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November 4, 1987

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Headlines from November 4, 1987

Dollar Up After Fall To Lows

By Kenneth N. Gilpin

LEAD: The dollar rallied on world currency markets yesterday after traders pushed it to new lows against the West German mark and the Japanese yen.

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Olympia May Bid for Santa Fe

By Richard W. Stevenson, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: Olympia & York Developments Ltd., the Canadian real estate and investment concern, said today that it might be willing to pay $63 a share in cash, or more, for the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation, heating up a takeover battle that could be the largest ever outside of the oil industry.

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In Search of a Meal Near Javits Center? Good. Read This.

By Bryan Miller

LEAD: More than 2 million conventioneers pass through the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center each year (85 percent of them from out of town), and they need the doggedness of an archeologist to uncover interesting dining spots amid the industrial tundra surrounding the center. The year-and-a-half-old structure at 11th Avenue and 34th Street is hardly at the epicenter of

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 4, 1987, covering November 4, 1987.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Tunnel Of Love by Bruce Springsteen

    Tunnel Of Love

    Bruce Springsteen

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Bad by Michael Jackson

    Bad

    Michael Jackson

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for Dirty Dancing by Soundtrack

    Dirty Dancing

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for Whitesnake by Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    30
  5. 5
    Album cover for A Momentary Lapse Of Reason by Pink Floyd

    A Momentary Lapse Of Reason

    Pink Floyd

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    7

Notable Births

Tim Breukers

1987Tim Breukers, Dutch footballer[†]

Tim Gerard Johan Breukers is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right back.

Laura Geitz

1987Laura Geitz, Australian netball player[†]

Laura Geitz is an Australian former netball player and former captain of the Australian national team. Geitz was selected for the 2008 Australian national team, and has won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, a gold medal at the 2011 World Netball Championships and a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as captain. In domestic netball, Geitz plays for the Queensland Firebirds in the ANZ Championship. She previously captained the AIS Canberra Darters in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy.

Artur Jędrzejczyk

1987Artur Jędrzejczyk, Polish footballer[†]

Artur Marcin Jędrzejczyk is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for and captains Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw.

Historical Context for November 4, 1987

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