1988 in the United States explained
This is a list of events from the year 1988 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal government
Events
January
February
- February 3 – The Democratic-controlled United States House of Representatives rejects President Ronald Reagan's request for $36,250,000 to support the Nicaraguan Contras.
- February 12 – Anthony M. Kennedy is appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
- February 14 – Hours after learning the death of his sister, US speed skater Dan Jansen falls twice and fails to win a medal in the 500-meter race in the Calgary Winter Olympics.[1]
- February 16 – Gunman Richard Farley kills seven people inside his former workplace, ESL Incorporated in Sunnyvale, California. He had been stalking colleague Laura Black who still worked there; however, she survived the shooting. Farley is currently on death row.
- February 17 – U.S. Lieutenant Colonel William R. Higgins, serving with a United Nations group monitoring a truce in southern Lebanon, is kidnapped (he is later killed by his captors).
- February 24 – Hustler Magazine v. Falwell: The Supreme Court of the United States sides with Hustler magazine by overturning a lower court decision to award Jerry Falwell $200,000 for defamation.
March
- March 8
- Two U.S. Army helicopters collide in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, killing 17 servicemen.
- U.S. presidential candidate George Herbert Walker Bush defeats Bob Dole in numerous Republican primaries and caucuses on "Super Tuesday". The bipartisan primary/caucus calendar, designed by Democrats to help solidify their own nominee early, backfires when none of the six competing candidates are able to break out of the pack in the day's Democratic contests. Jesse Jackson, however, wins several Southern state primaries.
- March 13 – Gallaudet University, a university for the deaf in Washington, D.C., elects Dr. I. King Jordan as the first deaf president in its history, following the Deaf President Now campaign, considered a turning point in the deaf civil rights movement.[2]
- March 16
- March 26 – U.S. presidential candidate Jesse Jackson defeats Michael Dukakis in the Michigan Democratic caucuses, becoming the frontrunner temporarily for the party's nomination. Richard Gephardt withdraws his candidacy after his campaign speeches against imported automobiles fail to earn him much support in Detroit.
April
- April – The unemployment rate drops to 5.4%, the lowest since June 1974.
- April 1 – In Fort Wayne, Indiana, 8-year-old April Marie Tinsley is kidnapped and murdered.
- April 4 – Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
- April 5 – Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis wins the Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary.
- April 11 – The 60th Academy Awards, hosted by Chevy Chase, are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor wins all nine of its nominations (the first film to do so since 1958's Gigi), including Best Picture and Best Director.
- April 12 – Former pop singer Sonny Bono is elected Mayor of Palm Springs, California.
- April 14 – The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a naval mine in the Persian Gulf, while deployed on Operation Earnest Will, during the Tanker War phase of the Iran–Iraq War.
- April 18 – The United States Navy retaliates for the Roberts mining with Operation Praying Mantis, in a day of strikes against Iranian oil platforms and naval vessels.
- April 28 – Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a scheduled passenger flight to Honolulu, Hawaii originating from Hilo, Hawaii, suffers an explosive decompression after a portion of the aircraft’s roof towards front of the fuselage tore off during flight, resulting in the death of a flight attendant.[3] Everybody else onboard survives after the aircraft makes a successful emergency landing at Kahului Airport in Maui, Hawaii.[4]
May
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that police officers do not need a search warrant to search through discarded garbage.
June
- June 1 – The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, banning intermediate-range missiles in the United States and the Soviet Union, comes into effect.
- June 12 – Rusty Wallace wins the last NASCAR Winston Cup Series Budweiser 400 auto race at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California.
- June 14 – A small wildfire is started by a lightning strike in Montana, United States, near the boundary for Yellowstone National Park. The Storm Creek fire expands into the park, then merges with dozens of other drought-aggravated fires. Eventually, over 750000acres of Yellowstone – 36% of the park's area – burns before firefighters gain control in late September.[5]
- June 22 – Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis releases Who Framed Roger Rabbit through Touchstone Pictures to universal acclaim and box office success. It brings a renewed interest in the Golden Age of American animation, spearheading modern American animation and the Disney Renaissance.
- June 28 – Four workers are asphyxiated at a metal-plating plant in Auburn, Indiana, in the worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history (a fifth victim dies two days later).
- June 29 – Morrison v. Olson: The United States Supreme Court upholds the law allowing special prosecutors to investigate suspected crimes by executive branch officials.
July
- July 3 – Iran Air Flight 655 is shot down by a missile launched from the USS Vincennes.
- July 4 – In Zürich, Switzerland, FIFA chose the United States as the venue to organize the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the United States won with 10 votes, surpassed Morocco with 7 votes and Brazil with 3 votes.
- July 6 – The first reported medical waste on beaches in the Greater New York area (including hypodermic needles and syringes possibly infected with the AIDS virus) washes ashore on Long Island. Subsequent medical waste discoveries on beaches in Coney Island, Brooklyn and in Monmouth County, New Jersey, force the closure of numerous New York–area beaches in the middle of one of the hottest summers on record in the American Northeast.[6]
- July 13 – Miami Arena in Miami, Florida opens.
- July 14 – Volkswagen closes its Westmoreland Assembly Plant after ten years of operation (the first factory built by a non-American automaker in the U.S.).
- July 20 – The Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia nominates Michael Dukakis as their presidential candidate and Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate.
- July 26 – The death of Tate Rowland leads way to publicized rumors of a Satanic cult in the rural community of Childress, Texas.
August
September
- September 5 – With the US's largest thrift institution, American Savings and Loan Association, entering receivership, the Robert M. Bass Group (headed by Robert Bass) agrees to buy its good assets with US$1.7 billion in federal aid (completed December).[7]
- September 15 – Nicholas F. Brady is sworn in as the new Secretary of Treasury, succeeding James Baker.
- September 17–October 2 – The United States participates in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea and ranks in third place, bringing home 36 gold, 31 silver and 27 bronze medals for a total of 94 medals behind the Soviet Union in first place and East Germany in second.
- September 25 – Jim Lehrer hosts the first presidential debate between Michael Dukakis and Vice President Bush at Wake Forest University.
- September 29 – STS-26: NASA resumes Space Shuttle flights, grounded after the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, with Space Shuttle Discovery going back into orbit and deploying the TDRS-3 satellite, putting the US back into the Space Race.
October
- October 3 – STS-26 lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California after four days of its successful maiden flight and satellite deployment.
- October 5 – In Omaha, Nebraska, in the only vice presidential debate of the 1988 U.S. presidential election, the Republican vice presidential nominee, Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana, insists he has as much experience in government as John F. Kennedy did when he sought the presidency in 1960. His Democratic opponent, Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas, replies, "Senator, I knew Jack Kennedy. I served with Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy." The audience response to Senator Bentsen's remark is overwhelmingly positive.
- October 13 – In the second U.S. presidential debate, held by U.C.L.A., the Democratic Party nominee, Michael Dukakis, is asked by journalist Bernard Shaw of CNN if he would support the death penalty if his wife, "Kitty", were to be raped and murdered. Gov. Dukakis' reply, voicing his opposition to capital punishment in any and all circumstances, is later said to have been a major reason for the eventual failure of his campaign for the White House.
- October 15 – Kirk Gibson hits a dramatic home run to win Game 1 of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers, over the Oakland Athletics, by a score of 5–4.
- October 20 – The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 1, to win their 6th World Series Title.
- October 27 – Ronald Reagan decides to tear down the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow because of Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
- October 30 – Philip Morris buys Kraft Foods for US$13,100,000,000.[8]
- October 31 – National Park of American Samoa is established.
November
- Throughout the Month – The unemployment rate drops to 5.3%, the lowest level since May 1974.
- November 2 – The Morris worm, the first computer worm distributed via the Internet, written by Robert Tappan Morris, is launched from MIT.
- November 8 – 1988 United States presidential election: George H. W. Bush is elected as 41st president of the United States over Democratic opponent, Michael Dukakis.
- November 10 – The United States Air Force acknowledges the existence of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk in a Pentagon press conference.[9]
- November 11 – In Sacramento, California, police find a body buried in the lawn of sixty-year-old landlady Dorothea Puente. Seven bodies are eventually found and Puente is convicted of three murders and sentenced to life in prison.
- November 13 – Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian law student in Portland, Oregon, is beaten to death by members of the Neo-Nazi group East Side White Pride.
- November 15 – The 300-foot Green Bank Telescope collapses in Green Bank, West Virginia.[10]
- November 18
U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill providing the death penalty for murderous drug traffickers.
December
- December 1 – The first World AIDS Day is observed.
- December 9 – The last Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant roll off the assembly line in a Chrysler factory.
- December 12 – Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev begins an official visit to the United States.[11]
- December 14 – After Yasir Arafat renounces violence, the U.S. says it will open dialogue with the PLO.
- December 16 – Perennial U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche is convicted of mail fraud.
- December 19 – Gorbachev cuts short his visit to the United States and returns home to the Soviet Union, as thousands of people have died in an earthquake in Armenia.[12]
- December 21
Undated
- The U.S. Drought of 1988 causes big crop damage in many states, impacts many portions of the United States and causes around $60 billion in damage. Multiple regions suffer in the conditions. Heat waves cause 4,800 to 17,000 excess deaths while scorching many areas of the United States during 1988.
- BlackRock founded as a global asset management company in New York City by Larry Fink and others; it will become the world's largest.[14]
Ongoing
Births
January
- January 1
- January 2
- January 3 - J. R. Hildebrand, racing driver
- January 4
- January 5 - Charlie Campbell, soccer player
- January 6 - Roger Bothe, soccer player
- January 7
- January 8
- January 9
- January 11
- January 12
- January 13 - Tatev Abrahamyan, Armenian-born chess grandmaster
- January 14
- January 15
- January 16 - Bull Dempsey, wrestler
- January 17 - Earl Clark, basketball player
- January 18
- January 19
- January 20
- January 21
- January 22
- January 23
- January 25
- January 26
- January 27 - Ashley Battersby, freestyle skier
- January 28
- January 29
- January 30
- January 31
February
- February 1
- February 2
- February 3 - Justin Bonsignore, stock car racing driver
- February 4
- February 5 - Katie Bell, Olympic diver
- February 6
- February 7
- February 8
- February 9 - Donald Buckram, football player and coach
- February 10
- February 11 - Barry Church, football player
- February 12
- February 14
- February 15
- February 16
- February 17
- February 18
- February 19
- February 20
- February 22
- February 23
- February 24
- February 25
- February 26
- February 28 - Aroldis Chapman, baseball player
March
- March 1
- March 2 - Laura Kaeppeler, beauty pageant titleholde, Miss America 2012
- March 3
- March 4 - Cody Longo, actor and musician (d. 2023)
- March 5
- March 6 - Dailis Caballero, Cuban-born Olympic pole vaulter
- March 7
- March 8 - Benny Blanco, musician, songwriter, and record producer
- March 10
- March 11 - Vince Belnome, baseball player
- March 12
- March 14
- March 15
- March 16 - Jhené Aiko, singer/songwriter
- March 17 - Tyler Bellamy, soccer player
- March 18
- March 19
- March 20
- March 21
- March 22 - Tania Raymonde, actress
- March 23 - Dellin Betances, baseball player
- March 24
- March 25
- March 26 - Michael Buttacavoli, golfer
- March 27 - Brenda Song, actress
- March 28
- March 29
- March 30
- March 31 - DeAndre Liggins, baseball player
April
- April 1
- April 2
- April 3
- April 5 - Alisha Glass, volleyball player
- April 7
- April 8 - Candice Cuoco, fashion designer
- April 9 - Ryan Broyles, football player
- April 10
- April 11 - Pete Kozma, baseball player
- April 12
- April 13
- April 14
- April 15
- April 17
- April 18
- April 19
- April 20
- April 21
- April 23
- April 24 - Jermaine Cunningham, football player
- April 25
- April 26 - BrolyLegs, fighting game player (d. 2024)
- April 27
- April 28
- April 29
- April 30 - Antonio Ballard, basketball player
May
- May 1
- May 2
- May 4
- May 5
- May 6
- May 7 - Brandon Jones, actor, musician, and producer
- May 8
- May 9 - Buddy Boshers, baseball player
- May 10
- May 11
- May 13
- May 15
- May 16 - Julia Adolphe, composer
- May 17 - Nikki Reed, actress, singer/songwriter, and screenwriter
- May 18 - Johnny Culbreath, football player
- May 19
- May 20
- May 21 - Chase Baker, football player and coach
- May 22
- May 23
- May 24
- May 25
- May 26
- May 27
- May 28
- May 29
- May 30
- May 31 - Rogét Chahayed, record producer and songwriter
June
- June 1 - Brian O'Neill, Olympic ice hockey player
- June 2
- June 3
- June 4
- June 5
- June 6
- June 7
- June 9
- June 10 - Billy Bitter, lacrosse player
- June 11 - Weyes Blood, singer/songwriter and musician
- June 12
- June 13
- June 14
- June 16
- June 17 - Ryan Neff, singer and bassist for Miss May I
- June 18 - Josh Dun, drummer for Twenty One Pilots
- June 19 - Alyona Alekhina, Russian-born snowboarder, singer/songwriter, model, and musician
- June 20 - Alex Caceres, mixed martial artist
- June 22 - Portia Doubleday, actress
- June 23 - Chellsie Memmel, Olympic gymnast
- June 24
- June 25
- June 26
- June 27
- June 28
- June 29
- June 30
July
August
- August 1 - Max Carver, actor
- August 2 - Golden Tate, football player
- August 3
- August 4
- August 5
- August 6
- August 7
- August 8
- Eric Brakey, politician
- Tiana Coudray, Olympic equestrian and dancer
- Chad Future, actor, director, singer, and host
- Michael Tracey, journalist
- Laura Slade Wiggins, actress, singer, and musician
- August 9
- August 12
- August 13
- August 14 - Kayla Mueller, humanitarian aid worker and murder victim (d. 2015)
- August 15 - Andy Miele, Olympic ice hockey player
- August 16
- August 17
- August 18
- August 19
- August 20
- August 21
- August 22 - Javy Ayala, mixed martial artist
- August 23
- August 24 - Nicholas Alexander, Olympic ski jumper
- August 25
- August 26
- August 27
- August 28
- August 30
- August 31
September
- September 1
- September 2 - Matt Wentworth, guitarist and vocalist for Our Last Night
- September 3
- September 4
- September 5
- September 6
- September 7
- September 8
- September 9
- September 10
- September 11 - Mike Moustakas, baseball player
- September 13
- September 14 - Bobby Brackins, rapper
- September 15
- September 16
- September 18
- September 21
- September 19
- September 20 - Clark James Gable, actor, model, and television presenter (d. 2019)
- September 21 - Doug Baldwin, football player
- September 22
- September 23
- September 24
- September 26
- September 28 - Olivia Jordan, actress, model, television host, and Miss USA 2015
- September 29
October
- October 1
- October 2
- October 3
- October 4
- October 5 - Kevin Olusola, singer/songwriter and musician
- October 6
- October 7
- October 8 - Manny Barreda, American-born Mexican baseball player
- October 9
- October 10
- October 11
- October 12 - Jermie Calhoun, football player
- October 13 - Norris Cole, basketball player
- October 14
- October 15 - Leah Cole Allen, politician
- October 16
- October 17
- October 18
- October 19
- October 20
- October 21
- October 22
- October 23
- October 24
- October 25
- October 27 - Evan Turner, basketball player
- October 28 - Ian Conyers, politician
- October 29
- October 30 - Janel Parrish, actress and singer
- October 31
November
- November 1 - Robert Alford, football player
- November 2 - Lindze Letherman, actress
- November 3
- November 4
- November 5 - Justin Cornwell, actor, writer, and musician
- November 6
- November 7
- November 8
- November 9
- November 10
- November 11 - Alexandra Kyle, actress
- November 12
- November 13 - Max Miller, politician
- November 14
- November 15
- November 16
- November 17
- November 18
- November 19 - Patrick Kane, ice hockey player
- November 20
- November 21 - Joseph Anderson, football player
- November 22
- November 25
- Jonathon Amaya, football player
- John Corona, ice dancer
- PopularMMOs (Patrick Julianelle[17]), YouTuber
- November 26 - Blake Harnage, songwriter, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, and guitarist for VersaEmerge
- November 28 - Scarlett Pomers, actress
- November 29
- November 30
December
- December 1
- December 2 - Rosie Brennan, Olympic cross-country skier
- December 3 - Jeb Brovsky, soccer player
- December 4
- December 5
- December 7 - Nathan Adrian, Olympic swimmer
- December 8 - Brittany Dawn Brannon, actress, host, model, beauty pageant titleholder, and Miss Arizona USA 2011
- December 11
- December 12
- December 14
- December 15 - Kimora Blac, drag queen and television personality
- December 16
- December 18 - Erica Rivera, actress, singer, rapper, dancer, and artist
- December 20
- December 21
- December 23
- December 24
- December 25
- December 26 - Rudy Cerami, football player
- December 27
- December 28
- December 29 - Eric Berry, football player
- December 30
- December 31 - Matthew Atkinson, actor and musician
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- Niv Acosta, dancer, choreographer, and artist
- Kameron Alexander, singer/songwriter and record producer
- Olivia Alexander, singer, dancer, and actress
- Brian Altman, poker player
- Brent Anderson, country singer
- Gretchen Andrew, artist
- Adeem the Artist, country singer
- Rodelio Astudillo, photographer
- Angad Aulakh, filmmaker
- Milton Barney Jr., baseball player and coach
- Jose Batista, politician
- Marguerite Bennett, comic book writer
- Tori Black, pornographic actress
- Andrew M. Boss, composer
- Matt Bouldin, basketball player
- Danika Brace, football player and coach
- Blair Braverman, adventurer, dogsled racer, musher, advice columnist, and nonfiction writer
- Serafina Brocious, software engineer
- Imani Jacqueline Brown, researcher and artist
- Nakeya Brown, photographer
- John Burke, pianist
- Corrin Campbell, musician
- Kyle Carey, folk singer
- Reagan Charleston, jewelry designer, lawyer, and television personality
- Thomas Chung, artist
- Lenny Cooper, country rapper
- Chris Cottrell, founder of The Reading Initiative
- Jessa Dillow Crisp, survivor of human trafficking and co-founder and executive director of Bridge Hope Now
- Crudo Means Raw, rapper and beatmaker
- Jacob Cutrera, football player
- Mira Murati, Albanian-born engineer, chief technology officer for OpenAI
- QAnon Shaman, conspiracy theorist and participant in the January 6 Attack
Deaths
- January 3
- January 5 – Pete Maravich, basketball player (born 1947)[19]
- January 7 – Zara Cisco Brough, Nipmuc Chief (born 1919)
- January 11
- January 12 – Hiram Bingham IV, American diplomat (born 1903)
- January 22 – Parker Fennelly, comedian and actor (born 1891)
- January 25 – Colleen Moore, actress (born 1899)[21]
- February 1 – Heather O'Rourke, actress (born 1975)[22]
- February 3 – Robert Duncan, poet (born 1919)[23]
- February 14 – Frederick Loewe, composer (born 1901 in Berlin)[24]
- February 15 – Richard Feynman, theoretical physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 for work on quantum electrodynamics (born 1918)[25]
- February 28 – Harvey Kuenn, baseball player and coach (born 1930)
- March 1 – Joe Besser, actor and comedian (born 1907)
- March 3 – Lois Wilson, actress (born 1894)[26]
- March 5 – Margaret Irving, actress (born 1898)
- March 7
- March 8 – Deane Janis, singer (born 1904)[29]
- March 10 – Glenn Cunningham, Olympic athlete (born 1909)[30]
- March 12 – Karen Steele, actress (born 1931)
- March 13
- March 16 – Dorothy Adams, American character actress (born 1900)[32]
- March 18
- March 20 – Gil Evans, American jazz pianist (born 1912)[34]
- March 21 – Edd Roush, baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (born 1893)[35]
- March 22 – Lester Rawlins, stage and screen director (born 1924)
- March 25 – Robert Joffrey, dancer and choreographer (born 1930)[36]
- April 1 – Jim Jordan, actor (born 1896)[37]
- April 3 – Milton Caniff, cartoonist (born 1907)[38]
- April 9
- April 11 – Jesse L. Lasky Jr., screenwriter (born 1910)[40]
- April 17 – Eva Novak, actress (born 1898)[41]
- April 22 – Irene Rich, actress (born 1891)
- April 25
- April 26
- May 8
- May 13 – Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter (born 1929)[45]
- May 15 – Andrew Duggan, actor (born 1923)[46]
- May 16 – Kay Baxter, bodybuilder (born 1945)[47]
- May 18 – Daws Butler, voice actor (born 1916)[48]
- May 20 – Laurie Dann, murderer (born 1957)
- May 21 – Sammy Davis Sr., American dancer (b. 1900)[49]
- May 27 – Florida Friebus, actor (born 1909)[50]
- May 30 – Ella Raines, screen actress (born 1920)[51]
- June 8 – Eli Mintz, actor (born 1904)[52]
- June 10 – Louis L'Amour, western novelist (born 1908)[53]
- June 11 – Nathan Cook, actor (born 1950)[54]
- June 16 – Kim Milford, actor and singer (born 1951)
- June 18
- June 22
- June 23 – Henry Murray, psychologist (born 1893)[57]
- June 25 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (born 1962)[58]
- July 1 – Alice Nunn, actress (born 1927)
- July 3 – Gabriel Dell, actor (born 1919)
- July 4 – Adrian Adonis, professional wrestler (born 1954)
- July 8 – Ray Barbuti, athlete (born 1905)[59]
- July 12
- July 17 – Bruiser Brody, professional wrestler (born 1946)[62]
- July 21 – Jack Clark, television personality and game show host (born 1921)[63]
- July 22 – Duane Jones, actor (born 1937)
- July 25 – Judith Barsi, actress and murder victim (born 1978)[64]
- July 27 – Frank Zamboni, inventor (born 1901)[65]
- July 31 – Trinidad Silva, actor (born 1950)[66]
- August 5
- August 8
- August 10 – Adela Rogers St. Johns, journalist and screenwriter (born 1893)[69]
- August 11 – Anne Ramsey, actress (born 1929)
- August 12 – Jean-Michel Basquiat, artist (born 1960)
- August 14 – Roy Buchanan, guitarist and blues musician (born 1939)
- August 17 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1914)[70]
- August 21 – Ray Eames, architect and designer, partner of Charles Eames (born 1912)[71]
- August 24 – Leonard Frey, actor (born 1938)[72]
- August 25 – Art Rooney, American football executive and owner (born 1901)
- August 27 – Kerry Lloyd, American role-playing game designer (born 1941)[73]
- August 28
- September 1
- September 6 – Harold Rosson, cinematographer (born 1895)[76]
- September 7 – Thelma Payne, Olympic diver (born 1896)[77]
- September 11 – John Sylvester White, actor (born 1919)[78]
- September 21
- September 25 – Billy Carter, farmer, businessman, brewer, and politician (born 1937)[79]
- September 28 – Ethel Grandin, actress (born 1894)
- September 29 – Charles Addams, cartoonist (born 1912)[80]
- September 30 – Joachim Prinz, German-born American rabbi (born 1902)[81]
- October 7 – Billy Daniels, singer (born 1915)[82]
- October 10 – Kurt Marshall, model and actor (born 1965)
- October 11
- October 12 – Ken Murray, actor (born 1903)[85]
- October 31 – John Houseman, screen actor-producer (born 1902 in Romania)
- November 1 – George Folsey, cinematographer (born 1898)[86]
- November 9 – John N. Mitchell, lawyer, 67th United States Attorney General (born 1913)[87]
- November 12 – Lyman Lemnitzer, Army General (born 1899)[88]
- November 25 – Alphaeus Philemon Cole, portrait artist, engraver and supercentenarian (born 1876)[89]
- November 27
- November 29 – Donald Keyhoe, American ufologist (born 1897)
- December 6
- December 7
- December 10 – Richard S. Castellano, actor (b. 1933)
- December 16 – Sylvester, singer-songwriter (born 1947)
- December 14 – Stuart Symington, politician (born 1901)
- December 17 – Jerry Hopper, film and television director (born 1907)[92]
- December 20 – Max Robinson, broadcast journalist, and ABC News World News Tonight co-anchor (born 1939)[93]
- December 21
- December 26 – Glenn McCarthy, oil tycoon and businessman (born 1907)[95]
- December 27
- December 30 – Isamu Noguchi, artist and landscape architect (born 1904)
Undated
See also
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- Web site: Doctors: Unusual Circumstances Surrounded Actress' Death. Associated Press. February 4, 1988. Siegel. Fred. https://archive.today/20190830193726/https://apnews.com/355ac4e0f2b6bd8109f766de6ec0dfb8. August 30, 2019. live. January 1, 2020.
- Book: Robert Duncan. Robert Duncan: Collected Essays and Other Prose. 22 October 2019. Univ of California Press. 978-0-520-32484-8. 37.
- Book: Steven Suskin. Show Tunes, 1905-1991: The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers : Revised and Expanded. 1992. Limelight Editions. 978-0-87910-146-6.
- Book: Jagdish Mehra. K. A. Milton. Climbing the Mountain: The Scientific Biography of Julian Schwinger. 2000. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-850658-4. 611.
- News: Lois Wilson, Actress of Stage, Television and Silent-Film Era. . New York Times. March 10, 1988. 2012-08-31.
- Book: Bernard Jay. Not Simply Divine. 10 August 1994. Simon and Schuster. 978-0-671-88467-3. 12.
- Book: John A. Willis. Screen World. 1989. Crown Publishers. 978-0-517-57332-7. 238.
- News: Obituaries. April 6, 2019. The Independence Examiner. March 9, 1988.
- Book: Don Holst. Marcia S. Popp. American Men of Olympic Track and Field: Interviews with Athletes and Coaches. 8 December 2004. McFarland. 978-0-7864-1930-2. 19.
- News: Golden Age star Olive Carey dies at 92. Ukiah Daily Journal. Associated Press. March 16, 1988. California, Ukiah. 8.
- Book: John A. Willis. Screen World. 1989. Crown Publishers. 978-0-517-57332-7. 237.
- News: Charles Whited. The day the music stopped - for all of us. The Miami Herald. May 28, 1988.
- Encyclopedia: Feather . Leonard . Gitler . Ira . Evans, Gil . The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz . 1999 . . New York . 214.
- Book: Tom Owens. Greatest Baseball Players of All Time. 1990. Publications International. 978-0-88176-696-7. 482.
- News: Folkart. Burt A.. Robert Joffrey, Ballet Company Founder, Dies. 26 March 1988. Los Angeles Times. 2015-08-11.
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jim-Jordan-and-Marian-Jordan Jim Jordan and Marian Jordan American entertainers
- News: Charles J. Russhon, 71, Dies; Basis of Comic Strip Figure. The New York Times. 1982-06-28. January 12, 2007.
- News: Associated Press. Dave Prater, 50, Dies – Soul Singer of the 60's. The New York Times. April 13, 1988. November 4, 2007.
- News: Jesse Lasky Jr., 79; Was a Screenwriter . . April 13, 1988 . 26 July 2018 . 8 .
- Web site: Obituaries : Eva Novak; Sweetheart of Silent-Movie Cowboy Stars . Los Angeles Times . 21 April 1988 . January 1, 2020.
- News: 'A legend in her own right': Carolyn Franklin, Aretha's forgotten sister. Fraser. Morris. The Guardian. January 7, 2021.
- News: James McCracken: Lauded tenor and pillar at the Met dies at 61. The New York Times. Will Crutchfield. Will Crutchfield. May 1, 1988.
- Book: Harold Bloom. Science Fiction Writers of the Golden Age. 1995. Chelsea House. 978-0-7910-2199-6. 111.
- Book: Jeroen de Valk. Chet Baker: His Life and Music. 2000. Berkeley Hills Books. 978-1-893163-13-3. 2.
- Book: Jay Robert Nash. The Motion Picture Guide 1989 Annual: The Films of 1988. April 1997. CineBooks. 978-0-933997-20-2. 348.
- Web site: Woodland Hills Crash Victim Was Pioneering Body Builder. May 18, 1988. Michael Connelly. Los Angeles Times . June 21, 2021.
- Folkart, Burt A. "Obituaries: Daws Butler; Voice of Well-Known Cartoon Characters" Los Angeles Times (May 20, 1988)
- Book: Jay Robert Nash. The Motion Picture Guide 1989 Annual: The Films of 1988. April 1997. CineBooks. 978-0-933997-20-2. 345.
- Book: John Willis. Theatre World, 1987-1988. 1989. Crown Publishers. 978-0-517-57213-9. 228.
- Book: Newsweek. 1988. Newsweek. 72.
- Web site: Eli Mintz, Stage and Film Actor And Uncle David in 'Goldbergs'. Dennis. Hevesi. The New York Times. June 9, 1988. March 28, 2009.
- Book: Robert L. Gale. Louis L'Amour. 1992. Twayne Publishers. 978-0-8057-7649-2. 14.
- Book: Films in Review. 1988. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 634.
- Book: Colin Larkin. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music: AACM to Fargo, Donna. 1992. Guinness Pub.. 978-1-882267-01-9. 158.
- Book: Aaker . Everett . Television Western Players, 1960-1975: A Biographical Dictionary . 2017 . McFarland . 9781476662503 . 350–351 . en.
- Web site: Henry A. Murray is dead at 95; developer of personality theory . . June 24, 1988 . July 1, 2016 . Fowler, Glenn.
- News: June 30, 1988 . Hillel Slovak; Guitarist in Flamboyant Rock Band . January 15, 2011 . Los Angeles Times.
- Book: Salvatore J. LaGumina. Frank J. Cavaioli. Salvatore Primeggia. Joseph A. Varacalli. The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia. 2 September 2003. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-135-58332-3. 118.
- https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-bedneal001 Al Bedner
- Book: Frank Manchel. Film Study: An Analytical Bibliography. 1990. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. 978-0-8386-3412-7. 1264.
- Web site: Johnson . Paul . How wrestling icon Bruiser Brody was killed in Puerto Rico by fellow wrestler . . July 29, 2019.
- News: 'Wheel of Fortune' Announcer Jack Clark, 62, of Studio City. 2010-08-10. 1988-07-26. Daily News of Los Angeles.
- Web site: John . Johnson . Barsi Probe: Judge Asked to Reveal Files on Slain Child . Los Angeles Times . June 16, 2020 . August 17, 1988.
- News: Obituaries: Frank Zamboni; the Man Behind That Odd Machine . Burt A. . Folkart . Los Angeles Times . July 29, 1988 .
- Web site: Driver in Crash That Killed Actor Trinidad Silva Given 10 Years . AP News Service . October 5, 1988 . December 5, 2018.
- News: Mervyn . Rothstein . Ralph Meeker, 67, Star of 'Picnic' And Featured Actor in Films, Dies . . August 6, 1988 . October 12, 2012 .
- News: Lyall . Sarah . 1988-08-06 . Colin Higgins, 47, Director and Writer Of Hollywood Films . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-19 . 0362-4331.
- Web site: Adela R. St. Johns, 94, Journalist, Novelist, Teacher and Scriptwriter. Pace. Eric. August 11, 1988. The New York Times. March 11, 2014.
- News: Mcquiston. John T.. Franklin Roosevelt Jr., 74, Ex-Congressman, Dies. 13 August 2016. The New York Times. 18 August 1988.
- Web site: Charles Eames (1907–1978) and Ray Eames (1912–1988). January 1, 2015. Slessor. Catherine. Architectural Review. en. January 30, 2019.
- News: Gussow, Mel. Leonard Frey, Actor, Dies at 49; Was in 'Fiddler' and Other Films . The New York Times. August 25, 1988. 4 February 2015.
- Book: Shannon Appelcline. Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. 2011. 978-1-907702-58-7. 132.
- Book: Darrell Y. Hamamoto. Nervous Laughter: Television Situation Comedy and Liberal Democratic Ideology. 1989. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-275-92861-2. 159.
- https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/Item/?type=person&itemid=130272 Hugh Hunt 1902-03-08 - 1988-09-01
- Web site: Harold G. Rosson, 93, 'Oz' Cinematographer. New York City . New York Times. September 9, 1988.
- http://oregonsportshall.org/timeline/thelma-payne-swimming/ THELMA PAYNE – SWIMMING
- "John Sylvester White, TV actor, 68, dies here", The Honolulu Advertiser (September 13, 1988), p. D-2.
- News: Robert D.. Hershey Jr. . Billy Carter Dies of Cancer at 51. Troubled Brother of a President. . . September 26, 1988. April 29, 2008 .
- News: Pace . Eric . September 30, 1988 . Charles Addams Dead at 76; Found Humor in the Macabre . October 11, 2009 . The New York Times.
- News: Fowler. Glenn. 1988-10-01. Joachim Prinz, Leader in Protests For Civil-Rights Causes, Dies at 86 (Published 1988). en-US. 33. The New York Times. 2020-11-12. 0362-4331.
- Book: The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin. Colin Larkin (writer). Virgin Books. 1997. Concise. 1-85227-745-9. 339. Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
- Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 14682-14683). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
- News: Associated Press . Wayland Flowers Dies; Ventriloquist Was 48 . . October 12, 1988 . December 30, 2006 .
- News: John T. McQuiston . Ken Murray, 85, Vaudeville Star Who Later Recorded Hollywood . . October 13, 1988 . 2015-01-06 . John T. McQuiston.
- Book: Eugene Michael Vazzana. Silent Film Necrology. 2001. McFarland. 978-0-7864-1059-0. 175.
- Book: James Rosen. The Strong Man: John Mitchell and the Secrets of Watergate. 20 May 2008. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 978-0-385-52546-6. 574.
- Book: Assembly. 1989. 2.
- Book: Who was who in America. 1989. Marquis-Who's Who. 978-0-8379-0217-3. 73.
- Book: Allan R. Ellenberger. Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. 1 May 2001. McFarland. 978-0-7864-5019-0. 93.
- News: Dorothy Jordan, 82; Entered Movies in '29. The New York Times . 13 December 1988. NYTimes.com.
- News: Jerry Hopper, Film and TV Director, Dies at Age 81. Los Angeles Times. December 18, 1988. November 23, 2020. April 12, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170412200528/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-12-18/news/mn-868_1_jerry-hopper. live.
- Web site: Max Robinson, 49, First Black To Anchor Network News, Dies . Jeremy . Gerald. December 21, 1988 . The New York Times . February 1, 2018 .
- Book: Katchmer . George A. . A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses . 2002 . McFarland . 9780786446933 . 358 - 359 . 12 August 2018 . en.
- Web site: Evan Kelly. McCarthy, Glenn Herbert. Handbook of Texas Online. July 9, 2021.
- Book: Who was who in America : with world notables, v. XI (1993–1996). 1996. Marquis Who's Who. New Providence, N.J.. 0837902258. 9. Ashby, Hal. registration.