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March 24, 1987

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Historical Context for March 24, 1987

In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people^[†]

Notable Births

1987Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladeshi cricketer^[†]

Shakib Al Hasan is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer who played Test, ODI and T20I cricket for the Bangladeshi cricket team. He was a former member of Parliament for Magura-1. He is known for his aggressive left-handed batting style in the middle order and controlled slow left-arm orthodox bowling. He was the captain in all three formats of the game for the Bangladesh national cricket team. He was ranked the 90th most famous athlete in the world by ESPN in 2019. He is widely regarded as the greatest Bangladeshi sportsman, and considered as one of the greatest all-rounders of all time.

1987Yuma Asami, Japanese actress and singer^[†]

Yuma Asami , is a Japanese actress, singer, and a former adult video (AV) actress and model. Starring in more than 600 adult films between 2005 and 2013, Asami was widely recognized as one of Japan's most famous and acclaimed adult film actresses with her popularity resulting in mainstream media appearances as well. A leading actress of two major Japanese AV studios, Alice Japan and S1 No.1 Style, Asami was known for her youthful looks, large bust, and her natural onscreen charisma which was largely credited in helping her establish herself as Japan's top adult performer. Between 2008 and 2013, she was also a member of the idol group Ebisu Muscats, where she performed with numerous other famous AV actresses like Sola Aoi, Akiho Yoshizawa, Tina Yuzuki (Rio) and Aino Kishi.

1987Billy Jones, English footballer^[†]

Billy Jones is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

1987Ramires, Brazilian footballer^[†]

Ramires Santos do Nascimento, known as Ramires, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. A midfielder, he was comfortable playing in either the centre or right midfielder position. He normally played as a box-to-box midfielder role because of his energy in supporting defensive and attacking play.

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Headlines from March 24, 1987

U.S. IS OFFERING KUWAIT'S SHIPS A NAVAL SHIELD

By John H. Cushman Jr., Special To the New York Times

LEAD: The United States has offered to extend military protection to Kuwaiti vessels traveling through the Persian Gulf to meet possible threats from Iran, Administration officials said today.

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Our Towns; A TAle of Video: Nose for News, Eye for Fortune

By Michael Winerip

LEAD: Last year Tom Voorhees, building superintedent for the Van Dyke Apartments, bought himself a Panasonic video camera. It took a year to save the $2,000 for the entire unit. His girlfriend, Karen LePore, a nurse, said, ''Why don't you wait until we're married and have kids?'' but he wanted this now.

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QUALITY-CARE REVIEWS HURTING RURAL DOCTORS

By Robert Reinhold, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: For two decades now, Dr. Claude W. Betty, son of a local farmer, has ministered almost single-handedly to the people of Perryton. He delivered the babies at all hours, took out the gall bladders, sewed up the victims of tractor and oil-rig mishaps.

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SOMETIMES HEAVIER OBJECTS GO TO THE TOP: HERE'S WHY

By James Gleick

LEAD: PHYSICS - the same enterprise that regularly predicts the emergence of bosons and mesons from high-energy particle collisions - has been unable until now to explain why the brazil nuts rise to the top of a jar of mixed nuts. But that barrier seems finally to have fallen.

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THE ALLURE OF MARS GROWS AS U.S. SEARCHES FOR NEW NATIONAL GOAL

By John Noble Wilford

LEAD: MOMENTUM is building in the space agency and among science and aerospace leaders to make Mars the next major goal of the American civilian space program. Proponents hope to explore Mars extensively with robots and then send astronauts on the first human visit to another planet.

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JERSEY DAM: THREATENING AND COSTLY

By Joseph F. Sullivan, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: When state officials recommended a decade ago that New Jersey buy land for a park on Union Lake in Cumberland County, they knew the 118-year-old dam holding back the artificial lake needed repair.

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U.S. COASTAL PLAN SEEKS TO EXPAND PROTECTED AREAS

By Clifford D. May, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: The Interior Department today proposed expanding the network of fragile coastal areas in which the Federal Government discourages development.

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MORGENTHAU INVESTIGATES HIRING BY SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER

By Elizabeth Kolbert, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: The Manhattan District Attorney said today that he was investigating the employment practices of the State Senate minority leader, Manfred Ohrenstein, of Manhattan, who controls the payrolls of Democratic Senators.

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IN POLICE CLASS, BIASES STAY IN LOCKERS

By Crystal Nix

LEAD: The recruits, intent on improving the image of police officers, are wrestling with prejudices - those they already have, those they may develop and those they may encounter from a suspicious public.

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INSIDE

By Unknown Author

LEAD: Dollar Falls in Tokyo

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MACAO WILL REPORT TO CHINA IN 1999 UNDER PORTUGAL PACT

By Nicholas D. Kristof, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: China and Portugal reached agreement today on returning this small gambling haven, a Portuguese colony for 430 years, to China in 1999.

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U.S. SAYS MOSCOW IS QUIETLY CUTTING ITS STAFF AT U.N.

By Special to the New York Times

LEAD: The Soviet Union has assured the United States that it has complied with an order to further cut the size of its United Nations missions by April 1, an American official said today.

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