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LEAD: Geraldine A. Ferraro's appointment records, telephone logs and other information for much of the time she was in Congress have been subpoenaed by the Queens District Attorney's office as part of its cable television investigation.
LEAD: In two significant victories for business, the Supreme Court today struck down Washington State's manufacturing tax and certain of Pennsylvania's current and past taxes on truckers using its highways.
LEAD: Elizabeth Holtzman, the Brooklyn District Attorney, and Police Commissioner Benjamin Ward demonstrating a video hookup between a station house and central booking in Brooklyn. The system is intended to speed the arrest process by allowing witnesses to come forward without having to travel to central booking.
LEAD: A TYPICAL working lunch in the soybean society: A sandwich of bread made with soy flour and lunch meat containing soy protein; a salad with a soy oil dressing; a package of corn chips processed with soy oil and for good measure, in the personal computer on the desk, a magnetic floppy disk that was manufactured using lecithin, an important soy product.
LEAD: Medical experts at the Veterans Administration are vigorously opposing White House suggestions that all people admitted to veterans' hospitals be routinely tested for infection with the AIDS virus.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 24, 1987, covering June 24, 1987.
Whitney Houston
Motley Crue
U2
Whitesnake
Bon Jovi
1987Simona Dobrá, Czech tennis player[†]
Simona Dobrá is a retired Czech tennis player.
1987Lionel Messi, Argentinian footballer[†]
Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Messi set numerous records for individual accolades won throughout his professional footballing career such as eight Ballon d'Or awards and eight times being named the world's best player by FIFA. He is the most decorated player in the history of professional football having won 45 team trophies, including twelve Big Five league titles, four UEFA Champions Leagues, two Copa Américas, and one FIFA World Cup. Messi holds the records for most European Golden Shoes (6), most goals in a calendar year (91), most goals for a single club, most goals (474), hat-tricks (36) and assists (192) in La Liga, most assists (18) and goal contributions (32) in the Copa América, most goal contributions (21) in the World Cup, most international appearances (193) and international goals (112) by a South American male, and the second-most in the latter category outright. A prolific goalscorer and creative playmaker, Messi has scored over 850 senior career goals and has provided over 380 assists for club and country.
1987Pierre Vaultier, French snowboarder[†]
Pierre Vaultier is a French two-time Olympic Gold Champion, and one-time World Gold Champion snowboarder, specializing in snowboard cross.
1987Jackie Gleason, American actor, comedian, and producer (born 1916)[†]
Herbert John Gleason, known as Jackie Gleason, was an American comedian, actor, writer, and composer also known as "The Great One". He developed a style and characters from growing up in Brooklyn, New York, and was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy, exemplified by his city bus driver character Ralph Kramden in the television series The Honeymooners. He also developed The Jackie Gleason Show, which maintained high ratings from the mid-1950s through 1970. The series originated in New York City, but filming moved to Miami Beach, Florida, in 1964 after Gleason took up permanent residence there.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]