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LEAD: The last month has been a tough time for the junk bond market as the drop in the stock market and fears of a recession discouraged many buyers. That anxiety culminated Tuesday in the withdrawal of a proposed $1.5 billion financing for the Southland Corporation.
LEAD: President Reagan's announcement today that he would nominate Judge Anthony M. Kennedy to the Supreme Court comes as a vindication of sorts for Howard H. Baker Jr., the beleaguered White House chief of staff. But it has been a costly vindication.
LEAD: Eastern Air Lines Inc., in a drastic move to cut costs, said yesterday that it would lay off 3,500 employees, or 9 percent of its payroll.
LEAD: The Long Island Rail Road is to announce a plan today to eliminate smoking on trains that operate on its five shortest branches. These trains constitute more than 300 of the 700 daily trips on the L.I.R.R.
LEAD: Van Gogh's ''Irises'' was sold at Sotheby's last night for $53.9 million, a record for an artwork. Page C23. Building Collapse Kills One A 13-month-old boy died in the collapse of a Greenwich Village building, which officials said was being renovated illegally.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 11, 1987, covering November 12, 1987.
Soundtrack
Bruce Springsteen
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
Pink Floyd
1987Jason Day, Australian golfer[†]
Jason Anthony Day is an Australian professional golfer. Day had early success as a professional, earning PGA Tour membership in his teens and winning an event in his third season, the HP Byron Nelson Championship. In 2015, Day recorded his breakout season, winning five events including the PGA Championship, a major championship, while ascending to #1 in the world. Day maintained exemplary play through 2016, winning three tournaments including The Players Championship and preserving his #1 ranking. Since that season, however, Day's play has been much more erratic and he ultimately fell outside of the top 100 in the world. In 2023, however, he recorded a comeback year, winning the AT&T Byron Nelson, the site of his first win, and returning to the world's top 20.
1987Kengo Kora, Japanese actor[†]
Kengo Kora is a Japanese actor.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]