January 1988

Friday 01:

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States of America.

Saturday 16:

CBS fires sports commentator Jimmy 'the Greek' Snyder, a day after publicly stating that African Americans had been bred to produce stronger offspring during slavery.

Sunday 31:

Super Bowl XXII: The Washington Redskins win their second championship of the 1980s, 42-10.