Timeline Friday 1 January 1988

Events on Friday 1 January 1988 6

• 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.