Timeline November 1988

Events in November 1988 9

• 1906 – 1988 John Carradine (1906-1988) Died 27 November 1988, aged 82 John Carradine was an American character actor who appeared in more than 340 films across six decades, including Stagecoach and The Grapes of Wrath. He was a founding patriarch of the Carradine acting family. He continued working in film until shortly before his death.
• 1988 Yellowstone fires burn much of the national park Wildfires scorch nearly 800,000 acres A severe drought and high winds fueled a series of wildfires that burned roughly 36 percent of Yellowstone National Park over the summer of 1988. Thousands of firefighters battled the blazes before autumn snow helped extinguish them. The fires prompted a rethinking of US wildfire management policy.
• 1988 Al Green and Annie Lennox release Put a Little Love in Your Heart Scrooged A hit duet for the film Scrooged.
• 1988 Green -- the Warner debut Green (November 1988) is R.E.M.'s debut for Warner Bros. and their most musically varied album to date: 'Stand' and 'Pop Song 89' are accessible pop; 'World Leader Pretend' is a political statement by Stipe; 'The Wrong Child' is an acoustic ballad about a disabled child's isolation. The album reaches Number 12 in the US and produces R.E.M.'s first major pop hit in 'Stand.' The subsequent Green world tour takes R.E.M. to venues of unprecedented size. They are now one of the biggest bands in the world.
• 1988 Nirvana release Love Buzz Sub Pop Their first single, on Seattle's Sub Pop label.
• 1988 The Beach Boys top the charts with Kokomo Cocktail Their first number one in 22 years.
• 1988 – present Conchita Wurst Eurovision Winner The "bearded lady" persona of Tom Neuwirth, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014.
• 1988 George H. W. Bush elected US President Vice President wins the 1988 presidential election George H. W. Bush defeated Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis to win the US presidency, succeeding Ronald Reagan. Bush had served two terms as Reagan's vice president. He was inaugurated in January 1989.
• 1988 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Directed by William Shatner, the film follows a renegade Vulcan who hijacks the Enterprise in search of God at the centre of the galaxy. Generally considered the weakest of the original cast films. Plagued by budget problems and a writers' strike. Budget: $30 million. Gross: $63 million.