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LEAD: The leading Nicaraguan rebel leader, Arturo Jose Cruz, resigned today after months of bitter infighting that has fractured the American-backed rebel movement perhaps beyond repair.
LEAD: The Haft family of Washington, which made nearly $160 million last year in an unsuccessful attempt to take over Safeway Stores, yesterday offered to buy the Supermarkets General Corporation for $1.6 billion in cash.
LEAD: The Chrysler Corporation said today that it had agreed to acquire the American Motors Corporation for about $1.5 billion.
LEAD: USING an intensive behavior modification program and training parents to continue treatment at home, U.C.L.A. psychologists say they have been able to transform a large proportion of autistic children into apparently normal children.
LEAD: Governor Cuomo, faced with growing political opposition on fiscal issues, agreed with legislative leaders today that a new cut in state taxes should begin this year.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 4, 1987, covering March 10, 1987.
Beastie Boys
Bon Jovi
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Genesis
Janet Jackson
1987Martellus Bennett, American football player[†]
Martellus Demond Bennett is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies and was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the 2008 NFL draft. Bennett was a member of five teams during his career, most notably the Chicago Bears, with whom he earned Pro Bowl honors, and the New England Patriots, with whom he won Super Bowl LI. After retiring, Bennett became a children's author and published books under his publication company The Imagination Agency. He is the younger brother of former defensive end Michael Bennett.
1987Greg Eastwood, New Zealand rugby league player[†]
Greg Eastwood is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. A New Zealand international forward, he played in the NRL for the Brisbane Broncos and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and in the Super League for the Leeds Rhinos.
1987Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player[†]
Tuukka Mikael Rask is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. Rask was drafted 21st overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs before being traded to the Boston Bruins in 2006, where he played his entire 15 season NHL career. Rask was consistently successful during his tenure with the Bruins. After winning the Stanley Cup as the backup with the Bruins in 2011, he led the Bruins to the Stanley Cup Finals on two occasions in 2013 and 2019. He also won the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goaltender during the 2013–14 season, and was a finalist for the 2019–20 award. He also won the William M. Jennings Trophy along with goaltender Jaroslav Halák in the 2019–20 season. Rask is also a two-time NHL All-Star team member. Internationally, he led team Finland to a bronze medal over team USA at the 2006 World Juniors, where he was also awarded the honor of Best Goaltender. He led them to another bronze medal against the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Tuukka is the older brother of Joonas Rask, who plays professionally as a forward with Luleå HF in the SHL.
1987Emeli Sandé, British singer-songwriter[†]
Adele Emily Sandé, known professionally as Emeli Sandé, is a British singer and songwriter. Born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England and raised in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Sandé rose to prominence after her guest appearance on Chipmunk's 2009 single "Diamond Rings", which peaked within the top ten of the UK Singles Chart. The following year, she guest appeared on Wiley's single "Never Be Your Woman", which also peaked within the chart's top ten. In 2012, she received the Brit Awards' Critics' Choice Award.
1987Māris Štrombergs, Latvian BMX racer[†]
Māris Štrombergs is a Latvian former professional BMX racer. In the 2008 Summer Olympics he became the first Olympic champion in BMX cycling. Earlier that year he won the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships. In 2012 he added to his Olympic title by winning the gold medal in the London Olympics.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]