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LEAD: A Federal judge held today that a state decision barring a New Jersey dairy from expanding its sales in New York City was unconstitutional. The ruling could mean lower milk prices almost immediately and unravel a powerful group of milk distributors that has dominated the market for more than 50 years.
LEAD: The General Dynamics Corporation, one of the nation's leading military contractors, said yesterday that it was writing off about $420 million of the $680 million it paid last year for the Cessna Aircraft Company.
LEAD: The Air Force is asking Congress for permission to conduct three tests of its antisatellite weapon against targets in space beginning in October, Pentagon officials said today.
LEAD: Carl C. Icahn yesterday called off his $8 billion offer to purchase the USX Corporation.
LEAD: Ruling that the Veterans Administration had unlawfully and ''recklessly'' destroyed thousands of documents, a Federal judge today imposed about $115,000 in penalties against the V.A. The agency had been ordered to produce the documents in a lawsuit by veterans charging that they were exposed to radiation.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 7, 1987, covering January 9, 1987.
Bruce Springsteen
Bon Jovi
Boston
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Huey Lewis & The News
1987Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer[†]
Lucas Pezzini Leiva, known as Lucas or Lucas Leiva, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for Grêmio, Liverpool, Lazio and the Brazil national team.
1987Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Paolo Giovanni Nutini is a Scottish singer-songwriter from Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Nutini's debut album, These Streets (2006), peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Its follow-up, Sunny Side Up (2009), debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. Both albums have been certified quintuple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Five years later, Nutini released his third studio album, Caustic Love, in April 2014, which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the BPI. In July 2022, he released his fourth album, Last Night in the Bittersweet.
1987Jami Puustinen, Finnish footballer[†]
Jami Petteri Puustinen is a Finnish former football player. Born in Espoo, Puustinen began his career with FC Kasiysi at the age of eight in 1995, before signing for FC Espoo in 2000. After going on trial with Manchester United in July 2003, Puustinen attracted attention from several big European clubs, before signing a three-year contract with United on 29 September 2003. However, Puustinen never made a senior appearance for Manchester United and he was released in January 2006. He then returned to Finland to sign for newly promoted FC Honka.
1987Arthur Lake, American actor (born 1905)[†]
Arthur Lake was an American actor known best for bringing Dagwood Bumstead, the bumbling husband of Blondie, to life in film, radio, and television.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]