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LEAD: The United States announced tonight that it had suspended virtually all military assistance and some economic aid to Haiti after violence there caused the cancellation of elections.
LEAD: PHIL ESPOSITO, a man who admits he is in a hurry but contends he does not feel rushed, has found himself under the burden of a skewed timetable ever since he assumed control of the Rangers last year in midsummer.
LEAD: At the northern end of Central Park, where the landscape is rocky and wild, Charles Heuer and his daughter glided freely across the Lasker Memorial Skating Rink yesterday afternoon, sharing the ice with a dozen neighborhood cognoscente.
LEAD: Were it not for his red ties, Henry S. Kanegsberg could easily disappear in a crowd. Even his employer, the National Broadcasting Company, describes him as ''a wallflower.''
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 25, 1987, covering November 30, 1987.
Soundtrack
Michael Jackson
Bruce Springsteen
Whitesnake
Pink Floyd
1987Vasilisa Bardina, Russian tennis player[†]
Vasilisa Alekseyevna Bardina is a Russian former professional tennis player.
1987Christel Khalil, American actress[†]
Christel Adnana Mina Khalil is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lily Winters in The Young and the Restless, which earned her a Daytime Emmy Award in 2012. She is also known for providing the voice of Cornelia Hale in the animated adaptation of W.I.T.C.H..
1987Naomi, American wrestler, model, and dancer[†]
Trinity LaShawn Fatu is an American professional wrestler and dancer. As of January 2024, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Naomi and is the current holder of the Women’s Money in the Bank contract.
1987Daniel Noboa, President-elect of Ecuador and businessman[†]
Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín is an Ecuadorian politician and businessman serving as the 48th and current president of Ecuador since 2023. Having first taken office at the age of 35, he is the second-youngest president in the country's history, after Juan José Flores, and the youngest to be elected.
1987Dougie Poynter, English singer-songwriter and bass player[†]
Dougie Lee Poynter is an English musician, songwriter, fashion model, aspiring clothing designer and children's author. He is the bassist of the pop rock band McFly. He won the eleventh series of the ITV reality series I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.
1987Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (born 1913)[†]
Simon Carmiggelt was a Dutch writer, journalist, and poet who became a well known public figure in the Netherlands because of his daily newspaper columns and his television appearances.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]