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LEAD: Forty-two-year-old Suad al-Hadidi is a symbol of what Yasir Arafat calls the Palestinian ''demographic bomb.''
LEAD: Benjamin V. Lambert, the independent real estate deal maker who last year sold half his company, Eastdil Realty Inc., to Nomura Securities and then disappeared from the marketplace, has come out of hibernation.
LEAD: Proposed changes in the tax law have thrust the merger-and-acquisition world into a state of fearful anticipation.
LEAD: The crack trade in southeast Queens has turned middle-class neighborhoods near the Nassau County border into some of New York City's bloodiest drug battlegrounds.
LEAD: When longshoremen unload the Tropical Morn's 187,849 boxes of bananas, pineapples and coconuts at Pier 42 today, they will be performing a Manhattan waterfront ritual that began more than three centuries ago. It may be performed for the last time next month.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 14, 1987, covering October 19, 1987.
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
Whitney Houston
Def Leppard
Pink Floyd
1987Tsunenori Aoki, Japanese actor[â ]
Tsunenori Aoki is a Japanese actor and model.
1987Sam Groth, Australian tennis player[â ]
Samuel Groth is an Australian politician and a former professional tennis player. Sitting as a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Groth represents the Liberal Party in the seat of Nepean. He is currently the deputy leader of the Victorian Liberal Party.
1987Jacqueline du PrĂ©, English cellist and educator (born 1945)[â ]
Jacqueline Mary du Pré was a British cellist, widely regarded as one of the prominent cellists of the 20th century. Born in Oxford, she began studying at the Guildhall School of Music in the mid-1950s with William Pleeth, earning the school's Gold Medal in 1960. Her musical development was further enhanced by advanced studies with prominent cellists such as Paul Tortelier, Pablo Casals, and Mstislav Rostropovich.
1987Hermann Lang, German race car driver (born 1909)[â ]
Hermann Albert Lang was a German racing driver who raced motorcycles, Grand Prix cars, and sports cars.
1987The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.[â ]
Operation Nimble Archer was the 19 October 1987 attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf by United States Navy forces. The attack was a response to Iran's missile attack on MVÂ Sea Isle City, a reflagged Kuwaiti oil tanker at anchor off Kuwait, which had occurred three days earlier. The action occurred during Operation Earnest Will, the effort to protect Kuwaiti shipping amid the IranâIraq War.
1987Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.[â ]
Black Monday was a global, severe and largely unexpected stock market crash on Monday, October 19, 1987. Worldwide losses were estimated at US$1.71 trillion. The severity sparked fears of extended economic instability or a reprise of the Great Depression.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[â ]