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November 13, 1987

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Headlines from November 13, 1987

The Guggenheim Collection Celebrates Itself and Its Art

By John Russell

LEAD: HARDLY since the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897 has an anniversary been as thoroughly celebrated as the 50th birthday of the Guggenheim Museum. People by the hundreds danced, dined, drank, talked, reminisced. The staff got to forget what day it was, and virtually every foreign artist who has ever shown at the Guggenheim flew in to pay tribute to Thomas M.

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Ford Plans New Stock Repurchase

By Philip E. Ross, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: The Ford Motor Company, which has been reluctant to spend much of its cash hoard on acquisitions, said today that it would repurchase up to $2 billion of its own shares after a current buyback program ends.

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WRIGHT HAS TALKS WITH BOTH PARTIES IN NICARAGUA WAR

By Neil A. Lewis, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: President Daniel Ortega Saavedra of Nicaragua and the leaders of the American-backed rebels conferred separately today with the House Speaker, Jim Wright, as efforts to negotiate a cease-fire appeared to be stepping up.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 11, 1987, covering November 13, 1987.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Dirty Dancing by Soundtrack

    Dirty Dancing

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Tunnel Of Love by Bruce Springsteen

    Tunnel Of Love

    Bruce Springsteen

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for Bad by Michael Jackson

    Bad

    Michael Jackson

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for Whitesnake by Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Whitesnake

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    31
  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
    8

Notable Births

1987Hatsune Matsushima, Japanese model and actress[†]

Hatsune Matsushima is a Japanese gravure model, talent and actress affiliated with Harmony Promotion. She was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her real name is Noriko Matsushima, and she goes by the nickname Hachu. She has starred in a number of TV dramas, films, and internet productions. She also co-authored a book.

Dana Vollmer

1987Dana Vollmer, American swimmer[†]

Dana Whitney Vollmer is a former American competition swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning United States team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay that set the world record in the event. Eight years later at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Vollmer set the world record on her way to the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly, and also won golds in the 4×100-meter medley relay and 4×200-meter freestyle relay. She won three medals including a gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Historical Context for November 13, 1987

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