Omari Sirazhudinovich Akhmedov (born October 12, 1987) is a Russian professional mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division. He previously fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Professional Fighters League (PFL).
Read more...The October 12, 1987 was a Monday under the star sign of ♎. It was the 284 day of the year. President of the United States was Ronald Reagan.
If you were born on this day, you are 37 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, October 12, 2024, 359 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, October 12, 2025, in 5 days. You have lived for 13,874 days, or about 332,998 hours, or about 19,979,927 minutes, or about 1,198,795,620 seconds.
Date: 13 October 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: United Press International, the financially troubled news service, has concluded a $2.5 million contract with the Reagan Administration to transmit Government press releases to news organizations in six European cities.
Date: 13 October 1987
By Gina Kolata
Gina Kolata
LEAD: DR. Susumu Tonegawa learned that he received the Nobel Prize in Medicine when he was called by a Japanese news organization at 6:30 A.M. yesterday. The news thrust into the spotlight a scientist described by colleagues as a very private man who is an aggressive, driven and brilliant researcher.
Date: 13 October 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The Cooper Companies said that its Coopervision group had received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to begin marketing the first ultraviolet light-blocking contact lenses in the United States. Cooper, which is based in Palo Alto, Calif., has been marketing the Permaflex UV lenses in Canada, West Germany and Britain for the last year.
Date: 13 October 1987
Reuters
LEAD: Wendy's International Inc. said it plans to invest $35 million to expand its Superbar program, a new all-you-can-eat hot and cold food buffet. Robert L. Barney, chairman and chief executive, said that incremental sales gains averaging 15 percent in Superbar company stores had encourgaed Wendy's to expand the test program.
Date: 13 October 1987
Reuters
LEAD: Baron Edmond de Rothschild's private Swiss bank, founded in 1924, made its first public issue of shares today. Banque Privee Edmond de Rothschild S.A. has been privately held since it was founded. The baron is a member of the French branch of the famous banking family and has led the bank since 1985.
Date: 13 October 1987
AP
LEAD: The Union Pacific Railroad said it would eliminate about 100 jobs in restructuring its marketing and sales department. About 60 staff and management workers and 40 union workers will lose their jobs in the reorganization, the railroad said. The marketing and sales department now has about 870 people worldwide.
Date: 12 October 1987
LEAD: Environmentalists are expected to gather late Wednesday afternoon in the Rayburn House Office Building to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson's ''Silent Spring,'' the book that was among the earliest to warn of modern threats to nature.
Date: 13 October 1987
AP
LEAD: Officials of the Telex Corporation said they would complete a review of an unsolicited $872 million buyout offer from Asher B. Edelman, the New York investor, by Oct. 23 and asked shareholders not to tender their stock until then.
Date: 13 October 1987
By Peter H. Frank, Special To the New York Times
Peter Frank
LEAD: The Williams Companies said today that it had reached a definitive agreement to sell its real estate unit, the Williams Realty Corporation, to the Trammell Crow Company in Dallas for $440 million.