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Thursday, February 19, 1987

Top News Headlines This Week:
Feb 19 - "Stardust" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 102 performances
Feb 19 - Less than a month after re-signing, A's pitcher Vida Blue retires
Feb 19 - Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner
Feb 19 - Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland
Feb 19 - Minn sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson
Feb 19 - P Jensen discovers asteroid #5106

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

US President
Ronald Reagan
US Vice President
George Bush

1987 Prices
Milk: $1.98/gal
Bread: $0.55/loaf
Eggs: $1.03/doz
Car: $13,386 Academy Award Winners
Gas: $0.96/gal
House: $127,200
Stamp: $0.22/ea
Avg Income: $36,884/yr
Min Wage: $3.35/hr
DOW Avg: 1,939

Best Picture: The Last Emperor
Produced By Columbia Pictures
Best Actor: Michael Douglas
in Wall Street
Best Actress: Cher
in Moonstruck

People born on February 19
1924 - Lee Marvin New York NY, actor (Paint Your Wagon, Cat Ballou)
1940 - William "Smokey" Robinson Detroit MI, singer (& the Miracles-Being With You)
1955 - Margaux Hemingway Portland OR, actress (Lipstick, They Call Me Bruce)
1966 - Justine Bateman Rye NY, actress (Mallory-Family Ties, Satisfaction)

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