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LEAD: With tension growing on the eve of a planned resumption of anti-Government protests, Haiti's Roman Catholic bishops appealed today for restraint and warned of ''the specter of anarchy and civil war.''
LEAD: The Administration will announce on Monday that it intends to seek agreements by the end of President Reagan's term to phase out farm export subsidies and trade barriers to the agricultural products of the United States and other nations, officials said today.
LEAD: The Southland Corporation, which operates the 7-Eleven stores, said yesterday that it would be taken over by a company owned by Southland's founding Thompson family in a deal valued at about $5.1 billion.
LEAD: More than four centuries after the English adventurer Sir Martin Frobisher found this place, new intruders are disturbhg the Arctic peace.
LEAD: After several decades of growth in size and sophistication, the leading pro-Israel lobby in Washington, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, has become a major force in shaping United States policy in the Middle East.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 1, 1987, covering July 6, 1987.
Whitney Houston
U2
Motley Crue
Whitesnake
Heart
1987Sophie Auster, American singer-songwriter and actress[†]
Sophie Auster is an American singer/songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of authors Paul Auster and Siri Hustvedt.
1987Manteo Mitchell, American runner[†]
Manteo Mitchell is an American sprinter and bobsledder. As a sprinter, he competed in the 200 m, 400 m, and 4 × 400 m relay. He was a member of the USA team that won the gold medal in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Mitchell successfully ran in the 4 x 400 m relay qualifiers at the 2012 Olympic Games despite breaking his fibula during the race, and was later awarded a silver medal after the team's placement in the final.
1987Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress[†]
Kate Marie Nash is an English musician and actress from North Harrow. Her singles "Foundations" (2007) and "Do-Wah-Doo" (2010) charted at numbers 2 and 15 on the UK singles chart and her albums Made of Bricks (2007) and My Best Friend Is You (2010) charted at numbers 1 and 8 on the UK Albums Chart. An attempt at diversifying her sound from indie pop prompted her record label to drop her and she released three subsequent EPs and her third and fourth albums, Girl Talk (2013) and Yesterday Was Forever (2018), on her own label. A fifth album, 9 Sad Symphonies, was released on Kill Rock Stars in 2024, and Nash opened an OnlyFans account to subsidise losses from its tour.
1987Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model[†]
Caroline Aparecida Trentini is a Brazilian model. Known for her doll-like face, Trentini rose to fame after capturing Marc Jacob's attention and being cast on the ad campaign. As of 2024, Trentini has been on the cover of international Vogue, 40 times. Trentini ranks on the ''Icons'' list on models.com.
1987Elli Stenberg, Finnish politician (born 1903)[†]
Ellen Aleksandra Stenberg was a Finnish politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) and the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL), she represented Häme Province North between April 1945 and April 1966. Prior to being elected, she was imprisoned for twelve years for political reasons.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]