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LEAD: The CSX Corporation, the giant transportation company, said yesterday that it was initiating a broad restructuring that would include the repurchase of up to 38 percent of its stock and the sale of assets outside the transportation business.
LEAD: APPLYING new computer programs and long-known laws of physics, scientists have become increasingly adept at recreating and analyzing car crashes, providing a powerful tool for improving automotive safety and resolving legal disputes.
LEAD: The Senate, voting 83 to 9, today approved the free-trade agreement with Canada, completing American approval three and a half years after the idea emerged from a summit meeting of President Reagan and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
LEAD: Pact With Canada Advances The Senate, 83 to 9, completed United States approval of a free-trade accord. But the agreement has run into obstacles in Canada. Page D1. Hirohito Seriously Ill Emperor Hirohito of Japan has become seriously ill, and Japanese are sitting in vigil for the 87-year-old head of state.
LEAD: The office of New York City's Chief Medical Examiner has been unusually slow in completing autopsy reports, taking an average of six months, according to a 1986-87 report that came to light yesterday.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 14, 1988, covering September 20, 1988.
Def Leppard
Guns N' Roses
Tracy Chapman
Steve Winwood
D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
1988Sergei Bobrovsky, Russian ice hockey player[†]
Sergei Andreyevich Bobrovsky is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played in the NHL for the Philadelphia Flyers and Columbus Blue Jackets, with whom he became recognized as one of the NHL's top goaltenders.
1988Coby Fleener, American football player[†]
Jacoby Fleener is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal, earning first-team All-American honors in 2011. Fleener was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft. He also played for the New Orleans Saints.
1988Khabib Nurmagomedov, Russian mixed martial artist[†]
Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov is a Russian former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He was the longest-reigning UFC Lightweight Champion ever, having held the title from April 2018 to March 2021. With 29 wins and no losses, he retired with an undefeated record. Nurmagomedov is widely considered to be among the greatest mixed martial artists of all time, and was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame on June 30, 2022.
1988Ayano Ōmoto, Japanese singer and dancer[†]
Ayano Ōmoto , nicknamed Nocchi , is a Japanese singer and dancer. She is known as one of the members of the Japanese electropop group Perfume.
1988Ryan Simpkins, Australian rugby league player[†]
Ryan Simpkins is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Penrith Panthers and Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League. He played as a lock, second-row and hooker.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]