And the Oscar goes to:

Best Picture: Rain Man

Best Actor: Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man

Best Actress: Jodie Foster, The Accused

Top Singles

Steve Winwood, Roll with it

Poison, Every rose has its thorn

George Michael, One more try

Chicago, Look Away

Guns N' Roses, Sweet Child O' Mine

Remember When: 1988

McDonald's opens in Moscow giving everyone a "Bolshoi Mak"

US Supreme Court ruled that free speech protects even the outrageous

Cabinet-level "Drug Czar" position is created to fight the WAR ON DRUGS

The Democratic party nominated Massachusets governer Michael Dukakis and Senator Lloyd Bentsen for President and Vice-President

Vice-President Bush gets a new job when he is elected President sweeping 40 states. Indiana Senator Dan Quayle becomes the Vice-President and the brunt of jokesters worldwide

CD's outsell vinyl for the first time

Ted Turner started TNT after purchasing MGM's movie library

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