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Eureka High School Class of 1988 - 1988 in Review


Cost of Living in 1988
Yearly Inflation Rate USA                                       4.08%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average       2168  (WHAT????)
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve            10.50%
Average Cost of new house                              $91,600.00
Average Income per year                                $24,450.00
Average Monthly Rent                                           $420.00
Average Price for new car                             $10,4000.00
1 gallon of gas                                                           91 cents
Movie Ticket                                                            $3.50
US Postage Stamp                                                     24 cents
Dozen Eggs                                                              65 cents

submitted by Carol Sandretto-Unsinger from http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1988.html

Technology Introduced in 1988
  * First transatlantic fibre optic cable layed able to carry 40,000 telephone calls simultaneously
  * Stephen Hawking Publishes ' A Brief History Of Time '
  * The first major computer virus infects computers connected to the Internet.
  * The Hubble Space Telescope is put into operation
  * The US Stealth Bomber is unveiled
  * Using Carbon Dating it is established that the Turin Shroud Can Not Be the Burial Cloth of Christ
  * The Antidepressant Prozac introduced which quickly became the market leader for treating depression

submitted by Carol Sandretto-Unsinger from http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1988.html

A Few World Events of 1988
* After 8 years and 1.5 million dead the Iran -- Iraq war ends

* Iraq carries out Poison Gas Attack On Kurds

* Earthquake in Armenia Kills 60,000

* Suspected Libyan terrorist bomb explodes on Pan Am jet over Lockerbie in Scotland killing all 259 on board and 11 on the ground

* Australia celebrates its bicentennial.

* A new drug Crack appears ( A derrivitive of Cocain ) and is increasingly found in US Cities

* UK SAS kill suspected IRA bombers in Gibralta

* Salmonella is found in Eggs in Britain causing problems for British Farmers

* Laws restricting opening times for UK Pubs are changed allowing Pubs to stay open all day

* 34 people die in the Clapham Rail Crash

* Widespread strikes in Poland by Solidarity Supporters

* Archaeologists uncover the original Globe Theatre in London

* Soviet Red Army withdraws from Afghanistan.

* A Soviet Union School Bus is Hijacked

* Panama leader General Manual Antonio Noriega, is charged with drug smuggling and money laundering

* Yasser Arafat is invited to adress the U.N. General Assembly

* Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires killing 165 oil workers and 2 rescue mariners.

 * The Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea

* Prince Charles escapes avalanche in Switzerland

* The Winter Olympic Games are held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

* Hurricane Gilbert devastated Jamaica, it turns towards Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula two days later

submitted by Carol Sandretto-Unsinger from http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1988.html

Popular Films
 * Rain Man
  * Who Framed Roger Rabbit
  * Big
  * Twins
  * Crocodile Dundee II
  * Die Hard
  * The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
  * Beetlejuice
  * Dangerous Liaisons
  * A Fish Called Wanda
  * Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood

submitted by Carol Sandretto-Unsinger from http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1988.html

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