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In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]
1987Katy Rose, American singer-songwriter and producer[†]
Kathryn Rosemary Bullard, known professionally as Katy Rose, is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Rose released two studio albums, Because I Can and Candy Eyed. Since her last album, Rose has released eight independent singles.
1987Anton Shunin, Russian footballer[†]
Anton Vladimirovich Shunin is a Russian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
1987Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator and director (born 1914)[†]
William Norman McLaren, LL. D. was a Scottish-Canadian animator, director and producer known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including hand-drawn animation, drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. McLaren was also an artist and printmaker, and explored his interest in dance in his films.
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LEAD: WITHOUT quite meaning to, Neil J. A. Sloane has become the world's clearinghouse for number sequences.
LEAD: ANTIBODIES, the most familiar and longest known of the body's defenders against infectious disease, are being drafted into extraordinary roles new to medicine and biological research.
LEAD: The Exxon Corporation, the world's largest oil company, yesterday reported an 18 percent earnings drop in the fourth quarter despite firming prices and nearly $500 million of special gains.
LEAD: Expressing frustration at his Administration's inability to prevent the seizure of Americans in Lebanon, President Reagan said today that the three men abducted Saturday had ignored official warnings and stayed in Beirut ''at their own risk and on their own responsibility.''
LEAD: In a sign of the enormously profitable environment that most of Wall Street has been enjoying, Merrill Lynch & Company, the country's largest brokerage house, reported yesterday that its net earnings nearly tripled in the fourth quarter.
LEAD: NEWS organizations have intensified their efforts to gain access to unreleased information on the space shuttle Challenger disaster, prompting a debate on the limits of privacy and the public interest that seems likely to be decided in the Federal courts.
LEAD: The second major storm in five days struck the East Coast and the New York metropolitan region yesterday. High winds and heavy snows reglazed the city, buried some suburbs in mountainous drifts and brought a reprise of winter doldrums.
LEAD: Dissident soldiers were blocked in an attempt today to take over key military installations, broadcasting stations and public utilities, Government and military spokesmen said.
LEAD: Congress today began work on legislation to establish an insurance program for catastrophic illness without waiting for President Reagan to submit proposals in his State of the Union Message.
LEAD: The General Motors Corporation, which swore off sales incentives last year because of their high cost, has apparently touched off another war of incentives.
LEAD: L.I.R.R. Talks Advance The Long Island Rail Road reported settlements with three more unions, including the group that began the nine-day-old walkout. Page B1.
LEAD: Now retired in Florida, Stanley M. Burnham figures he is worth $300,000 - about double the value of his assets just a few years ago - thanks to the run-up in stock prices since 1982. But aside from the $12,000 Buick he bought in 1984, which Mr. Burnham said he would probably have purchased anyway, his market-induced spending has consisted mainly of a video camera-recorder and inexpensive personal computers for his grandchildren and a trip to