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List of events that occured during the Year 1988Economics
President:____________Ronald W. Reagan Vice President:________George Bush Population:___________244,498,982 Life Expectancy:______74.9 years Dow-Jones High:_____2,183 Low:_____1,879 Federal spending:_____$1064.14 billion
Federal debt:_________$2601.3 billion
Inflation:_____________4.7% Consumer Price Index:__118.3
Unemployment:________6.2%
Prices Cost of a New Home:___________$138,300.00 Cost of a New Car:_____________$18,000.00 Median Household Income:______$27,225.00 Cost of a first-class Stamp:______$0.22 ($0.25 as of 4/3/88) Cost of a gallon of Regular Gas:__$1.09 Cost of a dozen Eggs:___________$0.89 Cost of a gallon of Milk:________$2.30 |
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US Top 100 Singles for 1988 POS-TITLE-Artist 1 FAITH George Michael 3 GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison 4 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley 5 SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns N' Roses 6 SO EMOTIONAL Whitney Houston 7 HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH Belinda Carlisle 8 COULD'VE BEEN Tiffany 9 HANDS TO HEAVEN Breathe 10 ROLL WITH IT Steve Winwood 11 ONE MORE TRY George Michael 12 WISHING WELL Terence Trent D'Arby 13 ANYTHING FOR YOU 14 THE FLAME Cheap Trick 15 GET OUTTA MY DREAMS, GET INTO MY CAR 16 SEASONS CHANGE Expose 17 IS THIS LOVE Whitesnake 18 WILD, WILD WEST The Escape Club 19 POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME Def Leppard 20 I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Taylor Dayne 21 MAN IN THE MIRROR Michael Jackson 22 SHAKE YOUR LOVE Debbbie Gibson 23 SIMPLY IRRESISTABLE Robert Palmer 25 HUNGRY EYES Eric Carmen 26 SHATTERED DREAMS Johnny Hates 27 FATHER FIGURE George Michael 28 NAUGHTY GIRLS (Need Love Too) Samantha Fox 29 GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins 30 LOVE BITES Def Leppard 31 ENDLESS SUMMER NIGHTS Richard Marx 32 FOOLISH BEAT Debbie Gibson 33 WHERE DO BROKEN HEARTS GO Whitney Houston 34 ANGEL Aerosmith 35 HAZY SHADE OF WINTER The Bangles 36 THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL Michael Jackson 37 DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin 38 MAKE ME LOSE CONTROL Eric Carmen 39 RED RED WINE UB40 40 SHE'S LIKE THE WIND Patrick Swayze Featuring Wendy Frazer 41 BAD MEDICINE Bon Jovi 42 43 I DON'T WANNA GO ON WITH YOU LIKE THAT Elton John 44 TOGETHER FOREVER Rick Astley 45 MONKEY George Michael 46 DEVIL INSIDE INXS 47 SHOULD'VE KNOWN BETTER Richard Marx 48 I DON'T WANNA LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE 49 THE LOCO-MOTION Kylie Minogue 50 WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE THIS Pet Shop Boys 51 MAKE IT REAL The Jets 52 WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND (Pure Energy) Information Society 53 TELL IT TO MY HEART Taylor Dayne 54 OUT OF THE BLUE Debbie Gibson 55 DON'T YOU WANT ME Jody Wately 56 DESIRE U2 57 I GET WEAK Belinda Carlisle 58 SIGN YOUR NAME Terance Trent D'Arby 61 DIRTY DIANA Michael Jackson 63 MERCEDES BOY Pebbles 64 PERFECT WORLD Huey Lewis and the News 66 CATCH ME (I'm Falling) Pretty Poison 67 IF IT ISN'T LOVE New Edition 68 ROCKET 2 U The Jets 69 ONE GOOD WOMAN Peter Cetera 70 DON'T BE CRUEL Cheap Trick 71 CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John 72 EVERYTHING YOUR HEART DESIRES Hall & Oates 73 SAY YOU WILL Foreigner 74 I WANT HER Keith Sweat 75 PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole 76 FAST CAR Tracy Chapman 77 ELECTRIC BLUE Icehouse 78 THE 79 DON'T BE CRUEL Bobby Brown 80 ALWAYS ON MY MIND The Pet Shop Boys 81 PIANO IN THE DARK Brenda Russell Featuring Joe Esposito 82 WHEN IT'S LOVE Van Halen 83 DON'T SHED A TEAR Paul Carrack 84 WE'LL BE TOGETHER Sting 85 I HATE MYSELF FOR LOVING YOU Joan Jett & the Blackhearts 86 I DON'T WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU Foreigner 87 NITE AND DAY Al B. Sure! 88 DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT THE NIGHT CAN DO 89 ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston 90 CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine 91 KISSING A FOOL George Michael 92 CHERRY BOMB John Mellenkamp 93 I STILL BELIEVE Brenda K. Starr 94 I FOUND SOMEONE 95 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS 96 VALERIE Steve Winwood 97 JUST LIKE 98 NOTHIN' BUT A GOOD TIME Poison 99 WAIT White Lion 100 PROVE YOUR LOVE Taylor Dayne
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