Timeline September 1988

Events in September 1988 8

• 1987 – 1988 A Momentary Lapse of Reason -- Gilmours Pink Floyd David Gilmour leads a reconstituted Pink Floyd -- with Mason and the restored Wright (now a full member again) -- to record A Momentary Lapse of Reason (September 1987). The album is largely written by Gilmour with outside collaborators; it is technically polished but lacks the conceptual depth of the Waters era. Waters publicly dismisses it as 'a pretty fair forgery.' The subsequent Delicate Sound of Thunder tour (1987-89) grosses over $135 million and plays to 4.25 million people -- demonstrating that the Pink Floyd brand retains enormous commercial power even without Waters.
• 1988 Charlie Parker biopic Bird released Clint Eastwood With Forest Whitaker as Parker.
• 1988 1988 Summer Olympics XXIV Olympiad - Seoul The last Games for the USSR and East Germany. Winner: Soviet Union.
• 1988 Samsung sponsors Seoul Olympics Samsung is a major domestic sponsor of the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics — the event that introduces South Korea to the world as a modern industrial nation. The Olympics boost Samsung's domestic profile and give the company its first significant international visibility. Seoul 1988 is the beginning of South Korea's global cultural emergence, with Samsung as one of its leading corporate ambassadors.
• 1988 Olympic gold -- Seoul, 26 September 1988 At the Seoul Olympics on 26 September 1988, Bubka wins the Olympic gold medal with a vault of 5.90m -- the only Olympic title of his career. The performance is emotionally significant: denied at Los Angeles by politics, he finally has his Olympic gold. He is 24. In the context of his career it is almost an afterthought -- he has broken the world record 16 times by this point -- but the Olympic title is the one honour the 1984 boycott took from him, and Seoul restores it.
• 1988 Salman Rushdie publishes The Satanic Verses Novel later sparks international controversy British-Indian author Salman Rushdie published his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, which drew accusations of blasphemy from some Muslims for its depiction of the Prophet Muhammad. The book was banned in several countries within months of publication. It led to Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa calling for Rushdie's death the following year.
• 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation — Season 2 The second season introduces Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) and the recurring Borg threat. Diana Muldaur replaces Gates McFadden as the ship's doctor due to a behind-the-scenes dispute. The season ends strongly with the first appearance of the Borg Queen.
• 1988 – present Kevin Durant KD One of the greatest scorers in history; 2-time NBA champion and Finals MVP.