2 January 1988Economy of USARonald Wilson Reagan
The US & Canada sign a free trade pack
Historical records for United States of America in 1988, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The US & Canada sign a free trade pack
Is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Presents an initiative for Arab-Israeli negotiations and transitional Palestinian self-government.
Performs at Nassau Coliseum in what becomes his final concert in the United States.
Ends his two-year term as mayor and does not seek another term.
Drums with Led Zeppelin members at Atlantic Records' anniversary concert.
The fourth meeting between Reagan & Gorbachev. INF Treaty ratification documents are exchanged between Russia & the USA
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty enters into force after ratification by the United States and Soviet Union.
Begins the long-running Never Ending Tour.
Airborne occultation measurements show gradual stellar dimming consistent with refraction through Pluto's extended atmosphere.
A stellar occultation observed from the Kuiper Airborne Observatory provides the first direct detection of an atmosphere around Pluto.
The Pluto occultation light curve reveals a clear upper atmosphere above an extinction layer with a sharp upper boundary.
Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m womans record (10.49)
Releases Traveling Wilburys Vol 1 with the supergroup.
Death of John Carradine
Winner of the Acadremy Award for Best Director, "Rain Man"
Pakistan and Afghanistan, with the United States and Soviet Union serving as guarantors, sign an agreement settling the major differences between them known as the Geneva Accords
After the Shaw trial, Garrison wrote three books on the Kennedy assassination, A Heritage of Stone (1970), The Star Spangled Contract, and the best-seller, On The Trail of The Assassins (1988)
Stars in Beetlejuice
Directs Bird, a biographical film about jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker.
Releases Broadway the Hard Way, drawing on the 1988 tour and satirising contemporary American politics and public figures.
Receives the Golden Globe Cecil B DeMille Award for career contribution to entertainment.
Stars in the lighthearted drama Cocktail. Stars in Martin Scorseses The Color of Money along with Paul Newman
Directs Colors
Obama enters Harvard Law School
Manages George Bushs presidential election campaign
Stars in Gotham
Wins the Grammy Award for Rock Instrumental Performance for Jazz from Hell.
Releases Guitar, a double album assembled from improvised solos recorded during concerts in the early and mid-1980s.
Appointed Editor of the Harvard Law Review
Tours for Amnesty International on the Human Rights Now! benefit tour.
..And Justice for All, the first studio album since Burtons death, was released, the album was a massive commercial success, reaching number 6 on The Billboard 200, their first album to reach the top 10
..And Justice for All, the first studio album since Burtons death, was released, the album was a massive commercial success, reaching number 6 on The Billboard 200, their first album to reach the top 10
..And Justice for All, the first studio album since Burtons death, was released, the album was a massive commercial success, reaching number 6 on The Billboard 200, their first album to reach the top 10
Gives the keynote address at the Democrats national convention
Winner of the long jump Olympic Gold Medal. Winner of the 100m Olympic Gold Medal
Publication of "Picture This"
Gives the keynote address at the Democrats national convention
Unsuccessfully seeks the Presidential nomination, 2nd attempt
Appointed Republican Party presidential nominee
The Beach Boys are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Stars as Sarah Tobias in The Accused, a legal drama about the aftermath of sexual assault.
Makes his final appearance as Harry Callahan in The Dead Pool.
Directs, New York, The Last Temptation of Christ
BB King records a track with Irish rockers U2, "When Love Comes to Town," for their album Rattle and Hum
Directs Working Girl
Begins the archival live series You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore with its first multi-disc volume.
Releases the second You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore volume, centered on the 1974 Helsinki concerts.
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