| Top News
Headlines This Week: |
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Mar 6 - Orville Moodey shoots 63
at Seniors golf tournament Mar 6 - 3 IRA suspects were shot dead in
Gibraltar by SAS officers Mar 6 - 18th Easter Seal Telethon raises
$35,200,000 Mar 6 - Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf
Open/Helene Curtis Pro-Am Mar 6 - Julie Krone becomes winningest
female jockey (1205 victories) Mar 7 - Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher,
wins 58th James E Sullivan Award |
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Top Songs for 1988 |
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Sweet Child O' Mine by
Guns N' Roses |
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
by Poison |
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Never Gonna Give You Up
by Rick Astley |
Get Outta My Dreams, Get
into My Car by Billy Ocean |
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Roll with It by Steve
Winwood |
Man In the Mirror by
Michael Jackson |
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One More Try by George
Michael |
Look Away by Chicago
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Anything for You by
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine |
The Flame by Cheap
Trick |
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1988 Prices |
US President |
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Bread: |
$0.61/loaf |
Ronald Reagan |
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Milk: |
$2.00/gal |
US Vice President |
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Eggs: |
$1.13/doz |
George Bush |
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Car: |
$14,065 |
Academy Award Winners
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Gas: |
$0.96/gal |
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Best Picture: |
Rain Man |
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Produced By United Artists |
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Best Actor: |
Duston Hoffman |
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in Rain Man |
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Best Actress: |
Jodie Foster |
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in The Accused |
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House: |
$138,300 |
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Stamp: |
$0.25/ea |
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Avg Income: |
$38,608/yr |
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Min Wage: |
$3.35/hr |
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DOW Avg: |
2,169 |
| People
born on March 5 |
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1936 - Dean Stockwell
Hollywood CA, actor (Quantum Leap, Blue Velvet) |
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1939 - Samantha Eggar London
England, actress (Collector, Dr Doolittle) |
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1958 - Andy Gibb Manchester
England, singer/TV host (Solid Gold) |
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On TV in 1988 |
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My Two Dads |
Unsolved Mysteries |
Dear John |
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The Hogan Family |
Anything But Love |
Empty Nest |
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Aaron's Way |
Roseanne |
Day by Day |
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A Different World |
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Hot New Toys in 1988 |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles figures |
Micro Machines |
Super Soaker |
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Power Drencher |
Dino Riders |
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Top Books in 1988 |
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Lincoln: A Photobiography
by Russell Freedman |
Battle Cry of Freedom
by James M. McPherson |
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A Bright Shining Lie
by Neil Sheehan |
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