On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: Fierce competition among supermarket companies has prompted a wave of mergers, making a once highly fragmented business more concentrated. In some major cities, as much as 39 percent of all grocery-store business is controlled by a single chain.
LEAD: A man described by the New York City police as a drug dealer died yesterday morning, 10 hours after he was doused with a flammable liquid and set afire across the street from Madison Square Garden.
LEAD: Takeover stocks continued their dominance as the best and, in some cases, the worst performers during the third quarter. But if those names are omitted, the three months just ended are likely to be quickly forgotten by investors.
LEAD: The fresh air, mild and damp as it wafts over the St. Lawrence Seaway from Canada, immediately impresses prisoners when they arrive here for an extended stay at New York City's newest jail.
LEAD: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company said today that it had fully disclosed information about a number of serious accidents at the Savannah River Plant, a Government complex that produces fuel for nuclear weapons.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 28, 1988, covering October 3, 1988.
Guns N' Roses
Def Leppard
Tracy Chapman
Soundtrack
Steve Winwood
1988Dustin Gazley, American ice hockey player[†]
Dustin Gazley is an Italian-American professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for HC Bolzano in the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL).
1988ASAP Rocky, American rapper and songwriter[†]
Rakim Athelaston Mayers, known professionally as ASAP Rocky, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Harlem, he embarked on his musical career as a member of the hip hop collective ASAP Mob, from which he adopted his moniker. In August 2011, Mayers' single "Peso" was leaked online, and within weeks, began receiving radio airplay. He signed with Polo Grounds Music, an imprint of RCA Records in October of that year, and shortly after, released his debut mixtape, Live. Love. A$AP (2011) to widespread critical acclaim.
1988Alicia Vikander, Swedish actress[†]
Alicia Amanda Vikander is a Swedish actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and three British Academy Film Awards.
1988Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (born 1915)[†]
Franz Josef Strauss was a German politician. He was the long-time chairman of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) from 1961 until 1988, member of the federal cabinet in different positions between 1953 and 1969 and minister-president of the state of Bavaria from 1978 until 1988. Strauss is also credited as a co-founder of European aerospace conglomerate Airbus.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]