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LEAD: Dave Winfield stepped into the batting cage last night, took a half-swing at the first pitch and felt a sudden twinge. Moments later, he was lying face down in the trainer's room as heat packs were applied to the left side of his neck.
LEAD: The Soviet Union is drawing up plans to build huge satellites in orbit that would convert sunlight into electricity for cities and industry on Earth, senior Soviet scientists and American experts say.
LEAD: Avid readers in Jersey City's Hamilton Park neighborhood have visited the Pavonia branch of the Jersey City Free Public Library for nearly two decades at its humble quarters, comprised of four attached trailer homes, at 206-210 Pavonia Avenue. Now, however, the same hot real-estate market that is forcing the branch to leave its current site -so that new brick town houses can rise there - has also prompted a most unusual solution to the library's search for a new home.
LEAD: Once a decaying industrial town by the water, South Norwalk, Conn., has staged a major comeback in this decade, turning old factories into smart residences and boutiques and luring young professionals. Now, businesses are the latest newcomers.
LEAD: THATCHER CHAGES CABINET Margaret Thatcher reshuffled her Cabinet, and added a man who was forced to quit four years ago after acknowledging he had fatherd a child by his secretry. Page 7. POPE'S TALKS UPSET WARSAW Senoir Polish officials told Pope John Paul II's entourage that they were distressed by pro-Solidarity speeches he has made in his visit to Poland.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 10, 1987, covering June 14, 1987.
U2
Whitesnake
Bon Jovi
Poison
Motley Crue
1987Andrew Cogliano, Canadian ice hockey player[â ]
Andrew Cogliano is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played for the Edmonton Oilers, Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, San Jose Sharks, and Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). On December 31, 2013, Cogliano became the 20th player in NHL history to play 500 consecutive games, and only the fifth to do so from the beginning of his NHL career. On November 4, 2017, Cogliano played in his 800th consecutive game, placing him in fourth place on the NHL's most consecutive games played list. The streak ended at 830 games on January 14, 2018, when Cogliano was suspended for two games. Cogliano won the Stanley Cup with the Avalanche in 2022.
1987Mohamed DiamĂ©, Senegalese footballer[â ]
Mohamed Diamé, also known as Momo Diamé, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
1987StanisĆaw Bareja, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1929)[â ]
StanisĆaw Sylwester Bareja was a Polish filmmaker. Some of his films have reached cult status in Poland.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[â ]