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LEAD: Faced with an unexpectedly strong public backlash against the recent dismissal of one of his political allies, Mikhail S. Gorbachev today renewed his call for change in the Soviet Union.
LEAD: After four weeks of tortuous talks set off by the stock market plunge, White House and Congressional negotiators reached a bipartisan agreement today on a plan to reduce the projected Federal deficit by $30 billion this year.
LEAD: Impatient with Federal efforts to control smog, New York, New Jersey and the six New England states are starting a major effort to reduce ozone by requiring changes in gasoline sold in the region in warmer months, beginning next summer.
LEAD: The two senior leaders of the civilian wing of the Salvadoran rebel movement say they will return to El Salvador from exile in the next few days to test the the Central American peace treaty.
LEAD: New on Saturdays: Consumers' World A shaky economy means bargains for shoppers. And Coping, a new column, talks about personal records you don't have to keep. Page 56. Prices Up 0.4% in October Led by costlier shelter, cars and clothes, consumer prices rose again last month, putting inflation at a 4.8 percent rate this year.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 18, 1987, covering November 21, 1987.
Soundtrack
Bruce Springsteen
Michael Jackson
Whitesnake
Pink Floyd
1987Stefan Glarner, Swiss footballer[†]
Stefan Glarner is a Swiss footballer who plays for FC Köniz in the Swiss 1. Liga.
1987Eesha Karavade, Indian chess player[†]
Eesha Karavade is an Indian chess player from Pune. She holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She played for India in the Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012 and 2014.
1987Karl Stollery, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Karl Stollery is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He most recently played with HC Bolzano, Italian team of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL).
1987Jim Folsom, American politician and 42nd Governor of Alabama (born 1908)[†]
James Elisha "Big Jim" Folsom Sr. was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of the U.S. state of Alabama, having served from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959. He was the first Governor of Alabama born in the 20th century.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]