On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 1987, the world population was approximately 5,049,746,397 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 23, 1987, covering December 24, 1987.
Soundtrack
Michael Jackson
George Michael
Whitesnake
Tiffany
Pink Floyd
John Mellencamp
Bruce Springsteen
Def Leppard
Whitney Houston
1987Jane Summersett, American ice dancer[†]
Jane Summersett is an American former competitive ice dancer. She teamed up with Todd Gilles in April 2007. The two won the bronze medal at the 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy and placed seventh at the 2010 Four Continents Championships.
1987Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, 45th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1919)[†]
Johannes Marten den Uijl, better known as Joop den Uyl, was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to 1977. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).
1987M. G. Ramachandran, Sri Lankan-Indian actor, producer, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (born 1917)[†]
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, popularly known by his initialism M.G.R. and as Makkal Thilagam/Puratchi Thalaivar, was an Indian actor, politician, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987. He was the founder and former general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. On 19 March 1988, M.G.R. was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. M.G.R. is regarded as one of the most influential politicians of post-independence India. Apart from politics, as a film personality, he won the National Film Award, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, and three Filmfare Awards South.
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LEAD: The dollar firmed slightly yesterday in very light trading, as dealers shrugged off the latest affirmation by the United States and its trading partners that they would seek to check a further decline in its value.
LEAD: On winter nights 119th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues looks much like a turn-of-the-century photograph, with its low buildings and brownstone facades. Bathed in the amber of the street lamps, the street is sepia-toned, serene. The doorway of one of the grander homes is draped with wreaths and the tiny white lights that mark the holiday season.
LEAD: Paul A. Bilzerian, the Florida investor, announced yesterday that he had raised most of the money for his $1 billion cash offer to buy the Singer Company.
LEAD: The Reagan Administration today substantially lowered its forecast for economic growth next year but predicted that 1988 would become the sixth consecutive year without a recession.
LEAD: He was born on Christmas Day 1984 in a New York City hospital, and although no one knew it at the time, he was infected with the AIDS virus.
LEAD: Computer Security Change President Reagan is expected to sign a bill shifting from military to civilian hands the control over standards for safeguarding information stored in the nation's computers. Page A10. Slower U.S. Growth Seen The Reagan Administration predicted lower economic growth in 1988, but expects a steady employment rate and lower inflation.
LEAD: The view from Rose Malakeng's balcony, across Wanderers Street to the railroad station, is not the stuff of which postcards are made. But it is special to Mrs. Malakeng, who has the kind of home that many blacks in South Africa have hankered after for a lifetime.
LEAD: WHILE gold has always been a mark of opulence in traditional interiors -18th-century palaces and late 19th-century parlors were not shy about flaunting gilded accoutrements - gold has been out of fashion in contemporary interiors for decades.
LEAD: As the Israeli Army arrested hundreds of Palestinians, the Government pressed tough measures today to smother disorders in the occupied territories.
LEAD: THE ECONOMY The Administration sharply lowered its growth forecast for next year but predicted that 1988 would become the sixth consecutive year without a recession. It estimated that the G.N.P. would rise by 2.4 percent after adjusting for inflation - more than a full percentage point lower than the 3.5 percent projection for next year that it made in August.
LEAD: If Mohsen Moharerzadeh, a 26-year-old Iranian photographer, had secretly waded across the Rio Grande into the United States, he would probably be free, working here and pursuing an application for political asylum.
LEAD: Libya is building a plant that Reagan Administration officials strongly suspect will be used to make chemical weapons.