<Dl> <Dt> 1988 </Dt> </Dl> <Ul> <Li> May, C. Everett Koop sends an eight - page, condensed version of his Surgeon General's Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome report named Understanding AIDS to all 107,000,000 households in the United States, becoming the first federal authority to provide explicit advice to US citizens on how to protect themselves from AIDS . </Li> <Li> November 11, The fact - based AIDS - themed film Go Toward The Light is broadcast on CBS . </Li> <Li> December 1, The first World AIDS Day takes place . </Li> <Li> In Buenos Aires, Argentina, the rock musicians Miguel Abuelo (March 26) and Federico Moura (December 21), die from AIDS - related complications . </Li> <Li> American disco singer Sylvester dies of AIDS in San Francisco . </Li> </Ul> <Li> May, C. Everett Koop sends an eight - page, condensed version of his Surgeon General's Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome report named Understanding AIDS to all 107,000,000 households in the United States, becoming the first federal authority to provide explicit advice to US citizens on how to protect themselves from AIDS . </Li> <Li> November 11, The fact - based AIDS - themed film Go Toward The Light is broadcast on CBS . </Li>

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