At A Glance

9 July 1988 at a glance

Day of the week
9 July 1988 was a Saturday.
Irish Chart Song in 1988
The Irish chart song for 1988 was “Groovy Kind of Love” by Phil Collins.
Top Film of 1988
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1988 was Rain Man.
Star sign
The star sign for 9 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 9 July 1988 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 9 July 1988 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 9 July

  • 1977 The Pinochet dictatorship in Chile organises the youth event of Acto de Chacarillas, a ritualised act reminiscent of Francoist Spain.
  • 1986 The New Zealand Parliament passes the Homosexual Law Reform Act legalising homosexuality in New Zealand.
  • 1993 The Parliament of Canada passes the Nunavut Act leading to the 1999 creation of Nunavut, dividing the Northwest Territories into arctic (Inuit) and sub-arctic (Dene) lands based on a plebiscite.
  • 1997 An explosion aboard a Brazilian airline TAM Fokker 100 launches engineer Fernando Caldeira de Moura Campos into a 2,400 meters free fall.
  • 1999 Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.

Famous people born on 9 July

  • Tom Hanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1956)
  • Courtney Love, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (born 1964)
  • Lindsey Graham, American lawyer and politician (1955–2026)
  • Jack White, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1975)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1988 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1988 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 27 January – The Irish internet country code top-level domain.ie was registered.
  • 29 February – The first edition of the Irish Daily Star newspaper went on sale.
  • 19 March – Five thousand people gathered for an anti-apartheid rally at the General Post Office in Dublin.
More events of 1988 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Ireland in 1988

Taoiseach

Charles Haughey

Petrol (per litre)

£1.22/gal

Loaf of Bread

£0.52

Average House

£29,500

Weekly Wage

£75

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