In 1988, having produced some 5, 000 cars in 20 years, a revived economy and successful sales of limited edition Vantage, and 52 Volante Zagato coupes at £ 86, 000 each ; the company finally retired the ancient V8 and introduced the Virage range — the first new Aston launched in 20 years.

Although there are conflicting dates as to when they met ( some sources state that they met in January 1989 at the Satyricon nightclub ), Love stated that the two first encountered one another in January 1988 at a Dharma Bums show where she was doing a spoken word performance, and Erlandson stated that both he and Love were formally introduced to Cobain in a parking lot after a Butthole Surfers concert at the Hollywood Paladium in 1991.

* John R. Ragazzini ( 1912 – 1988 ) introduced digital control and the z-transform in the 1950s.

* Lev Pontryagin ( 1908 – 1988 ) introduced the maximum principle and the bang-bang principle.

In this documentary, Morris brought to a pinnacle the revolutionary technique that he had first introduced to the world in his 1988 The Thin Blue Line: the use of re-enactments in a documentary film — a technique ( re-enactments ) which had previously been thought to be inappropriate for use in a " documentary " film.

Britannica introduced the Children's Britannica to the U. S. market in 1988, aimed at ages 7 to 14.

In 1988, Intel introduced the i386SX, a low cost version of the 80386 with a 16-bit data bus.

Klingon is sometimes referred to as Klingonese ( most notably in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode " The Trouble With Tribbles ", where it was actually pronounced by a Klingon character as " Klingonee " ) but, among the Klingon-speaking community, this is often understood to refer to another Klingon language called Klingonaase that was introduced in John M. Ford's 1988 Star Trek novel The Final Reflection, and appears in other Star Trek novels by Ford.

The VAZ-1111 " Oka " micro-car, which resembles the Fiat Panda ( though has no relation to it ), was introduced in 1988, and in 1991 the production was transferred to the KamAZ and SeAZ factories.

In 1988, an unusually designed US 9mm machine pistol named the Calico M950 was introduced.

NeXT introduced the first NeXT Computer in 1988, and the smaller NeXTstation in 1990.

The promised Graphical User Interface ( GUI ), Presentation Manager, was introduced with OS / 2 1. 1 in October, 1988.

Table tennis was introduced as an Olympic sport at the Olympics in 1988.

( 1988 ), Puzznic ( 1989 ), Kick Master ( 1992 ), Gun Buster ( 1992 ) and Puzzle Bobble ( 1994 ) also introduced unique and innovative gameplay ideas.

In desperation, Kaunda broke with the IMF in May 1987 and introduced a New Economic Recovery Programme in 1988.

COPS, which first aired in the spring of 1989 and came about partly due to the need for new programming during the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike, showed police officers on duty apprehending criminals ; it introduced the camcorder look and cinéma vérité feel of much of later reality television.

In 1988 Amstrad attempted to make the first affordable portable personal computer with the PPC512 and 640 models, introduced a year before the Macintosh Portable.

The platform was first introduced as the AS / 400 ( Application System / 400 ) on June 21, 1988 and later renamed to the eServer iSeries in 2000.

The Nikkei 225 Futures, introduced at Singapore Exchange ( SGX ) in 1986, the Osaka Securities Exchange ( OSE ) in 1988, Chicago Mercantile Exchange ( CME ) in 1990, is now an internationally recognized futures index.

* Revenu minimum d ' insertion, a form of welfare introduced in France in 1988

Around 1988 a new round was introduced, the PGU-28 / B, which is now standard for US Navy and USAF aircraft.

Najibullah pursued a policy of National Reconciliation with the opposition, a new Afghan constitution was introduced in 1987 and democratic elections were held in 1988 ( which were boycotted by the mujahideen ).

Intel Corporation saw the massive potential of the invention and introduced the first commercial NOR type flash chip in 1988.

50 kwacha notes were introduced in 1986, with the 1 kwacha note being replaced by a coin in 1988.

* 1988 – Evan Turner, American basketball player

In 1988, Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions which he renamed World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) which became the main competitor to Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ).

* Switching Channels ( 1988 ), starring Burt Reynolds and Kathleen Turner, with the newspaper reporters updated to television reporters and none of the original dialogue retained.

Van Vliet's influence on post – punk bands was demonstrated by Magazine's recording of " I Love You You Big Dummy " in 1978 and the tribute album Fast ' n ' Bulbous-A Tribute to Captain Beefheart in 1988, featuring the likes of artists such as the Dog Faced Hermans, The Scientists, The Membranes, Simon Fisher Turner, That Petrol Emotion, the Primevals, The Mock Turtles, XTC, and Sonic Youth, who included a cover of Beefheart's " Electricity " as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of their 1988 album Daydream Nation.

Turner stayed on as Liberal leader and headed the Official Opposition for the next six years, leading his party to a modest recovery in the 1988 campaign, resigning from politics in 1990.

The 1988 film Switching Channels was loosely based on His Girl Friday, with Burt Reynolds in the Walter Burns role, Kathleen Turner in the Hildy Johnson role, and Christopher Reeve in the role of Bruce.

TNT, as a cable service, was launched with a showing of the 1939 classic movie Gone with the Wind ( to which Ted Turner had acquired the rights ), on October 3, 1988.

The novel was adapted into a 1988 award-winning film starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Geena Davis, for which Davis won an Academy Award.

* Evan Turner ( born 1988 ), American basketball player

* Lacey Turner ( born 1988 ), English actress

*" The Best " ( song ), a 1988 song by Bonnie Tyler, later covered by Tina Turner

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it began as a regional promotion affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ), named Jim Crockett Promotions until November 1988, when Ted Turner and his Turner Broadcasting purchased the promotion, renaming it " World Championship Wrestling ".

However, it was not until November 21, 1988 that an actual NWA-affiliated promotion called World Championship Wrestling appeared on the national scene, under the ownership of media mogul Ted Turner, based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Cragg won the Turner Prize in 1988.

Formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1988 following the demise of Green River, Mudhoney's members are vocalist and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison, and drummer Dan Peters.

In January 1988, Arm reunited with Turner to form Mudhoney.

In 1988, after a request by Turner, MacEachen blocked the Canada-U. S. Free Trade Agreement in the Senate to force an election before the issue was settled.

In 1988, Antonine Maillet hosted the French-language Leaders ' Debate for Radio-Canada TV between Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Liberal Party of Canada Leader John Turner, and New Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent.

After the Liberals ' disappointing showing in the 1988 election, Turner stayed on for a couple years before resigning.

In his book Birds of a Feather: The Press and the Politicians, Allan Fotheringham claimed that Turner tried to exact her revenge on the press during the 1988 election campaign by secretly taking photographs of journalists partying on a campaign bus, with an eye toward publishing them in a magazine.

" Justin actively supported the Liberal Party from a young age, offering his personal support to embattled party leader John Turner in the 1988 federal election.

On the verge of bankruptcy, Crockett sold his company to Ted Turner in November 1988, where it became known as World Championship Wrestling.