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LEAD: The Federal judge in the Yonkers housing-discrimination suit bypassed a defiant City Council yesterday and designated an alternative to a church-owned site for housing for the poor.
LEAD: As Wall Street was furiously bidding up the stock of the Pillsbury Company today in response to a surprise takeover bid, the company moved to defend itself.
LEAD: Chileans will vote Wednesday in a plebiscite in which opponents of Gen. Augusto Pinochet think they are going to end a military government at the ballot box.
LEAD: The Long Island Lighting Company has coveted an operating license for its Shoreham Nuclear Power Station for 20 years, but as it nears its goal the utility is showing ambivalence, simultaneously seeking permission to open Shoreham while patiently awaiting approval of an agreement to abandon it.
LEAD: When Gov. Michael S. Dukakis went to Jersey City to address a rally last week, Senator Bill Bradley was at his side. But Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, who is in the midst of a tough re-election campaign, passed up the chance to be seen with the Democratic nominee for President.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 5, 1988, covering October 5, 1988.
Guns N' Roses
Def Leppard
Tracy Chapman
Soundtrack
Bobby McFerrin
1988Benny Howell, English cricketer[†]
Benny Alexander Cameron Howell is an English first-class cricketer. Howell is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast for Hampshire.
1988Bahar Kızıl, German singer-songwriter[†]
Bahar Kizil is a German singer and songwriter of Turkish descent, best known as one of the founding members of the girl group Monrose, which won the fifth season of the German version of Popstars.
1988Maja Salvador, Filipino actress, dancer, singer, and host[†]
Maja Ross Andres Salvador-Ortega is a Filipino actress and television personality. Known for portraying strong female leads in revenge dramas in film and television, she has been described as one of the best actresses of her generation. She is known as the Revenge Drama Queen and the OG Queen of the Dancefloor. Maja is also the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Dance Exchange Ambassador. Her accolades include an Asia Contents Award, a FAMAS Award, a Gawad Urian Award, a Luna Award and a PMPC Star Awards for Movies, including nominations from Asian Television Awards and Asian Academy Creative Awards.
1988A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.[†]
A referendum on whether Augusto Pinochet, the head of a military dictatorship, should become president for eight years under resumed civilian rule was held in Chile on 5 October 1988. The "No" side won with 56% of the vote, marking the end of Pinochet's 16+1⁄2-year rule. Democratic elections were held in 1989, leading to the establishment of a new government in 1990.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]