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LEAD: President Reagan today blamed Congress in large part for the economic uncertainties that led to the stock market crisis this week and reiterated his opposition to tax increases.
LEAD: Last Saturday. some members of Monness Crespi Hardt & Company, a small stock brokerage firm, were annoyed that they had missed a chance to take profits when the market dropped 100 points the day before. By yesterday afternoon, they felt lucky to be alive.
LEAD: One of the fiercest battles ever waged over a Supreme Court nominee ended today as the Senate decisively rejected the nomination of Judge Robert H. Bork.
LEAD: Mikhail S. Gorbachev refused today to set a date for a summit meeting with President Reagan, unexpectedly insisting that differences over the development of space-based defensive weapons must be resolved first.
LEAD: The Soviet Union's rejection today of an early summit conference capped the worst week of Ronald Reagan's Presidency, one that also saw the battering of his reputation as an economic miracle-worker and the Senate's rejection of his nominee for the Supreme Court by a margin unmatched in American history.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 21, 1987, covering October 24, 1987.
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
Pink Floyd
Soundtrack
Def Leppard
1987Jeremy Evans, American basketball player[†]
Jeremy Deshawn Evans is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers before being drafted by the Utah Jazz in 2010. During his career, Evans has spent time with the Utah Jazz, the Dallas Mavericks, the Atlanta Hawks, and Khimki Moscow in Russia. In 2012, he was named the NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion.
1987Chris Hogan, American football player[†]
Christopher James Hogan is an American former football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. He played college football for the Monmouth Hawks following three years of college lacrosse with the Penn State Nittany Lions. Hogan was a member of five NFL teams, most notably the New England Patriots.
1987Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer[†]
Anthony Henri Vanden Borre is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He played for clubs in Belgium, Italy, England, France and the DR Congo. He won 28 caps for the Belgium national team. He is capable of playing as both a right-back and a right winger.
1987Charlie White, American figure skater[†]
Charles Allen White Jr. is an American former competitive ice dancer. With partner Meryl Davis, he is the 2014 Olympic Champion, the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World champion, five-time Grand Prix Final champion (2009–2013), three-time Four Continents champion and six-time U.S. national champion (2009–2014). They also won a bronze medal in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]