords, and killed six people, including Chief U.S. District Court Judge John Roll. Loughner shot and injured a total of 13 people, including one man who was injured while subduing him.
1988Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (born 1916)[†]
Virginia Satir was an American author, clinical social worker and psychotherapist, recognized for her approach to family therapy. Her pioneering work in the field of family reconstruction therapy honored her with the title "Mother of Family Therapy". Her best known books are Conjoint Family Therapy, 1964, Peoplemaking, 1972, and The New Peoplemaking, 1988.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]