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3 Births

February 4 - Carly Patterson, gymnast
April 10 - Haley Joel Osment, actor
August 24 - Rupert Grint, actor
November 15 - Zena Grey, actress
November 28 - Scarlett Pomers, actress ( , Reba)

4 Deaths

January 2 - Edmund Brisco Ford, geneticist
January 5 - Pete Maravich, Basketball Hall of Famer
January 7 - Trevor Howard, actor
January 11 - Pappy Boyington, aviator
January 14 - Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party
January 15 - Seán MacBride, former Chief of Staff of the IRA and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1974
January 20 - Philippe de Rothschild, vineyard operator
January 22 - Parker Fennelly , comedian, actor
February 1 - Heather O'Rourke, child actress ( Poltergeist) (b. 1975)
February 15 - Richard Feynman, physicist
February 19 - René Char, French poet
March 1 - Joe Besser , member of the Three Stooges (b. 1907)
March 5 - Alberto Olmedo, comedian, actor
March 7 - Divine, actor
March 8 - Henryk Szeryng, violinist
March 10 - Andy Gibb, singer
March 31 - William McMahon, twentieth Prime Minister of Australia
April 3 - Milt Caniff, cartoonist
April 15 - Kenneth Williams, actor and raconteur
April 22 - Irene Rich , actress
May 8 - Robert A. Heinlein, science fiction author
May 11 - Kim Philby, spy
May 12 - Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter
May 18 - Daws Butler, voice actor
May 21 - Sammy Davis, Sr., US dancer
May 25 - Ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize Physicist
June 25 - Hillel Slovak, Red Hot Chili Peppers, guitarist
July 8 - Ray Barbuti, American athlete
July 27 - Frank Zamboni, inventor most famous for the Zamboni machine for resurfacing ice rinks
August 17 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., lawyer, politician
August 17 - Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, Leader of Pakistan
September 28 - Charles Addams, American cartoonist
October 19 - Son House, blues musician
October 22 - Henry Armstrong, American boxing champion
October 31 - John Houseman, actor, producer
November 9 - John N. Mitchell, former U.S. Attorney General and convicted Watergate criminal
November 13 - Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (b. 1906)
November 19 - Christina Onassis, Greek shipping magnate
December 2 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist ( Quartetto Cetra)
December 6, Roy Orbison, pioneer Rock and Roll singer

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19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day.	1988 Summer OlympicsThe Games of the XXIV Olympiad were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. The host was chosen in a 1981 vote, ahead of the Japanese city of Nagoya. Games of the XXIV Olympiad Nations participating159 Athletes participating8,465 (6,279 men, 2,186 women) Even	1988 in musicSee also 1987 in music, other events of 1988, 1989 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January Broadcast of the Cinemax television special Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night, recorded on September 30, 1987 at the
1988 in televisionSee also 1987 in television, other events of 1988, 1989 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Events February 26 Tom Hardy marries Simone Ravelle on General Hospital''. It is a milestone for the genre as it is the first interracial wedding	1988 in filmSee also 1987 in film, other events of 1988, 1989 in film, list of 'years in film'. Events Michael Jackson's first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films # Rain Man starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise # Who Framed Roger Rabbit # Coming to America # Big	1988 Summer ParalympicsSee also: 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Paralympics were the first Paralympics, for 24 years, that were held along side the Olympics. They took place in Seoul, South Korea. 1988 in sports South Korea Games of the VIII Paralympics Nations participat
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