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In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[โ ]
1987Tony Kane, Irish footballer[โ ]
Anthony Michael Kane is a Northern Irish former footballer Kane was best known for his time at Ballymena United where he made over 250 appearances for the Sky Blues. As an international, Kane has represented both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland at under-21 level.
1987Archie Campbell, American actor and screenwriter (born 1914)[โ ]
Archie Campbell was an American comedian, writer, and star of Hee Haw, a country-flavored network television variety show. He was also a recording artist with several hits for RCA Victor in the 1960s.
1987Lee Marvin, American actor (born 1924)[โ ]
Lee Marvin was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and prematurely white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters. Although initially typecast as the "heavy", he later gained prominence for portraying anti-heroes, such as Detective Lieutenant Frank Ballinger on the television series M Squad (1957โ1960). Marvin's notable roles in film included Charlie Strom in The Killers (1964), Rico Fardan in The Professionals (1966), Major John Reisman in The Dirty Dozen (1967), Ben Rumson in Paint Your Wagon (1969), Walker in Point Blank (1967), the Sergeant in The Big Red One (1980), Jack Osborne in Gorky Park (1983) and co-starred opposite Chuck Norris in The Delta Force (1986) in what was his final role.
1987Odaeyang mass suicide: Thirty-three individuals linked to a religious cult are found dead in the attic of a cafeteria in Yongin, South Korea. Investigators attribute their deaths to a murder-suicide pact.[โ ]
The Evangelical Baptist Church (EBC) of Korea, was established in 1962 by Yoo Byung-eun and Pastor Kwon Shin-chan. The name of the church was changed to EBC in 1981. It is not connected to the Korea Baptist Convention. In South Korea, EBC is commonly known as Guwonpa, meaning Salvation Sect, from the Korean term guwon (๊ตฌ์), "salvation".
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LEAD: Kenneth Ewart spends his working day in a glass box underneath Times Square. Despite hundreds, maybe thousands, of people looking at him each hour, he often feels invisible.
LEAD: The latest rebellion by disaffected soldiers reflects a deep discontent within the military that has erupted in a series of threats and coup attempts throughout the tenure of President Corazon C. Aquino.
LEAD: The Department of Transportation announced today that it had reached agreements with six major airlines aimed at reducing delays at four of the nation's busiest airports.
LEAD: The Saudi strategist, deeply knowledgeable about the affairs of the monarchy, showed a look of pure pleasure as he talked of the Iranian regime as a ''monster'' and of his own nation as at last shedding its image of being ''wimpy.''
LEAD: John Huston, the legendary director and scenarist who made such classic films as ''The Maltese Falcon,'' ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,'' ''The Asphalt Jungle'' and ''The African Queen,'' died yesterday in Middletown, R.I., at the age of 81. Associates said he had died in his sleep of complications from emphysema.
LEAD: ''Maybe I am passe,'' said Pierre Elliott Trudeau, an edge of sarcasm in his voice as he gazed across the hearing room at an old parliamentary foe. ''Maybe there is a new Canada now.''
LEAD: Like many American corporate giants, the Eastman Kodak Company battles its Japanese competitors in whatever marketplace they meet. Kodak recently carried that fight over to the university campus.
LEAD: In a day of street fighting and air attacks, forces loyal to the Government on Friday crushed the most serious assault yet on the presidency of Corazon C. Aquino.
LEAD: New York City will hospitalize mentally ill homeless people involuntarily if they are deemed ''incapable of taking care of themselves,'' Mayor Koch said yesterday.
LEAD: Fundamentalists Press On Despite major setbacks in the courts this summer, the drive by fundamentalist Christians to shape public education is very much alive. Page 6.
LEAD: International 2-5, 32 Philippine Government forces loyal to President Corazon C. Aquino crushed a revolt by dissident soldiers Friday. The coup attempt was the most serious assault yet on Mrs. Aquino's Government. Page 1 News analysis: The rebellion by disaffected soldiers reflects a deep discontent within the military that has erupted in a series of threats and coup attempts throughout President Aquino's tenure.
LEAD: Diplomats stationed in Iran say they detect an increasingly militant and confrontational foreign policy amid the often conflicting public pronouncements and actions of the Teheran leadership.