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LEAD: Justice John Paul Stevens has entered the fray in support of Judge Robert H. Bork, the nominee to the Supreme Court, in unusual public remarks praising his qualifications and implicitly rejecting the portrait of a rigid, right-wing ideologue painted by some opponents of the nomination.
LEAD: Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger testified today that he repeatedly thought he had stopped the Iran arms sales but was later told that he had failed because White House officials resorted to deception and intrigue to keep the deal going.
LEAD: In a rare rebuff to the Reagan Administration, Britain today rejected a United States request for minesweepers to assist in protecting tankers in the Persian Gulf.
LEAD: Vice President Bush was confronted today by the brother of Benjamin Linder, the American engineer slain in Nicaragua on April 28, and a dramatic exchange ensued in which John Linder accused United States-backed rebels of murdering his brother and Mr. Bush staunchly defended American aid to the rebels.
LEAD: Tamil separatist guerrillas refused to surrender their arms to an Indian peacekeeping force as a cease-fire went into effect today, the Indian commander said.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 29, 1987, covering August 1, 1987.
Whitney Houston
Heart
Whitesnake
U2
Motley Crue
1987Iago Aspas, Spanish footballer[†]
Iago Aspas Juncal is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Celta, which he captains.
1987Karen Carney, English women's footballer[†]
Karen Julia Carney is an English sports journalist and former professional footballer who played as a winger and midfielder. Carney has been a regular broadcaster for live football on TNT Sports, Sky Sports, ITV and Amazon Prime, including Women's Super League and men's Premier League matches since 2019. She is also a sports columnist for BBC Sport, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Television, and The Guardian.
1987Taapsee Pannu, Indian actress[†]
Tapasee Pannu, professionally known as Taapsee Pannu, is an Indian actress who works in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. Pannu is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards and a Filmfare OTT Award.
1987Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer[†]
Sébastien Jean Pocognoli is a Belgian football coach and former player who is the head coach of Union SG.
1987Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer[†]
Lee Wallace is a Scottish former professional footballer. He represented the Scotland national team with 10 caps.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]