Remember "Don't worry, be happy" from 1988?

The "Willie Horton" ad' helped seal the fate of the Dukakis bid for the White House.

1988 was also the year that Sonny Bono was elected mayor of Palm Springs.

Celine Dion gets a boost when she wins the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988.

At a demonstration of the new Airbus 320, Air France 296 crashes into a forest as the attempt goes wrong.

In 1988, the Soviet space shuttle Buran made its first and only flight. Unmanned, it orbited the Earth twice, then made an automated landing in the Baikanur base.

I found a fun little video on the Soviet shuttle program. I didn't know they were building a dozen or so--most near completion. They also built a huge, six engine transport jet to carry them around.

http://youtu.be/N1-0hiWAf_I