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November 8, 1988

On November 8, 1988, u.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president. The year's #1 song was "Faith" by George Michael. Brook Lopez, Robin Lopez, Chris Heston would arrive in the same year.

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1988

1980s

Around 1988

The year in brief

1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1988th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 988th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1980s decade.

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What happened

On November 8, 1988

  1. 1988 U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.

    Second-highest constitutional office in the United States

    S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as the president of the Senate.

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Born on November 8, 1988

Yasmani Grandal 1988– Cuban-born American baseball player (born 1988)
Jessica Lowndes 1988– Canadian actress and singer
Lucia Slaničková 1988– Slovak heptathlete
Malcolm Thomas 1988– American basketball player (born 1988)

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Other moments from 1988

The class of 1988

Others born in 1988

Brook Lopez 1988– American basketball player
Robin Lopez 1988– American basketball player
Chris Heston 1988– American baseball pitcher
Kareem Jackson 1988– American football player
Haley Joel Osment 1988– American actor
Jan-Phillip Tadsen 1988– German politician

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