Timeline January 1988

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• 1898 – 1988 Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898-1988) Died 11 January 1988, aged 89 Isidor Isaac Rabi was an Austrian-born American physicist who won the 1944 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance. His work laid the foundation for MRI technology and atomic clocks. He also advised the US government on nuclear policy after World War II.
• 1899 – 1988 Colleen Moore (1899-1988) American actress, the bobbed-haired flapper of the 1920s and creator of a famous dollhouse castle.
• 1911 – 1988 Klaus Fuchs (1911-1988) Died 28 January 1988, aged 76 Klaus Fuchs was a German-born physicist who passed atomic bomb secrets from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and after World War II. He was convicted of espionage in Britain in 1950 and served nine years in prison before moving to East Germany. His disclosures significantly accelerated the Soviet nuclear weapons program.
• 1913 – 1988 Trevor Howard (1913-1988) Died 14 January 1988, aged 74 Trevor Howard was an English actor best known for his lead role in the 1945 film Brief Encounter. He appeared in dozens of British and international films over a four-decade career. He died in Bushey, England.
• 1988 Australian Open 1988 — moves to Melbourne Park Men: Mats Wilander · Women: Steffi Graf First Australian Open at Melbourne Park (then Flinders Park) on hard courts. Steffi Graf won the first of four Australian Open titles.
• 1988 DNA fingerprinting first secures a criminal conviction Colin Pitchfork convicted using genetic profiling British forester Colin Pitchfork became the first person convicted of murder using DNA fingerprinting evidence, developed by geneticist Alec Jeffreys. The technique had earlier cleared an innocent suspect in the same case. It went on to transform forensic science and criminal investigation worldwide.
• 1988 George Harrison tops the charts with Got My Mind Set on You Cloud Nine His last number one.
• 1988 Signs with PWL, releases "I Should Be So Lucky" First UK single reaches number one Signing with Pete Waterman's PWL label, Minogue released "I Should Be So Lucky" in January 1988, written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. The single shot to number one in the UK and across much of Europe, establishing her as a bona fide international pop star almost overnight.
• 1988 1988: Ayrton Senna McLaren Brazilian Senna won his first title in one of the most dominant cars in F1 history, the McLaren MP4/4 designed by Gordon Murray, which won 15 of 16 races. His rivalry with teammate Prost defined an era.
• 1988 Lasker Award and Horwitz Prize Received two of the most prestigious awards in biomedical research: the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award and the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University, both for his discovery of RNA splicing.
• 1988 – 1991 Mayor and Party Secretary of Shanghai Named Mayor of Shanghai in 1988, then Party Secretary in 1989, succeeding Jiang Zemin. Opened Shanghai to foreign investment and improved the city's economy, earning the attention of paramount leader Deng Xiaoping.
• 1988 Rasta and Us an Dem Published Rasta and his album Us an Dem, blending poetry with music and bringing dub poetry to mainstream attention.
• 1988 Record-Breaking Concert in Rio Performed to 180,000 people in Rio de Janeiro, one of the largest concert audiences for any solo performer in history.
• 1988 – 1990 Rise to Supermodel Status Became one of the most in-demand models in the world, appearing on the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Elle. Featured on Peter Lindbergh's legendary January 1990 British Vogue cover alongside Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford.
• 1988 Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement signed Landmark bilateral trade pact reduces tariffs Canada and the United States signed a free trade agreement eliminating most tariffs between the two countries over ten years. The deal was a precursor to the North American Free Trade Agreement signed in 1992. It remained politically contentious in Canada's 1988 federal election.
• 1988 The Beach Boys inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted by Elton John.
• 1988 The Drifters inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted with Ben E. King and Clyde McPhatter.
• 1988 Woody Guthrie inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Early influence Inducted as an early influence.
• 1988 Kurt Cobain records Nirvana's first demo Jack Endino Recorded in one day at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle.
• 1988 Colleen Moore dies in Paso Robles Colleen Moore dies aged 88.