On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: In the last five years, the booming art market has paid off for many artists, collectors and dealers. Now it is about to reward the well-known investors who bet on the potential of the staid Sotheby's auction house.
LEAD: A former lawyer for a cable company tes-tified yesterday that John A. Zaccaro told him in October 1981 that a cable television franchise could be obtained in Queens for a substantial amount of money.
LEAD: THE scene was in the wine-tasting room of Lloyd Flatt, one of the country's best-known wine collectors and certainly one of the most flamboyant. The occasion was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for 15 wine buffs to taste the wines of Chateau Ausone, a prominent chateau in St.-Emilion, in the Bordeaux region of
LEAD: The Reagan Administration voiced support today for China's position in the unrest in Tibet, while the Senate voted without dissent to condemn China for its recent crackdown there.
LEAD: The Reagan Administration, after concluding a sweeping trade pact with Canada, is about to sign an agreement with Mexico setting up machinery for settling trade disputes and opening negotiations to curb barriers to trade and investment.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 7, 1987, covering October 7, 1987.
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
Whitney Houston
Soundtrack
Def Leppard
1987Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer[†]
Jeremy Russell Brockie is a New Zealand former professional footballer who played as a forward.
1987Alex Cobb, American baseball player[†]
Alexander Miller Cobb is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Tampa Bay Rays, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Angels, San Francisco Giants and Cleveland Guardians. Cobb was selected by the Rays in the fourth round of the 2006 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut with them in 2011.
1987Aiden English, American wrestler[†]
Matthew Thomas Rehwoldt is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as a color commentator, alongside Tom Hannifan. He is also known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Aiden English.
1987Damion James, American basketball player[†]
Damion Marquez Williams James is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Vaqueros de Bayamón of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for Texas.
1987Sam Querrey, American tennis player[†]
Samuel Austin Querrey is an American professional pickleball player and former tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 achieved on February 26, 2018, and won ten ATP singles titles. Known for his powerful serve, Querrey holds the record for consecutive service aces in a match with 10. He was also a capable doubles player, with five ATP doubles titles and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 23 achieved on May 17, 2010. His best performance in a Grand Slam singles event was at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the semifinals after defeating world No. 1 Andy Murray in the quarterfinals to become the first American man to reach the last four of a Grand Slam in eight years. At the same tournament the previous year, he defeated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic to reach the quarterfinals, ending his Grand Slam win streak of 4 in a row. Other career highlights for Querrey include defeating former world number one Rafael Nadal in the Acapulco final of 2017, reaching the quarterfinals at the 2017 US Open and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, and, in the 2015 US Open, reaching the mixed doubles final with Bethanie Mattek-Sands and the men's doubles semifinals with Steve Johnson. He also reached the semifinals of the Davis Cup three times with the United States team, in 2008, 2012, and 2018.
1987Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.[†]
The Khalistan movement is a separatist movement seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs by establishing an ethno-religious sovereign state called Khalistan in the Punjab region. The proposed boundaries of Khalistan vary between different groups; some suggest the entirety of the Sikh-majority Indian state of Punjab, while larger claims include Pakistani Punjab and other parts of North India such as Chandigarh, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]