On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: In their television advertisements and stump speeches, in their debates and interviews, Vice President Bush and Gov. Michael S. Dukakis have emphasized issues fraught with emotion like crime, drugs, civil liberties, gun control, abortion, the environment and ethics.
LEAD: A Pentagon investigation has found that the nation's largest military contractors routinely charge the Defense Department for hundreds of millions of dollars paid to consultants, often without justification.
LEAD: New Bid for RJR Nabisco An investment group led by RJR Nabisco's chairman offered $20.9 billion for the company after talks with a rival bidder broke down. Page D1. Church Council Reorganizes The National Council of Churches, long tied to liberal causes, voted to retrench as it sought ways to survive in times hostile to liberalism.
LEAD: President Reagan has vetoed legislation that would protect 1.4 million acres in Montana as pristine wilderness, setting off a debate about whether his action was politically motivated.
LEAD: In an intrusion that raises questions about the vulnerability of the nation's computers, a Department of Defense network has been disrupted since Wednesday by a rapidly spreading ''virus'' program apparently introduced by a computer science student.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 2, 1988, covering November 4, 1988.
Bon Jovi
Guns N' Roses
Soundtrack
Def Leppard
U2
1988Dez Bryant, American football player[†]
Desmond Demond Bryant is an American former professional football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, earning consensus All-American honors during his sophomore year in 2008. He missed most of his junior season due to violating an NCAA bylaw.
1988David Mead, Papua New Guinean rugby league player[†]
David Mead is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a winger, centre or fullback for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Papua New Guinea at international level.
1988Nathan Ross, Australian rugby league player[†]
Nathan Ross, nicknamed "White Lightning" or "Ross Dog", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a wing, fullback and centre.
1988Kleanthis Vikelidis, Greek footballer and manager (born 1916)[†]
Kleanthis Vikelidis was a Greek footballer who played for Aris and Greece. He was also a manager, taking charge of Aris, PAOK and Apollon Kalamarias.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]