On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: With a certainty and assurance that hid the effects of a bitter two-week strike, the Long Island Rail Road greeted its riders today with service that passengers, workers and officials said was better than expected.
LEAD: WHEN the Campbell Soup Company picks a developer for its $35 million, 225,000-square-foot world headquarters in Camden, N.J., later this month, officials hope it will be the first step in that city's long-awaited commercial revitalization.
LEAD: THE Hughston Sports Medicine Hospital here in western Georgia may not be the Lourdes of ailing athletes, but it is certainly their Mecca.
LEAD: LIKE the common cold, depression affects a significant number of New Jerseyans during the anticlimactic post-holiday period between New Year's Day (marking an end to festivities) and the first crocus of spring (heralding renewal).
LEAD: CONNECTICUT businesses that in the past would have been eligible for low-interest loans from the state to expand now may have to look elsewhere for financing.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 28, 1987, covering February 1, 1987.
Bon Jovi
The Bangles
Boston
Cinderella
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
1987Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer[†]
Sebastian Boenisch is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a full-back.
1987Moises Henriques, Portuguese-Australian cricketer[†]
Moisés Constantino Henriques is an Australian international cricketer who plays for Australia, New South Wales and the Sydney Sixers. An all-rounder, he is the first cricketer born in Portugal to play for Australia in an international match.
1987Austin Jackson, American baseball player[†]
Austin Jarriel Jackson is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets. Prior to playing professionally, he attended Billy Ryan High School.
1987Heather Morris, American actress, singer, and dancer[†]
Heather Elizabeth Morris is an American actress, dancer, and singer. She played the role of Brittany S. Pierce in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee.
1987Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer[†]
Giuseppe Rossi is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.
1987Ronda Rousey, American mixed martial artist, wrestler and actress[†]
Ronda Jean Rousey is an American professional wrestler, actress, and former judoka and mixed martial artist. She is best known for her tenures in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and WWE.
1987Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1900)[†]
Alessandro Blasetti was an Italian film director and screenwriter who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Four Steps in the Clouds. Blasetti was one of the leading figures in Italian cinema during the Fascist era. He is sometimes known as the "father of Italian cinema" because of his role in reviving the struggling industry in the late 1920s.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]