On this day
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LEAD: In the face of legal challenges and threatened boycotts, Florida today began preparing to adminster a sales tax affecting advertisers, law firms and accountants across the nation.
LEAD: Everybody on William B. Cruse's block knew he had a rifle.
LEAD: Ten leaders and followers of the neo-Nazi group Aryan Nations were charged today with conspiring to overthrow the Government.
LEAD: Although nobody has used the word, the miniskirt is definitely back. For the first time since the 1960's, women who follow fashion are shortening their skirts, or rolling them up at the waist to see how they look and feel with more leg showing.
LEAD: Genetically altered bacteria, life forms designed by scientists to suit agricultural needs, were released outdoors today for the first time in what scientists called a historic experiment.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 22, 1987, covering April 25, 1987.
U2
Beastie Boys
Bon Jovi
Poison
Paul Simon
1987Razak Boukari, Togolese footballer[†]
Abdoul-Razak "Razak" Boukari is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a winger.
1987Jay Park, American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer[†]
Jay Park, Korean name Park Jae-beom (박재범), is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and dancer based in South Korea. He is a member of the Seattle-based b-boy crew Art of Movement (AOM), and founder and former CEO of the independent hip hop record labels AOMG and H1ghr Music, as well as the founder of the record label More Vision. Park returned to South Korea in June 2010 for the filming of Hype Nation, and in July, Park signed a contract with SidusHQ, one of the largest entertainment agencies in South Korea. Rebranding and re-debuting as both a solo singer and a rapper, Park has participated in the underground hip hop culture scene in South Korea, a rarity for both active and former K-Pop idols.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]