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June 22, 1987

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Headlines from June 22, 1987

NO OPEC PRICE RISE FORESEEN

By Steven Greenhouse, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: At its meeting beginning this Thursday in Vienna, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is likely to vote to keep its official price at $18 a barrel and to approve modest increases in production quotas, Western energy analysts say.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 17, 1987, covering June 22, 1987.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Joshua Tree by U2

    The Joshua Tree

    U2

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  2. 2
    Album cover for Whitesnake by Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    10
  3. 3
    Album cover for Girls; Girls; Girls by Motley Crue

    Girls; Girls; Girls

    Motley Crue

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi

    Slippery When Wet

    Bon Jovi

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    41
  5. 5
    Album cover for Look What The Cat Dragged In by Poison

    Look What The Cat Dragged In

    Poison

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    47

Notable Births

Danny Green (basketball)

1987Danny Green, American basketball player[†]

Daniel Richard Green Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. In his NBA career, Green played for six teams. As of 2020, Green is one of just four players in history to have won NBA championships with three different teams; he won titles with the San Antonio Spurs in 2014, the Toronto Raptors in 2019, and the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020.

Lee Min-ho

1987Lee Min-ho, South Korean actor, singer, model, creative director and businessman[†]

Lee Min-ho is a South Korean actor and singer. He gained widespread fame with his role as Gu Jun-pyo in the television series Boys Over Flowers (2009), which also earned him the Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Actor. His other notable works are television series City Hunter (2011), The Heirs (2013), The Legend of the Blue Sea (2016), and The King: Eternal Monarch (2020), as well as the action thriller film Gangnam Blues (2015). In 2022, he starred in the Apple TV+ period drama Pachinko based on the novel of the same name.

Nikita Rukavytsya

1987Nikita Rukavytsya, Ukrainian-Australian footballer[†]

Nikita Vadymovych Rukavytsya is a retired professional soccer player. Born in Ukraine, he played for the Australia national team.

Notable Deaths

Fred Astaire

1987Fred Astaire, American actor and dancer (born 1899)[†]

Fred Astaire was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years. He is widely regarded as the "greatest popular-music dancer of all time". He received an Honorary Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.

Historical Context for June 22, 1987

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