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LEAD: Never before in his nine years in City Hall has Mayor Koch reacted to a racially motivated incident quite the way he reacted to the death of black man in Howard Beach, Queens, 17 days ago.
LEAD: United States manufacturers of computer chips, battered by financial losses and competition from Japan, are laying the groundwork for an ambitious cooperative venture in a bid to regain the lead in microelectronics technology.
LEAD: THE twin studies by the Japanese and American governments of each other's school systems that were made public Sunday are evidence of the extent to which educational quality has become a significant political issue throughout the industrialized world. They also show the radically different nature of the problem in varying cultures.
LEAD: So far, Wall Street loves 1987. The stock market had one of the best days in its history yesterday as the Dow Jones industrial average soared to a record level that is within reach of the vaunted 2,000 mark.
LEAD: A ''SCALPEL'' forged by particle physicists is being used to treat life-threatening brain tumors or other abnormalities that elude surgeons using conventional medical tools.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 31, 1986, covering January 6, 1987.
Bruce Springsteen
Bon Jovi
Boston
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Huey Lewis & The News
1987Arin Hanson, American YouTuber[†]
Arin Joseph Hanson, also known as Egoraptor, is an American YouTuber, actor, rapper, and animator. He is well known for his Flash cartoons, as well as being the co-founder and co-star of the popular YouTube Let's Play series Game Grumps.
1987Bongani Khumalo, South African footballer[†]
Bongani Sandile Khumalo is a South African retired footballer who last played as a centre-back for Bidvest Wits and the South Africa national team.
1987Ndamukong Suh, American football player[†]
Ndamukong Ngwa Suh is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, earning unanimous All-American honors in 2009. Suh was selected by the Detroit Lions second overall in the 2010 NFL draft. He also played for the Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Philadelphia Eagles. He played in three Super Bowls during his career: Super Bowl LIII with the Rams, Super Bowl LV with the Buccaneers, and Super Bowl LVII with the Eagles.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]