On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: From freshets to downpours, spring rains have soaked deep into the black soil around here, gradually washing away fears of a return of the drought and famine that ravaged Ethiopia from 1984 to 1986.
LEAD: ''Where are the princesses?'' yelled a frantic Bruce Lynn, a publicity man who had maintained his cool all evening but was suddenly seized by the awful fear that there could be a serious titled-nobility shortfall at this gala 10th anniversary celebration of a tanning salon.
LEAD: Volkswagen A.G. said today that it had uncovered a case of foreign-exchange fraud that had forced it to provide for potential losses of $259 million.
LEAD: Foreign banks and brokerages will be allowed to buy equity in French stockbrokers for the first time next year, Finance Minister Edouard Balladur said today.
LEAD: The New York City police officer who faced the most serious charges in the 77th Precinct corruption case pleaded guilty yesterday to one count of selling cocaine and agreed to testify against other officers who have been indicted in the case.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 11, 1987, covering March 11, 1987.
Beastie Boys
Bon Jovi
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Genesis
Janet Jackson
1987Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Marc-André Gragnani is a former Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He most recently played with Djurgårdens IF then of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He spent four-and-a-half seasons playing for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Portland Pirates. He also played half a season with Vancouver before signing with Carolina as a free agent. On July 3, 2015, Gragnani signed a one-year, two-way contract with the New Jersey Devils for whom he appeared four times.
1987Tanel Kangert, Estonian cyclist[†]
Tanel Kangert is an Estonian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022.
1987Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper[†]
Ngonidzashe Makusha is a Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper. He is the national record holder over 100 m and long jump for Zimbabwe with 9.89 s (+1.3 m/s) and 8.40 m (0.0 m/s), respectively. Both performances were achieved during the 2011 NCAA Division I Championships in Des Moines, Iowa where he completed the 100 m - long jump double gold. Makusha was one of the only four, now five, athletes to win the 100 m - long jump double gold at the NCAA championships. The four others are DeHart Hubbard (1925), Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis (1981), and Jarrion Lawson (2016).
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]