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In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]
1988Yasmani Grandal, Cuban-American baseball player[†]
Yasmani Grandal is a Cuban-American professional baseball catcher in the Boston Red Sox organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox, and Pittsburgh Pirates. Grandal is a two-time MLB All-Star.
1988Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress and singer[†]
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1988Lucia Slaničková, Slovak heptathlete[†]
Lucia Slaničková-Vadlejch is a retired Slovak athlete who specialises in the heptathlon.
1988Malcolm Thomas, American basketball player[†]
Malcolm Iseiah Thomas is an American professional basketball player for the Sagesse Club of the Lebanese Basketball League (LBL). He played college basketball for the San Diego State Aztecs, where he twice earned All-Mountain West Conference (MWC) second-team honors.
1988U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.[†]
The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest ranking office in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as the president of the Senate. In this capacity, the vice president is empowered to preside over the United States Senate, but may not vote except to cast a tie-breaking vote. The vice president is indirectly elected at the same time as the president to a four-year term of office by the people of the United States through the Electoral College, but the electoral votes are cast separately for these two offices. Following the passage in 1967 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the US Constitution, a vacancy in the office of vice president may be filled by presidential nomination and confirmation by a majority vote in both houses of Congress.
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LEAD: France is at the halfway point in creating an ambitious nationwide network of telephone-linked computers in homes. By tapping at keyboards, users can obtain such things as train reservations, games, weather and stock market reports and banking services.
LEAD: China Quake Toll Put at 600 A strong earthquake shook a remote region in southwestern China, and two state radio stations said 600 people were killed. Page A5. Britain Plans Post-1992 TV The British Government has called for more competition and less regulation in television after European trade barriers come down.
LEAD: When he entered an academy two years ago to become a state correction officer, Bruce Werner thought he was making a good career move. He had a wife, two young children and a new mortgage on a house in Buffalo. A prison job would be secure, and the money decent.
LEAD: Prices of precious metals moved modestly higher yesterday, largely because of a slightly weaker dollar and the continued strength of the platinum market. Copper prices, meanwhile, plunged amid heavy selling by commodity futures funds guided by computerized trading programs.
LEAD: One of the most bitter Presidential campaigns in recent history extended into the early hours of Election Day itself, as Vice President Bush sought to portray himself as Ronald Reagan's rightful heir and Gov. Michael S. Dukakis invoked the underdog legacy of Harry S. Truman.
LEAD: Because of the election, alternate-side parking rules are suspended today in New York City. Other regulations remain in effect.
LEAD: Mayor Koch and Governor Cuomo are expected to announce tomorrow that the Chase Manhattan Corporation, which has been planning to move 4,600 workers from Lower Manhattan, has decided to move them to downtown Brooklyn, people familiar with the negotiations said last night.
LEAD: A bitter battle of words broke out among two of the groups seeking RJR Nabisco Inc. yesterday as Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. sent a sharply worded letter to Forstmann Little & Company that hinted it might take legal action if the Forstmann Little group proceeded with a bid for the food and tobacco company.
LEAD: Carl C. Icahn, the chairman of Trans World Airlines, realigned the top management at the carrier yesterday, assuming greater day-to-day control, and announced a drive to take over another airline.
LEAD: The blunt trauma that the prosecution says killed Lisa Steinberg was caused by repeated blows to her head from the closed fist of a large man, a top physician at St. Vincent's Medical Center said yesterday.
LEAD: Overnight, the issue that has preoccupied Israel for most of the last year - what to do with the occupied territories - has nearly disappeared from public discussion. Instead, the nation's attention has been consumed by the unexpected surge in power of the religious right.
LEAD: Facing an unwanted $5.2 billion takeover bid, Pillsbury announced plans to sell Burger King and pay a special dividend. Page D1.