On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: Gentrification continues its inexorable march across ''Alphabet City,'' the blighted but improving area between the East Village and the East River named for the lettered avenues.
LEAD: SPRING is here, and the Navy is buying balloons.
LEAD: With about 20 seconds remaining in the most glorious afternoon of his young coaching career, Rick Pitino of Providence was confronted by one of the school's heralded alumni, John Thompson, in front of the Friars' bench. The Georgetown coach extended his hand, whispered a few congratulatory words and then turned to rejoin his team.
LEAD: A wealthy Long Island real-estate developer and philanthropist was charged yesterday in the murder of one of his former construction supervisors last November, the Nassau County police said.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 18, 1987, covering March 22, 1987.
Beastie Boys
Bon Jovi
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Paul Simon
Janet Jackson
1987Ike Davis, American baseball player[†]
Isaac Benjamin Davis is an American former professional baseball first baseman. From 2010 through 2016, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics, and New York Yankees.
1987Liam Doran, British rallycross driver[†]
Liam Doran is a British professional rallycross driver competing in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, Global RallyCross Championship, X Games, and European Rallycross Championship. He is the son of British rallycross driver and Lydden Hill Race Circuit owner Pat Doran. In his early life he attended Fulston Manor School in Sittingbourne.
1987Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (died 2013)[†]
Jairo Mora Sandoval was a Costa Rican environmentalist who was murdered while attempting to protect leatherback turtle nests. Just before midnight on May 30, 2013, Mora and four female volunteers were abducted by a group of masked men. The women eventually escaped and informed the police. Mora's bound and beaten body was found on the beach the next morning. An autopsy determined he died by asphyxiation after suffering a blow to the head.
1987Odysseas Angelis, Greek general and politician (born 1912)[†]
Odysseas Angelis was a Greek nationalist military officer of the Artillery [Reg. Number 19386]. He reached the rank of four star General and served as Chief of the Greek Armed Forces and Vice President of the Hellenic Republic. He supported the military regime that was established on April 21, 1967.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]