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LEAD: The opposition newspaper La Prensa, closed down by the Sandinista Government 15 months ago, has received permission to resume publication free of censorship, its publisher said today.
LEAD: When Pope John Paul II visited the United States in 1979, he was a new face on the world stage and his charm seemed to attract more notice than his words.
LEAD: ''Tea?'' mused Christopher Wheeler, a young British stockbroker. ''I never touch it.''
LEAD: Roughly one out of three applicants for entry-level jobs with the New York City Transit Authority fails the authority's mandatory drug tests, city officials said yesterday.
LEAD: After months of discussion, the Reagan Administration has tentatively decided to raze and rebuild at least five floors of the new eight-story embassy building in Moscow at a cost of at least $92 million, according to senior Administration officials.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 16, 1987, covering September 21, 1987.
Soundtrack
Whitney Houston
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
Heart
1987Jimmy Clausen, American football player[†]
James Richard Clausen is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) from 2010 to 2015. He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the second round of the 2010 NFL draft.
1987Anthony Don, Australian rugby league player[†]
Anthony Don is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played on the wing for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL.
1987Marcelo Estigarribia, Paraguayan footballer[†]
Marcelo Alejandro Estigarribia Balmori is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a left winger for Sportivo Ameliano in the Primera División Paraguaya.
1987Ryan Guzman, American actor and model[†]
Ryan Anthony Guzman is an American actor. He is known for his lead roles as Sean Asa in Step Up Revolution and Step Up: All In, part of the Step Up film series, as Noah Sandborn in the psychological thriller The Boy Next Door and as Edmundo "Eddie" Diaz in the ABC procedural drama 9-1-1.
1987Murilo Maccari, Brazilian footballer[†]
Murilo Maccari is a Brazilian professional footballer, who plays for Naxxar Lions F.C. in Malta.
1987Ashley Paris, American basketball player[†]
Ashley Paris is an American basketball player. She is the twin sister of former WNBA center Courtney Paris, who last played for the Seattle Storm and is currently an assistant coach for the Dallas Wings. She has been nationally recognized for her basketball achievements at the University of Oklahoma. She was selected on April 9, 2009 with 22nd overall pick in the 2009 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks.
1987Courtney Paris, American basketball player[†]
Courtney Paris is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is best known for her accomplishments during her college career at the University of Oklahoma, where she holds career averages of 21.4 points and 15.3 rebounds per game. She holds the NCAA record for most consecutive double-doubles at 112. During her senior season in 2009, Paris received considerable media attention when she announced that she would pay back her tuition to the University of Oklahoma if the Sooners did not win the 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. She would lead Oklahoma to the Final Four before falling short to eventual national runner-up Louisville.
1987Michał Pazdan, Polish footballer[†]
Michał Pazdan is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains I liga club Wieczysta Kraków.
1987Ivelisse Vélez, Puerto Rican wrestler[†]
Ivelisse Milagro Vélez, better known by her mononymous ring name Ivelisse, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in Lucha Underground, where she twice held the Lucha Underground Trios Championship. Vélez also wrestles extensively on the independent circuit, most notably for Shine Wrestling, where she is the current Shine Champion, and a former Shine Tag Team Champion. Vélez has also performed for WWE, Impact Wrestling, All Elite Wrestling (AEW), Lucha Libre AAA (Mexico) and CMLL (Mexico).
1987Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, composer, and producer (born 1951)[†]
John Francis Anthony Pastorius III, also known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz bassist, composer, and producer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential bassists of all time, Pastorius recorded albums as a solo artist, band leader, and as a member of the jazz fusion group Weather Report from 1976 to 1981. He also collaborated with numerous artists, including Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny and Joni Mitchell.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]