On this day
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LEAD: A bill that would make New Jersey the only state to ban the sale of handguns to most citizens is emerging as a major issue in the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination here.
LEAD: The Giants are out of the playoffs.
LEAD: Rising from the red earth and green vegetation of a former coconut plantation, the Greco-Roman outlines are taking shape here of what will be the largest Christian church in the world.
LEAD: Using a strategy of ''compromise and organize,'' the United Auto Workers is coming to terms with Japanese car makers setting up shop in the United States. In doing so, the union is stemming a loss of members and bolstering its position as the intermediary between American auto workers and the industry.
LEAD: The National Football League playoffs and the trek to Super Bowl XXIII begin Saturday in Cleveland, where yesterday, in swirling wind and steady snow, the Browns earned post-season action for the fourth consecutive year.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 14, 1988, covering December 19, 1988.
U2
Anita Baker
Soundtrack
Guns N' Roses
Bon Jovi
1988Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer[†]
Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez, also known mononymously as Alexis, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Udinese and the Chile national team. He is often regarded as the greatest Chilean player of all time alongside Elías Figueroa.
1988Peter Winn, English footballer[†]
Peter Harry Winn is an English semi-professional footballer who plays for Barton Town. He started his career at Scunthorpe United, making his first-team debut at the age of 16 whilst a second-year scholar. He was loaned out to Northwich Victoria and Barrow respectively towards the latter stages of the 2008–09 season. Winn joined Conference Premier club Gateshead the following season, initially on a two-month loan deal, before extending the agreement until the end of the season.
1988Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (born 1919)[†]
Robert Bernstein, sometimes credited as R. Berns, was an American comic book writer, playwright and concert impresario, notable as the founder of the Island Concert Hall recital series which ran for 15 years on Long Island.
1988Win Maw Oo, Burmese student activist (born 1971)[†]
Win Maw Oo was a Burmese student activist who was killed during the 8888 Uprising in Burma (Myanmar). She is considered one of the most prominent heroes of Burma's pro-democracy movement.
In 1988, the world population was approximately 5,141,992,542 people[†]