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LEAD: Amid widespread speculation that he was being forced out of office, New York State's Chief Administrative Judge, Albert M. Rosenblatt, said yesterday that he was considering leaving his post.
LEAD: The space shuttle Discovery returned to earth today, swooping out of the blue sky, safe and triumphant, to conclude a four-day mission that seemed to go a long way toward restoring confidence in the reliability of the winged, reusable vehicles and reviving the nation's space program.
LEAD: The fight over Governor Cuomo's plan to abandon the Shoreham nuclear power plant moved a step closer to conclusion today as Shoreham's owner, the Long Island Lighting Company, scheduled a shareholder vote on the plan for Nov. 4.
LEAD: Chicago, famous for its bracing winds off Lake Michigan and stylish high-rise office buildings, will soon learn whether it has what it takes to support a horde of $200-a-night hotels.
LEAD: Governor Kean moved today to control development along New Jersey's coastline by requiring all new construction, even of a single-family house, to be approved by the State Department of Environmental Protection.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 28, 1988, covering October 4, 1988.
Guns N' Roses
Def Leppard
Tracy Chapman
Soundtrack
Steve Winwood
1988Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer[†]
Melissa Marie Benoist is an American actress and singer. Her first major role was Marley Rose on the Fox musical comedy drama Glee (2012–2014), in which she was a series regular during the fifth season. She rose to widespread prominence for portraying the title character on the CBS/CW superhero series Supergirl (2015–2021), supported by related media in the Arrowverse franchise.
1988Lonnie Chisenhall, American baseball player[†]
Lonnie David Chisenhall is an American former professional baseball third baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians. He made his MLB debut with the Indians in June 2011 while playing third base. Chisenhall transitioned to right field later in his career.
1988Caner Erkin, Turkish footballer[†]
Caner Erkin is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Süper Lig club Eyüpspor.
1988Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater[†]
Evgeni Krasnopolski is a Ukrainian-born Israeli retired pair skater. Krasnopolski and Andrea Davidovich were the first pair representing Israel to qualify for Israel at the 2014 Olympics. They finished 15th in Sochi. Krasnopolski competed with Danielle Montalbano from 2009 to 2012. He competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics with Paige Conners in figure skating in pairs skating and a team event in Pyeongchang, South Korea. He and Hailey Kops competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and qualified to compete for Israel at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
1988Derrick Rose, American basketball player[†]
Derrick Martell Rose is an American former professional basketball player. He played one year of college basketball for the Memphis Tigers before being drafted first overall by his hometown Chicago Bulls in the 2008 NBA draft. Nicknamed "D-Rose", and sometimes referred to as "the Windy City Assassin" or "Pooh", he was named the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2009 and became the youngest player to win the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2011 at the age of 22 years and 7 months.
1988Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (born 1931)[†]
Zlatko Grgić was a Croatian animator who emigrated to Canada in the late 1960s.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]