Sunday, August 09, 1987
Top News Headlines This Week:
Aug 9 - LA Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London, England (NFL expo)   Aug 9 - "Les Miserables," opens at Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv   Aug 9 - 69th PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots 287 at PGA Natl Palm Beach   Aug 9 - Mary Beth wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic   Aug 10 - Flight Readiness Firing of Discovery's main engines is successful   Aug 10 - Kevin Gross is 2nd pitcher in 8 days to be ejected for scuffing ball  
Top Songs for 1987
I Wanna Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston     Livin' On a Prayer by Bon Jovi    
La Bamba by Los Lobos     I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2    
Alone by Heart     Faith by George Michael    
Didn't We Almost Have It All by Whitney Houston     With or Without You by U2    
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship     I Knew You Were Waiting by Aretha Franklin & George Michael    
1987 Prices US President
Bread:  $0.55/loaf Ronald Reagan
Milk:  $1.98/gal US Vice President
Eggs:  $1.03/doz George Bush
Car:  $13,386 Academy Award Winners
Gas:  $0.96/gal
Best Picture: The Last Emperor
  Produced By Columbia Pictures
Best Actor: Michael Douglas
  in Wall Street
Best Actress: Cher
  in Moonstruck
House:  $127,200
Stamp:  $0.22/ea
Avg Income:  $36,884/yr
Min Wage:  $3.35/hr
DOW Avg:    1,939
People born on August 9
1927 - Robert Shaw England, actor (Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday)
1938 - Rod Laver Australia, tennis ace (1962, 1969 Grand Slam)
1945 - Ken Norton Heavyweight Boxing Champ/TV panelist (Gong Show)
1957 - Melanie Griffith NYC, actress (Something Wild, Working Girl)
On TV in 1987
Valerie's Family    The Wonder Years    Day by Day   
A Different World    Alf    Aaron's Way   
In the Heat of the Night    My Two Dads    Amen   
My Sister Sam   
Hot New Toys in 1987
Pez with Plastic Feet    Glitter & Gold Jem/Jerrica, (with articulated limbs)    Jenga   
Pictionary    Koosh Ball    Starcom: The U.S. Space Force   
Boggle Bowl    Talking Pee-Wee Herman    Pogo Ball   
Top Books in 1987
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman    
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