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LEAD: Greece said today that it would use force to block a Turkish ship from exploring for oil in the Aegean.
LEAD: President Reagan today vetoed an $88 billion highway and mass transit bill that also allowed states to raise the speed limit to 65 miles an hour on rural Interstate highways. He thus set the stage for a major showdown with Congress.
LEAD: A total of 1,831 violent incidents -more than 30 assaults, fights, stabbings and slashings every day - erupted in New York City's jails in January and February, leading to hundreds of injuries that hospitalized an average of two inmates daily, correction officials said yesterday.
LEAD: President Reagan decided today to double the import price of some Japanese electronic products, in the first American trade retaliation against Japan in the postwar period.
LEAD: The Manhattan District Attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, said yesterday that his office was investigating a wide range of abuses of the legislative payroll, including allegations of kickbacks to local party leaders, of state salaries being paid to lobbyists and of employees being paid by both the State Senate and the State Assembly.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 25, 1987, covering March 28, 1987.
Beastie Boys
Bon Jovi
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Paul Simon
Genesis
1987Yohan Benalouane, French-Tunisian footballer[†]
Yohan Ben Alouane is a former professional footballer who plays as a defender. Born and brought up in France, Benalouane represented the country as a youth before switching to Tunisia at senior international level.
1987Simeon Jackson, Canadian soccer player[†]
Simeon Alexander Jackson is a Canadian semi-professional soccer player who plays as a forward for A.F.C. Sudbury.
1987Jonathan Van Ness, American hairdresser and television personality[†]
Jonathan McDonald Van Ness, also commonly referred to by his initials J.V.N., is an American hairstylist, podcast host and television personality. He is best known as the grooming expert on the Netflix series Queer Eye, for his work on the web series parody Gay of Thrones, and for hosting the Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness podcast. He is also known for comedy tours, the 2023 tour entitled Fun & Slutty with Jonathan Van Ness.
1987Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (born 1905)[†]
Maria Augusta von Trapp DHS, often styled as "Baroness", was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. She wrote The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, which was published in 1949 and was the inspiration for the 1956 West German film The Trapp Family, which in turn inspired the 1959 Broadway musical The Sound of Music and its 1965 film version.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]