On this day
November 11, 1988
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Headlines from November 11, 1988
Blunt Bonn Speech On the Hitler Years Prompts a Walkout
LEAD: A political controversy broke out at a special memorial session of the West German Parliament today when the Speaker gave an address in which he tried to show that most Germans let themselves be ''blinded and seduced'' by the Nazis in the 1930's.
New York Draws Criticism On Forest Land Acquisitions
LEAD: In 1986, New Yorkers voted overwhelmingly for a bond act that, among other things, set aside $250 million so that the State Environmental Conservation Department could acquire land to preserve and expand the state's forests, wilderness areas and parklands.
TEXAS IS AWARDED GIANT U.S. PROJECT ON SMASHING ATOM
LEAD: Texas has been selected as the site of the proposed superconducting super collider, a $4.4 billion atom smasher that would be the largest and most costly scientific instrument in the world, the Department of Energy said today.
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LEAD: In a move that might be a prelude to his entry into the mayoral campaign, Richard Ravitch said yesterday that he had turned down an offer from Mayor Koch to reappoint him as chairman of the Charter Revision Commission.
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 9, 1988, covering November 11, 1988.
- 1
Rattle And Hum (Soundtrack)
U2
- Last week
- 5
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 3
- 2
Appetite For Destruction
Guns N' Roses
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 64
- 3
New Jersey
Bon Jovi
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 6
- 4
Cocktail
Soundtrack
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 14
- 5
Hysteria
Def Leppard
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 65
Notable Births

1988David Depetris, Argentinian-Slovak footballer[†]
David Alberto Depetris is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club MŠK Považská Bystrica in the Slovak second division. Born in Argentina, he played for the Slovakia national team.
1988Mikako Komatsu, Japanese voice actress and singer[†]
Mikako Komatsu is a Japanese voice actress and singer.
1988Kyle Naughton, English footballer[†]
Kyle Naughton is an English professional footballer who plays as a right back for EFL Championship club Swansea City.
Notable Deaths
1988Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician (born 1897)[†]
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Groves Wright Anderson was a South African-born Australian soldier, farmer, and politician. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross and a member of the Australian House of Representatives.

1988William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor and organist (born 1900)[†]
William Ifor Jones was a Welsh conductor and organist. Born into a large coal-mining family and raised in Merthyr Tydfil, Jones studied at the Royal Academy of Music as a scholarship student in London from 1920 to 1925. He studied the organ with Sir Stanley Marchant at St. Paul's Cathedral, London; orchestral conducting with Ernest Read and with Sir Henry Wood, ; and harmony with Benjamin Dale. He was for a time organist at the Welsh Baptist Church in Castle Street, London, worked at the Royal Opera House, as a vocal coach at Covent Garden, assisted with the British National Opera Company in the role of prompter, and was the Assistant Choir Master at St. Paul's Cathedral, London.
Historical Context for November 11, 1988
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]