Welcome to MICRO BREAK Season 2! On this episode of MICRO BREAK (Episode 16), we continue our retro journey through the 1980s! We take a look at the top stories, entertainment, science, and technology of the year 1988! What happened in 1988? Major News Stories include; George W Bush beats out Michael Dukakis, and the election of Sonny Bono as the new mayor of Palm Springs. To escape the politics and the natural and manmade disasters, people flocked to the movies to see some great cinema. This was the year of Rainman, Coming to America, Die Hard, Beetlejuice, and A Fish Called Wanda.