On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: The Environmental Protection Agency has begun investigating the dumping of hazardous chemicals at nearly 100 sites along a gas pipeline extending from Texas to New Jersey, an agency offical said today.
LEAD: TWO brothers here have turned their love for horseback riding into a new concept in residential real estate for the area.
LEAD: A former chairman of New York University's anthropology department, whose brilliant career was wrecked by a drug conviction six years ago, was accused yesterday of sending poisoned Valentine's Day chocolates to the Federal judge who sent him to prison.
LEAD: THIRTY-FIVE years ago Burlington, a 12-square-mile hamlet with a population then of under 5,000, set aside its northwest quadrant for commercial development.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 18, 1987, covering February 21, 1987.
Bon Jovi
Beastie Boys
Cinderella
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
The Bangles
1987Eniola Aluko, English footballer[†]
Eniola Aluko is a British football executive, football broadcaster and former professional player who played as a winger and striker. Aluko has been a regular broadcaster for live football on ITV, BT Sport, Amazon Prime and Fox Sports in the USA, including men's Premier League matches and Women's Super League since 2014. She was the first Sporting Director for Angel City FC of the American National women's soccer league and formerly held the position of Sporting Director at Aston Villa W.F.C. from January 2020 to June 2021.
1987Ashley Greene, American actress[†]
Ashley Greene Khoury is an American actress. She is known for playing Alice Cullen in the film adaptations of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels.
1987Elliot Page, Canadian actor[†]
Elliot Page is a Canadian actor, producer, and activist. He is known for his leading roles across Canadian and American film and television, and for his outspoken work as an activist for LGBTQ rights and against discrimination. His accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, three BAFTAS, two Emmys, a Golden Globe, and a SAG Award.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]