World Events[]
- Iran-Contra affair
- Soviet Army begins withdrawal from Afghanistan after 8 years
- UK Government passes Section 28 (prohibiting promotion of homosexuality in schools)
- US President Ronald Reagan visits Soviet Union
- Netherlands defeats Soviet Union 2-0 to win Euro 88
- Iran-Iraq war ends
- July 6th, an explosion and the resulting oil and gas fires, destroys the North Sea Gas production platform 'Piper Alpha' killing 167 (including 2 crewman from a rescue vessel)
- Summer Olympics held in Seoul, Korea
- First computer worm distributed via the Internet (Morris Worm)
- George W. Bush wins US Elections, becoming the first sitting Vice-President in 200 years to do so
- Pan Am Flight 103 blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland (believed to be the work of Libyans)
Events In Rock[]
- Monsters Of Rock tour in US
- Mötley Crüe enter rehab
- Billy Sheehan leaves David Lee Roth's solo band and forms Mr. Big
- U2's Rattle And Hum goes to number 1 on the US Album charts
- September: BBC Radio 1 acquires its own FM network and rebrands itself Radio 1 FM. However, this does not initially cover the whole of the UK, meaning that some areas (including such rock heartlands as north-east England and some parts of non-metropolitan southern England) can only receive the Friday Rock Show (and other shows previously broadcast on Radio 2's FM frequencies such as John Peel & Annie Nightingale) on medium wave until late 1989 or 1990.
- Monsters Of Rock (Donington): two people crushed to death during Guns 'N' Roses set
- Deaths of Roy Orbison, Hillel Slovak (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Paul Avron Jeffreys (Cockney Rebel)
Major Rock Releases[]
- Megadeth, 'So Far, So Good...So What!'
- David Lee Roth, 'Skyscraper'
- Toto, 'The Seventh One'
- Yngwie Malmsteen, 'Odyssey'
- Scorpions, 'Savage Amusement'
- Queensrÿche, 'Operation: Mindcrime'
- Living Colour, 'Vivid'
- Van Halen, 'OU812'
- Guns N' Roses, 'G 'N 'R Lies'
- Pink Floyd, 'Delicate Sound Of Thunder'
- Jethro Tull, '20 Years Of Jethro Tull' (65 track box set)
- Metallica, '...And Justice For All'
- Status Quo, 'Ain't Complaining'
List Of FRS Dates[]
30 September 1988: no FRS (21 Years Of Radio 1)
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- 01 January 1988 / 08 January 1988 / 15 January 1988 / 22 January 1988 / 29 January 1988
- 05 February 1988 / 12 February 1988 / 19 February 1988 / 26 February 1988
- 04 March 1988 / 11 March 1988 / 18 March 1988 / 25 March 1988
- 01 April 1988 / 08 April 1988 / 15 April 1988 / 22 April 1988 / 29 April 1988
- 06 May 1988 / 13 May 1988 / 20 May 1988 / 27 May 1988
- 10 June 1988 / 17 June 1988 / 24 June 1988
- 01 July 1988 / 08 July 1988 / 15 July 1988 / 22 July 1988 / 29 July 1988
- 05 August 1988 12 August 1988 / 19 August 1988 / 26 August 1988 / Rock Out (August 1988)
- 02 September 1988 / 09 September 1988 / 16 September 1988 / 23 September 1988
- 07 October 1988 / 08 October 1988 (Night Rockin') / 14 October 1988 / 21 October 1988 / 22 October 1988 (Night Rockin') / 28 October 1988
- 04 November 1988 / 05 November 1988 (Night Rockin') / 11 November 1988 / 18 November 1988 / 25 November 1988
- 02 December 1988 / 03 December 1988 (Night Rockin') / 09 December 1988 / 16 December 1988 / 17 December 1988 (Night Rockin') / 23 December 1988 / 24 December 1988 (Night Rockin') / 30 December 1988