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LEAD: Four Brooklyn landlords were arrested yesterday on charges of violating a little-known law by ignoring orders to correct hundreds of unsafe building code violations.
LEAD: Robert C. McFarlane, the former national security adviser, told a Presidential review board in his hospital room today that he had taken part in an effort by White House aides to hide President Reagan's key role in the initiation of the Iran arms sales, according to a source familiar with the board's investigation.
LEAD: A former executive of the Mitsubishi Bank of California was charged today with embezzling $44.9 million from the bank and conducting almost $1 billion in fraudulent transactions to cover up the scheme.
LEAD: SINCE invitations to advance screenings are reserved for the special few, the rest of us can be very grateful to the Museum of Modern Art for its ''Perspectives on French Cinema'' series, which offers previews of a batch of movies fresh off the plane from Paris. This year's edition, which opens today, offers a dozen features, 11 of which will be shown twice through March 3 at the museum's Roy and Niuta Titus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 18, 1987, covering February 20, 1987.
Bon Jovi
Beastie Boys
Cinderella
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
The Bangles
1987Luke Burgess, English rugby league player[†]
Luke Burgess is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Salford Red Devils in the Super League. Luke Burgess is the brother of fellow rugby league players Sam, George and Tom Burgess. He previously played in the NRL for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.
1987Martin Hanzal, Czech ice hockey player[†]
Martin Hanzal is a Czech former professional ice hockey centre. He was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round, 17th overall, of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
1987James Johnson, American basketball player[†]
James Patrick Johnson is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the starting power forward for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons from 2007 to 2009. He was drafted 16th overall in the 2009 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls.
1987Daniella Pineda, American actress[†]
Daniella Pineda is an American actress. She has had major roles in several films and TV series, including The Originals, Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop, and two films in the Jurassic Park franchise. She began her career through online comedy and fashion videos, with her first movie role in 2011. She later appeared in the backdoor pilot of The Originals and several episodes of the show's first season. Her first role in a movie produced by a major studio was in 2018, with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. As a Mexican American, she has spoken out about the difficulties Mexican actors face.
1987Miles Teller, American actor[†]
Miles Teller is an American actor. He made his feature film debut with the independent drama Rabbit Hole (2010), and gained wider recognition for his roles in the coming-of-age film The Spectacular Now (2013) and the Divergent film trilogy (2014–2016). His breakthrough role came in the drama Whiplash (2014) which earned him critical acclaim.
1987Wayne Boring, American illustrator (born 1905)[†]
Wayne Boring was an American comic book artist best known for his work on Superman from the late 1940s to 1950s. He occasionally used the pseudonym Jack Harmon.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]