November 15, 1988

1988B.o.B, American rapper, songwriter, and producer^[†]

Bobby Ray Simmons Jr., known professionally as B.o.B, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Raised in Decatur, Georgia, Simmons signed with record producer Jim Jonsin's Rebel Rock Entertainment in 2006. Two years later, he signed a joint venture recording contract with fellow Georgia rapper T.I.'s Grand Hustle Records, an imprint of Atlantic Records. Following his major-label deal, Simmons quickly achieved commercial success when his 2009 debut single, "Nothin' on You", peaked the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and received three nominations—Record of the Year, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration—at the 53rd Grammy Awards.

1988Quanitra Hollingsworth, American-Turkish basketball player^[†]

Quanitra Hollingsworth is an American-Turkish professional basketball player for Galatasaray.

1988Morgan Parra, French rugby player^[†]

Morgan Parra is a former French rugby union player who played as a scrum-half and occasionally fly-half. He played most of his career with Clermont Auvergne after signing for them from Bourgoin. He is of Portuguese origin through his father, Antonio.

1988Billy Twelvetrees, English rugby player^[†]

William Wesley Twelvetrees is a rugby union footballer who plays centre or fly-half for Worcester Warriors. He formerly played as inside centre for the England national team.

1988Billo Frómeta, Dominican conductor and composer (born 1915)^[†]

Luis María Frómeta Pereyra most known as Billo Frómeta was a Dominican-Venezuelan orchestra conductor, arranger and composer. Billo's compositions achieve international fame, and those dedicated to Caracas, where he married several times and raised a family, made him the most beloved of composers. He always included Dominican Merengue and mangulinas in his recordings.

1988Ieronymos I of Athens, Greek archbishop and theologian (born 1905)^[†]

Ieronymos I was a Greek monk and theologian, who served as the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and as such the primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece in 1967–1973, during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974.

1988In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.^[†]

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the largest country by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing borders with twelve countries, and the third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, its government and economy were highly centralized. As a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), it was a flagship communist state. Its capital and largest city was Moscow.

1988Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.^[†]

The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. Key aspects of the conflict include the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, the permit regime in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian freedom of movement, and the Palestinian right of return.