CBS Shows and News Lead in Ratings
Date: 07 January 1987
AP
LEAD: CBS won first place in both the prime-time and evening news ratings for the first week of the new year, according to figures released today by the A. C. Nielsen Company.
Ndamukong Suh Birthday, Date of Birth
Ndamukong Ngwa Suh ( in-DAH-mə-kin SOO, born January 6, 1987) is an American former professional football player who played defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, earning unanimous All-American honors in 2009. Suh was selected by the Detroit Lions second overall in the 2010 NFL draft. He also played for the Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Philadelphia Eagles. Suh played in three Super Bowls during his career: Super Bowl LIII with the Rams, Super Bowl LV with the Buccaneers, and Super Bowl LVII with the Eagles.
As a college senior, Suh became one of the most decorated players in college football history. He won numerous awards, including the Associated Press College Football Player of the Year Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award, and Outland Trophy.
During his time with the Lions, Suh was selected to four All-Pro and Pro Bowl teams and was awarded Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2010. In 2015, Suh became the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history, having signed a six-year contract with the Dolphins, worth in excess of $114 million, with nearly $60 million fully guaranteed, but he was released after just three seasons. Suh was often criticized for his aggressive style of play and lack of sportsmanship. Suh was one of four defensive tackles named to the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Tuesday, January 6, 1987
- Place of Birth
- Portland
- Age
- 39
- Star Sign
- ♑
The January 6, 1987 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 5 day of the year. President of the United States was Ronald Reagan.
If you were born on this day, you are 39 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 135 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, January 6, 2027, in 229 days. You have lived for 14,380 days, or about 345,141 hours, or about 20,708,477 minutes, or about 1,242,508,620 seconds.
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6th of January 1987 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on January 6, 1987
CHINA EDITORIALS HINT PROTESTS HAVE REACHED LIMIT
Date: 07 January 1987
By Edward A. Gargan, Special To the New York Times
Edward Gargan
LEAD: A major editorial in the official paper of the Chinese Communist Party today attacked the spread of ''bourgeois liberalism,'' a formula that in the past has marked the beginning of sweeping campaigns in China against intellectual freedom and free expression.
STUDENTS IN BEIJING BURN NEWSPAPERS
Date: 06 January 1987
By Edward A. Gargan, Special To the New York Times
Edward Gargan
LEAD: About 500 cheering, clapping students at Beijing University burned copies of the Beijing Daily today to protest what they called distorted reporting.
NCR Machines
Date: 07 January 1987
LEAD: The NCR Corporation is expected to introduce a new line of processors and retail point-of-sale terminals that company officials said would completely revamp its offerings in the field. The new machines will be known as the NCR 7000 ''continuous processing'' systems because they include identical processors running side-by-side, assuring that if one part of the computer complex fails the other keeps going.
Coke Campaign
Date: 07 January 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The Coca-Cola Company, seeking to expand its dominance of the British soft-drink market, began a $:50 million, or $74 million, marketing campaign in the latest escalation of the international cola war. Coca-Cola has joined forces with the British soft-drink and confectionery company Cadbury Schweppes to form Coca-Cola and Schweppes Beverages Ltd., which began trading Monday.
R.J. Reynolds Talks
Date: 06 January 1987
AP
LEAD: The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is holding discussions with potential buyers for its smoking tobacco and little-cigar businesses, company officials said. ''These products now account for less than 1 percent of Reynolds Tobacco's total sales,'' said Gerald H. Long, the company's president and chief executive.
I.C.C. Order Endorsed
Date: 06 January 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The Kansas City Southern Railway Company said it had asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to uphold its decision ordering the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation to sell the Southern Pacific Railway. Santa Fe has asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to reopen its decision. Landon H. Rowland, Kansas City Southern's president, restated his company's willingness to buy the Southern Pacific.
A Work Force Of Immigrants
Date: 07 January 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: From the looks of the mostly female workers assembling and testing Tandy's new 1000 SX personal computer along a pair of 400-foot production lines, this plant could be situated in Malaysia or the Philippines, rather than five miles north of Tandy's headquarters here.
3 to Leave Consortium
Date: 07 January 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, an electronics research and development consortium in Austin, Tex., said today that three of the consortium's 20 members were planning to leave at the end of the year.