Exports from West Germany exceeded $ 323 billion in 1988.

Between 1950 and the Six Day War in 1967, although not widely recognized, Jordan claimed and administered an additional 5, 880 square kilometers encompassing the West Bank ; in 1988 and with continuing Israeli occupation, King Hussein relinquished Jordan's claim to the West Bank in favor of the Palestinians.

* Hopkins, Virginia, Pioneers of the Old West, New York, NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1988.

West Europeans may be loath to come, however, because excessive pollution has closed Jūrmala beaches to swimming since 1988.

* Newton, Alex, History of West Africa ( 1988 )

* The Changeling ( Beatrice-Joanna )-( Lyttelton ) National Theatre, West End ( 1988 )

* Mountain Language ( Young Woman )-( Lyttelton ) National Theatre, West End ( 1988 )

The Military Revolution: Military innovation and the Rise of The West, 1988.

In 1988, Ze ' evi established the Moledet ( Homeland ) party advocating the population transfer of Arabs from Judea and Samaria ( West Bank ) and the Gaza Strip to the neighboring Arab countries.

Jordan ceded its West Bank claims to the PLO in November 1988, later confirmed by the Israel – Jordan Treaty of Peace of 1994.

Seattle has won seven division titles in their franchise history: the 1988 and 1999 AFC West titles, and the 2004 – 2007 and 2010 NFC West titles.

* Theme ( album ), a 1988 album by Leslie West

Written in the West, in conjunction with the publication, Written in the West, Munich: Schirmer / Mosel ( 1987 ), touring exhibition: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris ( 1986 ); Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra ( 1987 ); Palazzo della Triennale di Milano ( 1988 ); Film Society of Miami ( 1988 ); Goethe Institut, Stockholm ( 1988 ); Goethe Institut, Copenhagen ( 1988 ); Saint-Yrieix-La-Perche ( 1990 ); Städtische Galerie Schwarzes Kloster, Freiburg ( Breisgau ) ( 1992 )

* April 6 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger, former Chancellor of West Germany ( d. 1988 )

* September 24 – September 26 – Large, militant protests against the 1988 World Bank and IMF meetings take place in West Berlin.

By the end of 1988, Anderson felt creatively sidelined by Rabin and Squire and had grown tired of the musical direction of the " Yes West " line-up.

* Canada Post issued a 37-cent stamp inscribed Vancouver Explores the Coast on 17 March 1988.

He then starred as Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott's cult sci-fi classic Blade Runner ( 1982 ), and in a number of dramatic-action films: Peter Weir's Witness ( 1985 ) and The Mosquito Coast ( 1986 ), and Roman Polanski's Frantic ( 1988 ).

Venues included the Perth Entertainment Centre, The Seagull Stadium on the Gold Coast, Memorial Drive in Adelaide, the Sydney Entertainment Centre and a final concert at the Melbourne Tennis Centre on 23 December 1988, the same night that the last episode of Young Talent Time went to air on Network Ten.

* 1988 – Texaco and Saudi Aramco agree to form a joint venture known as Star Enterprise in which Saudi Aramco would own a 50 % share of Texaco's refining and marketing operations in the eastern U. S. and Gulf Coast.

In 1988 Phil Bakes, the president of Eastern Air Lines, announced plans to lay off 4, 000 employees and eliminate and reduce service to airports in the Western United States ; he said that the airline was going " back to our roots " in the East Coast of the United States.

* 1988 West Coast Diaries: Vol.

BIX online news report from the West Coast Computer Faire, 1988

He had significant roles in Rob Reiner's coming of age picture Stand by Me ( 1986 ) which first brought Phoenix to public prominence ; Peter Weir's The Mosquito Coast ( 1986 ), where Phoenix played the son of Harrison Ford's character ; A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon ( 1988 ); and Little Nikita ( 1988 ) alongside Sidney Poitier.

Independent until its final closure, it formed a standard gauge rail link between the village and Chathill Station on the East Coast Main Line ( Wright, 1988 ).

* The second was a harbor tug, commissioned into the United States Coast Guard in 1939, transferred to the Navy in 1941, transferred back to the Coast Guard in 1946, and decommissioned in 1988

The inaugural Touch World Cup was held on the Gold Coast, Australia in 1988.

* The 1988 NSWRL season sees the debuts of three new franchises: Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Chargers and Newcastle Knights.

* Erie Panthers, a former professional hockey team in the East Coast Hockey League from 1988 – 1996

Harry McNevin said that in 1988 the ORU Board of Regents " rubber-stamped " the " use of millions in endowment money to buy a Beverly Hills property so that Oral Roberts could have a West Coast office and house ".

In The Gold Coast ( 1988 ) we learn about the Southern California of 2027, a dystopian extension of today's Los Angeles and car oriented architecture, mobility and life-style: " an endless sprawl of condos, freeways and malls.

In 1988, Bell and Alan Corberth renamed the show Coast to Coast AM and moved its broadcast from the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas to Bell's home in Pahrump.

The Nooksack language ( Lhéchalosem ) belonged to the Coast Salishan family of Native American but became extinct around 1988.

These included Skeleton Coast ( 1987 ), Gor ( 1987 ) Dragonard ( 1987 ) and its filmed-back-to-back sequel Master Of Dragonard Hill, Hold My Hand I'm Dying ( aka Blind Justice ) ( 1988 ), House Of Usher ( 1988 ), Captive Rage ( 1988 ) and The Revenger ( 1989 ).

The league, which combined teams from the defunct Atlantic Coast Hockey League and All-American Hockey League, began play as the East Coast Hockey League in 1988 with 5 teams — the ( Winston-Salem, North ) Carolina Thunderbirds ( now the Wheeling Nailers ); the Erie Panthers ( folded after 2011 as the Victoria Salmon Kings ); the Johnstown Chiefs ( now the Greenville Road Warriors ); the Knoxville Cherokees ( ceased operations as the Pee Dee Pride after 2005 ; folded after 2009 following failed relocation efforts ); and the Virginia Lancers ( now the Utah Grizzlies ).

* 1988 Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame

Since 1988, the London Swing Dance Society have held ' Stompin ' on Monday nights, a swing dancing evening with classes and regular live bands.

" Swing Low, Sweet Chariot " has been sung by rugby players and fans for some decades, but became associated with the English national side, in particular, in 1988.

He followed this up with many improvements, including the 1974 Hummer, which could simulate fastballs, pop-ups and grounders, the Casey ( 1983 ), the Ponza Swing King ( 1987 ) and the Rookie ( 1988 ).

In 1988, Swing Magazine of Switzerland called him " one of the best exponents of Jazz Piano ".

* Robert Royston, Class of 1988, Dancer, Choreographer, US Open Swing Dance Championship and World Country Dance Championship four consecutive years ( 1995 to 1998 ), 2006 USA Grand National Cabaret Champion and the 2006 US National Champion, as well as winning many NASDE Showcase Swing Titles with wife, Nicola.