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The Year ~ 1988
George Bush Sr. is elected President.
The greenhouse effect is discovered.
America's Most Wanted debuts.
Prozac is introduced to the public.
Sonny Bono becomes mayor of Palm Springs
Yo! MTV Raps debuts.
CD's outsell albums for the first time.
Lionel Richie's wife was arrested for assaulting Lionel and a model she found him with.
Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson get hitched.
#1 Song of The Year: Roll With It - Steve Winwood.
"She's Like The Wind" shows Patrick Swayze can sing as well as dance and act.
Salt N Pepa get their breakthrough hit with "Push It".
Julia Roberts hits the big screen in her first breakthrough role in Mystic Pizza.
Top grossing film of the year: Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Spuds Mackenzie becomes the original party animal.
Oprah Winfrey is the hottest talk show in America.
The new Suzuki Samurai gets bad reputation for flipping over when turning corners.
Penny Loafers with a penny in them and Levi's with the cuffs rolled up were the fashion statements of the year.
U2 records Rattle and Hum album and then later the documentary.
Flying chair thrown by skinhead hits Geraldo in the nose on his self titled talk show.
1987 :: 1989
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