What Happened on April 4, 1988

• 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats Oklahoma, 83-79; Jayhawks power forward Danny Manning named tournament Most Outstanding Player
• Eddie Hill becomes the world's first driver to cover the quarter mile in under 5 seconds
• Largest crowd (55,438) at an MLB Opening Day game at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium; Reds win over St. Louis Cardinals, 5-4 in 12 innings

• Last broadcast of British soap opera "Crossroads" on ITV
• MLB New York Mets set Opening Day record with 6 HRs, in a 10-6 win over Expos at Montreal

• Frank Fielding, English football goalkeeper, born in Blackburn, Lancashire

• Ludwig Stiel, German pianist, composer, and conductor, dies at 86

Holidays: Easter Monday (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom)

• #1 Song: Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
• #1 Song: Heart - Pet Shop Boys