On January 31 1988..

Superbowl XXII was played. The Redskins beat the Broncos a smashing 42-10.

The New York Times Bestsellers top five for Fiction read:
1) The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
2) The Tommyknockers by Steven King
3) Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
4) Kaleidoscope by Danielle Steele
5) 2061: Odessey Three by Arthur Clark

The Weekend Box Office stacked up:
1) Good Morning Vietnam $8.2 million
2) Three Men and a Baby $5.1
3) Moonstruck $4.05
4) For Keeps $2.2
5) Broadcast News $2.1

This Garfield ran. Come on I gotta include my favorite comic strip!

Garfield by Jim Davis

And in a hospital in Upstate NY.....

I Happened!