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LEAD: The New York City Franchise Director submitted his resignation yesterday, ending more than 21 years in the job and 32 years in city government. The director, Morris Tarshis, said he did so because recent news accounts had attacked his integrity.
LEAD: After 20 years of uncertainty about its place in the Canadian confederation, Quebec has agreed to end its holdout and sign the Canadian Constitution.
LEAD: In the last few months, the United States and Cuba have traded a flurry of diplomatic jabs that have brought relations between the two mutually antagonistic countries to the lowest point in at least a decade.
LEAD: The news on Thursday that the Federal Reserve and the central bank of Japan had put together an interest rate deal to stabilize the weak dollar was a sign that countries without much in common can tackle a common problem. The markets, which had been urging such action for a couple of months, duly cheered.
LEAD: All across the South's Bible Belt, country music radio stations these days are freely lampooning the troubles of television evangelists. On many stations the most requested song is ''Would Jesus Wear a Rolex on His Television Show?''
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 29, 1987, covering May 2, 1987.
U2
Beastie Boys
Bon Jovi
Poison
Paul Simon
1987Saara Aalto, Finnish singer and actress[†]
Saara Sofia Aalto is a Finnish singer, songwriter and voice actress. In 2012, she came second in the first season of The Voice of Finland.
1987Nana Kitade, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress[†]
Nana Kitade is a Japanese singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to being the lead singer of the rock band The Teenage Kissers, she has success as a solo artist, model, actress, and fashion designer. Kitade is particularly known for her songs appearing in various anime, TV shows, doramas and movie opening and endings. Kitade was featured on the cover of the Gothic & Lolita Bible, as well as featured in Neo and Kera magazines. She has toured Asia, Europe, and North America.
1987Pat McAfee, American sports analyst and football player[†]
Patrick Justin McAfee is an American sports analyst, color commentator, and former professional football punter and kickoff specialist. He is an analyst on College GameDay and the host of the sports talk show The Pat McAfee Show on ESPN, and is signed to WWE as the color commentator for Raw while also being an occasional wrestler.
1987Kris Russell, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Kris Russell is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played in the 2021–22 season, for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was originally drafted in the third round, 67th overall, by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft and played four seasons with the team before moving on to the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars. He has also played for TPS and Oulun Kärpät in the Finnish Liiga.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]