What Happened on October 31, 1988

• 19°F lowest October temperature ever recorded in Cleveland, Ohio
• First Monday Night NFL game played in Indianapolis; Colts beat Denver Broncos, 55-23
• Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia

• Sébastien Buemi, Swiss racing driver, born in Aigle, Switzerland

• Jigme Singye Wangchuk, King of Bhutan (32) weds four queens (25 to 31) in Punakha Dzong, Bhutan

• Alfred Pellan, Québécois modernist painter, dies of leukemia at 82
• John Houseman, Romanian actor (The Paper Chase, Rollerball, The Fog), dies of spinal cancer at 86

Holidays: October Bank Holiday (Ireland)

• #1 Song: Kokomo (From"Cocktail" ) - The Beach Boys
• #1 Song: Orinoco Flow - Enya