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LEAD: With this week's bond sale by the Housing New York Corporation, New York City is taking a major step toward converting the financial success of the Battery Park City development in lower Manhattan into low-income housing in other parts of the city.
LEAD: IN farmhouses, studios and workshops across the United States, artisans are making a living by handcrafting furniture and accessories based on designs from earlier times. They sell to architects, decorators and individual clients, as well as to museum shops and department stores.
LEAD: President Reagan sharply attacked opponents of Judge Robert H. Bork today, opening a newly aggressive White House campaign to support the judge's nomination to the Supreme Court.
LEAD: The housing market proved stronger at summer's end than had been expected, as sales of new homes rose 2.7 percent in August, the Government said today.
LEAD: Are Japan and West Germany, the countries with the biggest trade surpluses in the world, doing as much as they should to further international economic expansion?
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 30, 1987, covering October 1, 1987.
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
Whitney Houston
Soundtrack
Def Leppard
1987Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor and singer[†]
Hiroki Aiba is a Japanese actor associated with Grand-Arts. He debuted as an actor in 2005 as Shusuke Fuji in Musical: The Prince of Tennis and also reprised his role in the live-action film The Prince of Tennis. Since then, he has appeared in other theater productions, television programs, and films, such as Ryunosuke Ikenami/Shinken Blue in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.
1987Mitchell Aubusson, Australian rugby league player[†]
Mitchell Aubusson is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a second-row and centre, spending his entire career with the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL). He won three NRL premierships with the Sydney Roosters in 2013, 2018 and 2019. He has also played for NSW Country at representative level. Aubusson is the Sydney Roosters 2nd highest capped player with 306 matches played.
1987Matthew Daddario, American actor[†]
Matthew Quincy Daddario is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Alec Lightwood in the television series Shadowhunters (2016–2019).
1987Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Indonesian businessman and politician, 14th Vice President of Indonesia[†]
Gibran Rakabuming Raka is an Indonesian politician and businessman who has been 14th vice president of Indonesia since 2024. Previously the 18th mayor of Surakarta from 2021 to 2024, he is the eldest child of the seventh President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. He was the running mate of Prabowo Subianto in the 2024 Indonesian presidential election.
1987The 5.9 Mw Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.[†]
The 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake occurred in the southern San Gabriel Valley and surrounding communities of Southern California, United States, at 7:42 a.m. PDT on October 1. The moderate magnitude 5.9 blind thrust earthquake was centered several miles north of Whittier in the town of Rosemead, had a relatively shallow depth, and was felt throughout southern California and southern Nevada. Many homes and businesses were affected and many roadways disrupted, mainly in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Damage estimates ranged from $213–358 million, with 200 injuries, three directly related deaths, and five additional fatalities that were associated with the event.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]