May 24, 1988

Tuesday, May 24, 1988
Top News Headlines This Week:
May 24 - Porntip Nakhirunkanok, 19, of Thailand, crowned 37th Miss Universe   May 24 - John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute   May 24 - Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL's Stanley Cup finals   May 25 - PSV wins Europe Cup   May 26 - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games   May 27 - Senate ratified a treaty eliminating medium-range nuclear missiles  
Top Songs for 1988
Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses     Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison    
Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley     Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car by Billy Ocean    
Roll with It by Steve Winwood     Man In the Mirror by Michael Jackson    
One More Try by George Michael     Look Away by Chicago    
Anything for You by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine     The Flame by Cheap Trick    
1988 Prices US President
Bread:  $0.61/loaf Ronald Reagan
Milk:  $2.00/gal US Vice President
Eggs:  $1.13/doz George Bush
Car:  $14,065 Academy Award Winners
Gas:  $0.96/gal
Best Picture: Rain Man
  Produced By United Artists
Best Actor: Duston Hoffman
  in Rain Man
Best Actress: Jodie Foster
  in The Accused
House:  $138,300
Stamp:  $0.25/ea
Avg Income:  $38,608/yr
Min Wage:  $3.35/hr
DOW Avg:    2,169
People born on May 24
1819 - Victoria Alexandrine London England, Queen of Great Britain (1837-1901)
1941 - Bob Dylan [Zimmerman] Duluth MN, singer/songwriter (Blowin' in Wind)
1955 - Rosanne Cash Memphis TN, country singer (Runaway Train, Seven Year Ache, I Wonder)
1988 - Jessica Nicole Buss
On TV in 1988
My Two Dads    Unsolved Mysteries    Dear John   
The Hogan Family    Anything But Love    Empty Nest   
Aaron's Way    Roseanne    Day by Day   
A Different World   
Hot New Toys in 1988
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figures    Micro Machines    Super Soaker   
Power Drencher    Dino Riders   
Top Books in 1988
Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman     Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson    
A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan