Narayanan – AIR India Reporter 1988 Court Page No. 1381 ; 1988 Volume No. 3 SCC Court Cases Page No. 366 ; 1988 PLJR 78 – Although an affidavit may be taken as proof of the facts stated therein, the Courts have no jurisdiction to admit evidence by way of affidavit.

This would make it a language family about as old as Indo-European ( 4000 to 7, 000 BC according to several hypotheses cited in Mallory 1997: 106 ) but considerably younger than Afroasiatic ( c. 10, 000 BC according to Diakonoff 1988: 33n, 11, 000 to 16, 000 BC according to Ehret 2002: 35 – 36 ).

* 1904 – Kurt Kiesinger, German politician ( d. 1988 )

* 1988 – Leigh Adams, Australian footballer

* 1988 – Mike Bailey, English actor and singer

* 1988 – Melisa Cantiveros, Filipina actress, comedienne, and television personality

* 1988 – Daniele Gasparetto, Italian footballer

* 1988 – Carlton Mitchell, American football player

* 1988 – Fabrice Muamba, Congolese-English footballer

* 1988 – Ivonne Orsini, Puerto Rician actress and model

* 1988 – Jucilei da Silva, Brazilian footballer

* 1912 – Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician 2nd Vice President of Indonesia ( d. 1988 )

* 1988 – Ricardo Gabriel Álvarez, Argentine footballer

* 1988 – Stephen Brogan, English footballer

* 1988 – Amedeo Calliari, Italian footballer

* 1988 – Jessie James, American singer-songwriter

* 1988 – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opens World Expo ' 88 in Brisbane, Australia.

* 1988 – Alexa Vega, American actress and singer

* 1988 – The Tompkins Square Park Riot in New York City spurs a reform of the NYPD, held responsible for the event.

* 1920 – Ella Raines, American actress ( d. 1988 )

In January 1988, Lara made his first-class debut for Trinidad and Tobago in the Red Stripe Cup against Leeward Islands.

* 1988 – Lara Jean Marshall, English-Australian actress

Fung Wah was founded in New York City in 1996, as Fung Wah Transport Vans, Inc., by Pei Lin Liang, who had immigrated from Zhuhai, China in 1988.

* 1914 – Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet ( d. 1988 )

* 1988 – Jullie, Brazilian singer-songwriter, model, and actress

* 1988 – Justin Gaston, American singer-songwriter and actor

* 1988 – Louise Setara, English singer-songwriter

* 1988 – Alexandra Burke, English singer-songwriter

* 1988 – Kevin J. Maclean, Scottish singer-songwriter

* 1988 – Keshia Chanté, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

* 1988 – Leeland Dayton Mooring, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Leeland )

* 1961 – Amar Singh Chamkila, Punjabi singer-songwriter ( d. 1988 )

* 1988 – Pablo Holman, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Kudai )

Richard Kim Milford ( February 7, 1951 – June 16, 1988 ) was an American actor, singer-songwriter, and composer.

* 1988 – Adele, English singer-songwriter and musician

* 1988 – Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

* 1988 – Casey Donovan, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Roy Kelton Orbison ( April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988 ) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads.

* 1988 – Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

* 1939 – Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( The Snakestretchers ) ( d. 1988 )

* 1988 – Amanda Jenssen, Swedish singer-songwriter

* 1931 – Brook Benton, American singer-songwriter and actor ( d. 1988 )

Massive Attack started as a spin-off production trio in 1988, with the independently-released song, " Any Love ", sung by falsetto-voiced singer-songwriter Carlton McCarthy, and then, with considerable backing from Neneh Cherry, they signed to Circa Records in 1990 – committing to deliver six studio albums and a " best of " compilation.

• Narvel Felts – country music singer-songwriter ( active 1957 – 1988 ); recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame

* Esmée Denters ( born 1988 ), singer-songwriter

* Roy Orbison ( April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988 )-nicknamed " The Big O ," Orbison was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades.