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LEAD: Judge Robert H. Bork angrily declared today that he would not ask that his nomination to the Supreme Court be withdrawn because he hoped to spare future judicial nominees the ''political campaigning'' he said had been waged against him.
LEAD: The small Iranian boats that American helicopters attacked in the Persian Gulf Thursday may have been equipped with American-made Stinger anti-aircraft weapons, the Pentagon said today.
LEAD: Indian forces have gone on the offensive against the most violent of Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil separatist groups after more than 200 people were killed in terrorist attacks, Indian and Sri Lankan officials said today.
LEAD: As gay Americans converge on Washington this weekend for a huge civil rights demonstration, leaders can point to living evidence that their movement is stronger than ever.
LEAD: Clare Booth Luce, whose richly varied career encompassed the editorship of Vanity Fair magazine, the writing of hit Broadway plays and service in Congress and as Ambassador to Rome, died yesterday morning at her home in Washington. Mrs. Luce, who was 84 years old, had been gravely ill with cancer for some time.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 7, 1987, covering October 10, 1987.
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
Whitney Houston
Soundtrack
Def Leppard
1987Rodjun Cruz, Filipino actor and dancer[†]
Rodolfo Othello Cruz Ilustre, Jr., known professionally as Rodjun Cruz, is a Filipino actor, dancer and singer. He is the brother of fellow actor and dancer Rayver Cruz. He is currently an exclusive artist of GMA Network and Sparkle.
1987Junior Madozein, Central African basketball player[†]
Joseph Junior Ghislain Madozein is a Central African professional basketball player who last played for ASOPT of the Central African Division I Basketball League.
1987Ryan Mathews, American football player[†]
Ryan Jefforey Mathews is an American former professional football player who was a running back. He played college football for the Fresno State Bulldogs, earning second-team All-American honors in 2009. Mathews was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft with the 12th overall pick. He was named to the Pro Bowl in 2011. He also played for the Philadelphia Eagles.
1987Colin Slade, New Zealand rugby player[†]
Colin Richard Slade is a retired New Zealand professional rugby union player. He played primarily at first five-eighth, as well as all other backline positions on occasions. He was first selected for the All Blacks in 2009. He was a key member of the 2011 Rugby World Cup winning team. He was also included in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, but played in only one match against Namibia. He thus became one of only 44 players who have won the Rugby World Cup on multiple occasions.
1987Behice Boran, Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist (born 1910)[†]
Behice Boran was a Turkish Marxist-Leninist politician, author and sociologist. As a dissenting political voice from the far-left, Boran was repeatedly imprisoned for her work and died in exile after the Turkish military coup of 1980.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]