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July 19, 1987

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Headlines from July 19, 1987

INQUIRY SHORTENS LIST OF WITNESSES STILL TO TESTIFY

By Fox Butterfield, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: After Rear Adm. John M. Poindexter finishes testifying before the Iran-contra committees early next week, only five more witnesses are scheduled to appear before the hearings end, probably in early August.

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Cost Bringing Punishments Out of Prison

By Kathleen Teltsch

LEAD: Seven days a week, Charles Marston loads his newly purchased van with carpentry tools and heads out to do home improvements. The hours are long, but he says: ''I'm scratching by. Life has never looked so good, and it sure beats jail.''

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 15, 1987, covering July 19, 1987.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Whitney by Whitney Houston

    Whitney

    Whitney Houston

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Joshua Tree by U2

    The Joshua Tree

    U2

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  3. 3
    Album cover for Whitesnake by Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    14
  4. 4
    Album cover for Bad Animals by Heart

    Bad Animals

    Heart

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    6
  5. 5
    Album cover for Girls; Girls; Girls by Motley Crue

    Girls; Girls; Girls

    Motley Crue

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    6

Notable Births

Yan Gomes

1987Yan Gomes, Brazilian-American baseball player[†]

Yan Gomes is a Brazilian-American professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals, Oakland Athletics, and Chicago Cubs.

Jon Jones

1987Jon Jones, American mixed martial artist[†]

Jonathan Dwight Jones is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Heavyweight Champion. A professional since 2008, Jones was previously the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion from 2011 to 2015 and from 2018 to 2020, as well as the interim UFC Light Heavyweight Champion in 2016. As of June 10, 2025, he is #3 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings. He is regarded as one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time.

Marc Murphy (footballer)

1987Marc Murphy, Australian footballer[†]

Marc Murphy is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited with the first overall selection in the 2005 AFL draft and served as the captain of Carlton from the 2013 season to 2018. He is the son of John Murphy.

Historical Context for July 19, 1987

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