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LEAD: Nancy Reagan is now far more powerful, more confident and more politically involved than at any point in the Reagan Presidency, and she intends to remain so for the rest of her husband's term.
LEAD: Since Dutch settlers brought bowling to Manhattan and the English played at Bowling Green, the sport has been part of the island's life. By 1840, nearly every block of Broadway from Fulton Street to 14th Street boasted an alley, according to historical accounts.
LEAD: Although Western European leaders have publicly welcomed Mikhail S. Gorbachev's proposal for a freestanding agreement to eliminate medium-range missiles from Europe, privately they are known to harbor misgivings about the dangers of such an accord for the NATO alliance.
LEAD: A former chief of the Sicilian Mafia and 16 other defendants in the ''pizza connection'' trial were convicted yesterday of running an international ring that distributed tons of drugs.
LEAD: AIRCRAFT manufacturers and Government scientists have intensified efforts to reduce the air's drag on planes. Success, some experts say, could make supersonic travel as cheap as subsonic flight by the year 2000.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 25, 1987, covering March 3, 1987.
Bon Jovi
Beastie Boys
Cinderella
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
The Georgia Satellites
1987Shraddha Kapoor, Indian actress, singer, and designer[†]
Shraddha Kapoor is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. One of India's highest-paid actresses, Kapoor has been featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2014 and was featured by Forbes Asia in their 30 Under 30 list of 2016.
1987Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer[†]
Jesús Andrés Padilla Cisneros is an American former soccer player who played as a striker.
1987Andrei Zubarev, Russian ice hockey player[†]
Andrey Sergeevich Zubarev is a Russian professional ice hockey player currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played in 4 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Atlanta Thrashers during the 2010–11 season.
1987Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1911)[†]
Danny Kaye was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]