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In 1986, the world population was approximately 4,958,072,838 people[†]
1986Kalisto, Mexican-American wrestler[†]
Emanuel Alejandro Rodriguez is a Mexican-American professional wrestler, currently performing on the independent circuit under the ring name Samuray Del Sol. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he worked with the ring name Kalisto, as a member of both the Lucha Dragons and Lucha House Party.
1986Danielle Page, American-Serbian basketball player and coach[†]
Danielle Nicole Page is an American-Serbian women's basketball coach and former player. Standing at 1.88 m, she played at the small forward position. She also represented the Serbian national basketball team.
1986Cory Michael Smith, American actor[†]
Cory Michael Smith is an American actor and producer. He appeared in 2013 in Breakfast at Tiffany's on Broadway, which starred Emilia Clarke. He has appeared in several of Todd Haynes's films, including Carol (2015), Wonderstruck (2017), and May December (2023). Additional film roles include 1985 and First Man, and Saturday Night (2024).
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It is over the bridge or through the tunnel, but in some ways Brooklyn is more entitled than Manhattan to call itself the heart of New York. This is, after all, the borough more New Yorkers live in than any other; it stretches from the gracious brownstones of the Heights to the sprawling slabs of Starrett City, and in between are neighborhoods of such vivid character as Park Slope, Red Hook, Flatbush and Williamsburg. Brooklyn has become more and more important to the city's cultural life, and its renewed neighborhoods are now more richly diverse than ever before. On pages C24 and C25, several Times writers explore Brooklyn on the rise.
A political leader who headed both a major leftist party and the nation's largest labor union was found slain today, and party members immediately blamed the military for the killing. The country's top military officials denied the accusation. The death of the leftist leader, Rolando Olalia, and his driver, complicated an already tense political situation for President Corazon C. Aquino as she returned to Manila after a four-day visit to Japan. Members of Mr. Olalia's three-month-old political organization, the Party of the Nation, today called on supporters in a statement to ''pour into the streets'' in mass demonstrations.
DANCE and theater in Brooklyn are a matter of institutions and adventures. The Brooklyn Academy of Music, an institution par excellence, celebrates its 125th anniversary this year. But there are vital younger institutions like the BACA Downtown Center for the Arts, now 20, and the Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center, a 10-year-old mecca for black dance and music. College-affiliated performing arts series have helped to make theatergoing a family and neighborhood affair. And for the adventurous, there are more than 60 dance groups and some 50 theater troupes based in Brooklyn that offer performances, readings and lectures throughout the season. The range is wide. Brooklyn is home to a number of leading African-American dance companies, as well as to Kenneth Rinker, a noted modern-dance choreographer. The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society may be found in Brooklyn, as may John McCleverty, stilt dancer. And Attitude, one of the nation's liveliest dance magazines, is published monthly in Brooklyn.
The Reagan Administration, responding to Congressional reductions in foreign aid, is about to announce cuts in military assistance to some close allies, including nations that provide important bases for American forces. The Administration's allocations of military aid in the current fiscal year are to be set forth in a report to Congress, which, under the law that provides military assistance, must be published by Nov. 17. But the decisions are still being made, and the report may be delayed a few days, the officials working on it said. ''It is an extremely contentious issue, and is still being decided,'' one Administration official said.
THE Halloween jack-o'-lanterns may not even be thrown away yet. Thanksgiving's turkeys are still alive and gobbling. But should one be so foolish as to presume it's still autumn, this weekend should banish any such delusions. The Christmas season has arrived. At Radio City Music Hall, the annual Christmas extravaganza will commence today with a full complement of jeweled and feathered Rockettes, 32 dancing teddy bears, Santa and Mrs. Claus, a workshop-ful of elves, ice dancers and skating snowmen, a parade of wooden soldiers, Scrooge and Tiny Tim, and the Twelve Days of Christmas - complete with drummers drumming, pipers piping, lords a-leaping, ladies dancing, maids a-milking, swans a-swimming, geese a-laying, golden rings, calling birds, French hens, turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. Should the above fail to satisfy, there are also kings and angels, wise men and shepherds, sheep and camels and donkeys, not to mention a 42-piece orchestra and a barrage of traditional Christmas carols.
A takeover attack against the Borg-Warner Corporation broke out yesterday along a second front as the GAF Corporation disclosed that it now owns 4.9 percent of the manufacturing and services concern plus an option to buy an additional 4.7 percent, for a total of 9.6 percent. Already, Irwin L. Jacobs, the Minneapolis investor, has said that he owns 7.4 percent of Borg-Warner. As a result, the two stockholders hold 17 percent of Borg-Warner. The two are said to be working independently of each other.
More than two years after agreeing to establish an academy to train caseworkers to handle the rising volume of child-abuse and neglect complaints, the Koch administration has yet to open the institution. The Board of Estimate voted unanimously on Aug. 16, 1984, to establish the academy, after nine children died in separate cases in which the city had failed to take action on child-abuse complaints. Child-abuse and neglect complaints are setting records. The board's 1984 resolution cited a caseload of 33,000. This year, the city projects 47,672 complaints involving 72,211 children, and that 59 percent of the cases will be found to have some substance. #1,300 Caseworkers Hired Since the academy was approved, 1,300 caseworkers have been hired. They received a three-week classroom orientation followed by on-the-job training, but not the intensive instruction envisioned for the academy.
Governor Cuomo warned a group of publishers and advertising executives yesterday that if the press did not regulate itself, the Supreme Court might restrict news organizations' freedom. ''If you don't regulate yourselves, the Supreme Court will get you in the end,'' the Governor told about 1,000 members of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, which represents newspaper and magazine publishers, advertisers and advertising agencies, at a luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. The organization named Mr. Cuomo ''Dynamic Communicator of the Year.''
The American Motors Corporation, the perennial also-ran of the auto industry, could be headed either for a turnaround or for its last hurrah when it introduces a new line of midsize cars next fall. At a time when even the industry giant, General Motors, is retrenching, troubled A.M.C. is planning to increase production in a big way. The company sees this as its last chance: ''We're betting the bank on our new cars,'' said Joseph E. Cappy, A.M.C.'s chief executive, who came over four years ago from the Ford Motor Company. ''We can't afford to make a mistake.'' American Motors is expanding with a $675 million state-of-the-art assembly plant in Canada and a new line of midsize cars - to be named the Renault Premier and the Renault Medallion. Yet, for the company, which had only marginal success with such offbeat cars as the Gremlin and the Pacer, this is hardly a sure bet.
Companies A group headed by Revlon made a bid for Gillette. The offer, of $65 a share, or a total of about $4 billion, comes after weeks of heavy stock activity. The announcement came in today's newspapers after heavy buying of Gillette stock yesterday. [ Page D1. ] Borg-Warner faces a new takeover threat. GAF disclosed that it owned 4.9 percent of the huge industrial concern plus an option to buy 4.7 percent more. Already, the investor Irwin L. Jacobs has said he owns 7.4 percent of Borg-Warner. [ Page D1. ]
A three-member pricing committee of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries begins meeting today in Quito, Ecuador, charged with finding a way to raise the price of a barrel of oil by about $3, to $18. The committee - comprising the oil ministers of Kuwait, Libya and Ecuador - will be working under the long shadows of Saudi Arabia and Iran as they confront the thorny production and pricing problems that threaten most oil producers. The Saudi and Iranian oil ministers will not be attending, but there is no doubt that the panel will produce a report satisfactory to those countries, oil analysts in the United States said. The idea of returning to a fixed-price system was first suggested in the communique issued at the end of a 17-day OPEC meeting in October, and more OPEC members have supported it, however impractical it appears to oil analysts in the West.
Several directors of the First Interstate Bancorp appear to be against a hostile tender offer to acquire the BankAmerica Corporation and a proxy fight to try to unseat BankAmerica's board. Four of the company's 14 outside directors, all of whom asked to remain anonymous, said today in interviews that they would strongly prefer to avoid a hostile takeover. ''This isn't going to be a street fight,'' one director said. ''My view is that would be a very last resort,'' said another, referring to a hostile effort. ''I can't really conceive of that happening, just knowing management'' of First Interstate, he added.