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October 22, 1987

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Headlines from October 22, 1987

DEBATE OVER BORK BEGINS IN SENATE

By Linda Greenhouse, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: With the majority of senators already counted in opposition, Judge Robert H. Bork's Supreme Court nomination finally reached the Senate floor today, three and a half months after President Reagan had sent it to Capitol Hill.

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A Teen-Age Mother Overcomes the Odds

By Jane Gross

LEAD: As a pregnant 14-year-old, Shavon Glover was determined to finish junior high school and high school, despite the drumbeat predictions of relatives, neighbors and friends that she would wind up on welfare for the rest of her life.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 21, 1987, covering October 22, 1987.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Bad by Michael Jackson

    Bad

    Michael Jackson

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for Whitesnake by Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    28
  3. 3
    Album cover for A Momentary Lapse Of Reason by Pink Floyd

    A Momentary Lapse Of Reason

    Pink Floyd

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for Dirty Dancing by Soundtrack

    Dirty Dancing

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    6
  5. 5
    Album cover for Hysteria by Def Leppard

    Hysteria

    Def Leppard

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    10

Notable Births

Tiki Gelana

1987Tiki Gelana, Ethiopian runner[†]

Erba Tiki Gelana is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. Her personal best of 2:18:58 remained the Ethiopian national record for the event from 2012 to 2017. She won the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon and the 2012 Rotterdam Marathon. She won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics with a time of 2:23:07, a new Olympic record.

Donny Montell

1987Donny Montell, Lithuanian singer-songwriter[†]

Donatas Montvydas, also known by his stage name Donny Montell, is a Lithuanian singer-songwriter who represented Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He represented Lithuania for a second time in 2016, when he represented his country in Stockholm, Sweden.

Park Ha-sun

1987Park Ha-sun, South Korean actress[†]

Park Ha-sun is a South Korean actress and entertainer. She made her debut in 2005 with the TV series Love Needs a Miracle. Park rose to fame for her portrayal of Queen Inhyeon in MBC's 2010 historical drama Dong Yi, and as a teacher in the sitcom High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged that aired in 2011–2012.

1987Reen Yu, Taiwanese actress[†]

Reen Yu is a Taiwanese actress and model.

Notable Deaths

Lino Ventura

1987Lino Ventura, Italian-French actor (born 1919)[†]

Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura, known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French cinema during the 1960s and 1970s, known for his portrayal of tough characters on both sides of the law in crime dramas.

Historical Events

John Adams (composer)

1987John Adams' opera Nixon in China premiered at the Houston Grand Opera.[†]

John Coolidge Adams is an American composer and conductor. Among the most regularly performed composers of contemporary classical music, he is particularly noted for his operas, many of which center around historical events. Apart from opera, his oeuvre includes orchestral, concertante, vocal, choral, chamber, electroacoustic, and piano music.

Historical Context for October 22, 1987

In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]