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''We must all realize that the deficit problem is also an opportunity - an opportunity to construct a new, leaner, better focused and better managed Federal structure.
IT was called Fashion Affair '84, a benefit fashion show and auction for AIDS research that was held in November of that year. The big designers were almost nowhere to be seen. ''They lent clothes for the fashion show,'' recalled Pauline Trigere, a co-chairman of the event, ''but I had a great deal of trouble getting money for this terrible disease from my fellow designers.'' Since then there has been increased talk on Seventh Avenue about what the industry, which has helped raise millions for charitable causes such as cancer research, should be doing to combat acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Should the fashion world band together in a fund-raising event? A committee of fashion, beauty and retailing representatives is planning a benefit that follows the lead of the entertainment and home-furnishings industries, among others.
Because of an editing error, a San Francisco dispatch on Tuesday about the smuggling of high technology misidentified the city where a Federal indictment was returned last month. It was San Diego.
The Profits Scoreboard in Business Day yesterday misstated the fourth-quarter results of Asarco Inc. The company reported a loss of $24.9 million for the period.
International The Philippine election campaign concluded with a final mass rally for President Ferdinand E. Marcos and a statement by the country's most influential churchman that amounted to a virtual endorsement of the challenger, Corazon C. Aquino. Scattered incidents of minor violence were reported. [ Page A1, Column 2. ] Poll-watchers face a prodigious task in the Philippine presidential election tomorrow. The voting will take place in 86,000 precincts scattered through 7,000 islands. [ A8:4-6. ]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 5, 1986, covering February 6, 1986.
Barbra Streisand
Sade
Heart
John Mellencamp
Soundtrack
1986Dane DeHaan, American actor[†]
Dane William DeHaan is an American actor. His roles include Andrew Detmer in Chronicle (2012), Jason Glanton in The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), Lucien Carr in Kill Your Darlings (2013), Harry Osborn / Green Goblin in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Lockhart in A Cure for Wellness (2016), Valerian in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), Chris Lynwood in ZeroZeroZero, and Kenneth Nichols in Oppenheimer (2023). In 2021, he starred in the psychological romance horror miniseries Lisey's Story. He also had a role in the true crime limited series adaptation of The Staircase in 2022.
1986Tony Johnson, American mixed martial artist[†]
Anthony Johnson Jr. is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Heavyweight division of Absolute Championship Akhmat where he is the former ACA Heavyweight Champion. A professional competitor since 2008, Johnson has formerly competed for Bellator MMA, ONE Fighting Championship, Fight Nights Global, and King of the Cage. He is the former KOTC Heavyweight Champion. He is ranked #6 in the ACA heavyweight rankings.
1986Yunho, South Korean singer and actor[†]
Jung Yunho, better known by his stage name U-Know Yunho (유노윤호) or simply U-Know, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, actor, and a member of the pop duo TVXQ. Born and raised in Gwangju, South Korea, Yunho started his musical training under the talent agency SM Entertainment in 2001 and joined TVXQ in 2003 as the band's leader. Fluent in Korean and Japanese, Yunho has released chart-topping albums throughout Asia as a member of TVXQ. He has made occasional acting appearances in television dramas.
1986Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (born 1899)[†]
Frederick Coutts, CBE was the eighth General of The Salvation Army (1963-1969).
1986Dandy Nichols, English actress (born 1907)[†]
Dandy Nichols was an English actress best known for her role as Else Garnett, the long-suffering wife of the character Alf Garnett, in the BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part.
1986Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (born 1912)[†]
Minoru Yamasaki was an American architect, best known for designing the original World Trade Center in New York City and several other large-scale projects. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. He and fellow architect Edward Durell Stone are generally considered to be the two master practitioners of "New Formalism".
In 1986, the world population was approximately 4,958,072,838 people[†]