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1988 - Eugene Marino of Atlanta, Georgia, USA appointed first African American archbishop.

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1988 - NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by chlorofluorocarbons.

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1988 - NFL's Saint Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix, Arizona.

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1989 - Birth of Caitlin Wachs, American actress (Chloe Waters - Profiler).

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1989 - New York Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's number 1 uniform.

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1990 - Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as President of Brazil.

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1990 - Tom Harmon, NFL tail back (Heisman Trophy), dies in Los Angeles at age 70.

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1990 - The Soviet Union announces that Lithuania's declaration of independence is invalid.

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1990 - Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying. Daphne Parish, a British nurse, is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment as an accomplice.

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1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union.

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