Laguna Hills High School - Aerie Yearbook (Laguna Hills, CA)

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Sept 6 1988-1989 School year begins at Laguna Hills HIgfi Sctiool, home of the Hawks Sept 8 Firestorm around Old Faithful continues to blaze in Yellowstone National Park and elsewhere in the West Sept 9 Dennis Conner drove his 60-foot catamaran, Stars 8t Stripes, across the finish line miles ahead of his New Zealand rival, winning his third America ' s Cup with a 2-0 whitewash Sept 12 West German hostage Rudolf Cordes was freed in Beirut, Sept 12-15 Hurricane Gilbert strikes Jamaica. Cayman Islands, and Mexico, Sept 24 Jose Canseco becomes the first major leaguer to hit 40 home runs and steal 40 bases in one season Sept 29; Shuttle Discovery launched, resuming Unit- ed States manned space program Oct. 1: In a major shakeup. Gorbachev becomes Soviet president, Andrei Gromyko retires Oct 8 Columbia snapped college footballs longest losing streak-44 games over nearly five years-by de- feating Ivy League rival Princeton. 16-13, Oct 19-25 Hurricane Joan kills 184 in Central Amer- ica, Oct 20: Dodgers defeat Oakland A ' s to win the World Series Oct 21 Deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and wife, Imelda. Indicted on racketeering charges in New York Oct 26 Trapped whales in Alaskan Arctic freed in combined US-Soviet effort, Nov 1 The Kansas basketball team was placed on probation for three years by the NCAA because of recruiting violations under former Coach Larry Brown The three years of probation include a prohibition against appearing in the NCAA tournament, making the Jayhawks the first school unable to defend its national championship Nov 7 Sugar Ray Leonard won the vacant WBC super-middleweight title and the WBC light heavy- weight title with a ninth-round knockout over Donny Lalonde in Las Vegas, Nev Nov 8 George Bush elected President; Dan Quayle elected Vice President Nov 9 Frank Viola, the Minnesota Twins left-hander who led the major league in victories with a 24-7 record, was named the winner of the 1988 American League Cy Young Award Nov 10 Orel Hershiser, baseball ' s most dominant pitcher ever for the season ' s final two months, won the National League Cy Young Award, one hundred sixty-four A UNITKI) .STATES ' ' - ■( • NORWAY I I .i„ .- :. :o... T ' s ' a ' n ' { . C V.B .MEXICO - i-:.-. ' ■ . j - ' un s- ,..„„„„.,, »,.,.c... , y ■. ,■■ ! i.. - niiATEMAI.A . ' ' fi:. ■( .■sS i 7 , . ;. 198S-

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19SS- 989 In the world of college and professional sports, ttie year was full of surprises. Columbia University snapped college football ' s longest losing streak — 44 games — by defeating rival Princeton University. Ttie NCAA placed the Kansas Jayhawks basketball coach Larry Brown on three year ' s probation for recruiting violations. The LA Dodgers overcame the odds to defeatlhe Oakland A ' s in the World Series. Orel Hershiser and Frank Viola were awarded the Cy Yong awards. Most Valuable Player awards were given to Kirk Gibson and Jose Canseco. Sugar Ray Leonard took two WBC titles as he knocked out challenger Donny Lolonde. The Heisman trophy was awarded to Oklahoma State junior Barry Sanders. In the tennis world, Boris Becker and Eric Jelen won the doubles match for an unbeatable 3-0 lead over defending champion Sweden to give West Germany the Davis Cup. At 19, West German Steffi Graf swept Wimbledon, the Australian, French, and United States Opens. Perhaps the biggest trade of the century boosted sales for the Los Angeles Kings, as hockey superstar Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers. The San Francisco 49 ' er$ earned their title as the team of the decade as they defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 20- 16 on Superbowl Sunday. America greeted Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev with excitement, as he visited New York City. Unfortunately, his trip was cut short as he was forced to return to Soviet Armenia to aid the earthquake devastated lands. A tragic incident tainted the Christmas Spirit when a terrorist bomb destroyed a Pan Am Boeing 747 over Scotland. Laguna Hills High School, together with the world witnessed, and were part of, many joys and sorrows. All that we can now is see what the next year holds for us. A one hundred sixty-three

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THE WORLD C t:. UNION OK SOVIKT S()( lAllSI REPUBLICS xS ' ' ? - % ' ■.,... .• l Si ' T JAPAN CHINA phTi.ippinks ■• it n ' 15 WAE ' ' S==iyX ' P S C I f I c O c 9 a PAnnc isnsDs Nov 15: Kifk Gibson was named the Notional League Most Valuable Player Nov 15 Palestine National Council proclaims inde- pendent Palestinian homeland Soviet space shuttle Buran makes first flight Nov 16 Jose Canseco was selected unanimously the American League fvlost Valuable Player Nov, 16 In Soviet Union, Estonia declares sovereignty Nov, 21: Conservatives win Canadian election. Dec. 1: Supreme Soviet, national parliament, adopts government reforms Dec 2 Space shuttle Atlantis launched on tour-day mission. Benazier Bhutto becomes Pakistani prime minister. Dec 3: Oklahoma State ' s Barry Sanders ran away with the Heisman Trophy to become the eigth )unior to win the award Sanders beat out quarterbacks Rodney Peete of USC and Troy Aikman of UCLA. Dec 7: Gorbachev, at the United Nations, an- nounces troop reductions. Devastating earthquake in Soviet Armenia, 25,000 killed Dec 11: Soviet quake-relief plane crashes, killing 79 Mexican market explosion kills 68 ■ Dec 12: London triple train crash kills 33, Yugoslav quake-relief plane crashes, killing 7 Dec 17: Boris Becker and Eric Jelen won the doubles match for an unbeatable 3-0 lead over defending champion Swededn to give West Germany the Davis Cup Dec 21: Pan Am Boeing 747 crashes in Scotland, killing 259 aboard and an estimated 11 on the ground A terrorist bomb is blamed Israel ' s right-wing Likud bloc and center-left Labor Party decide to form new national unity government Two Soviet cosmonauts end history ' s longest space flight-a year in orbit. Dec 22: South Africa, Cuba, and Angola sign ac- cords granting independence to Namia. a South African colony, and pledging to witrhdrow 50,000 Cuban troops from Angola Dec 29 Pentagon commision recommends closing 34 military bases in the United States. Jan 7 Emperor Hirohito of Japan dies at age 87 Jan 19 George Bush is inaugurated as the 41st President of the United States Don Quayle is in- augurated as the United States Vice President Jan 22 The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cin- cinnati Bengals, 20-16 in Superbowl XXIII. nSS9 A one hundred sixty-five