The April 2, 1987 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♈. It was the 91 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 Thursday, April 2, 2026, 97 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, April 2, 2027, in 267 days. You have lived for 14,342 days, or about 344,218 hours, or about 20,653,099 minutes, or about 1,239,185,940 seconds.
Date: 03 April 1987
By Dan Cordtz: Dan Cordtz Is Economics Correspondent For Abc News
As a reporter who has covered business for 32 years - the last 12 for ABC News - I am nonplussed by the rhetoric being used to describe the current wave of firings and budget cuts at network news divisions.
Date: 03 April 1987
International A3-8 Andrei D. Sakharov's strong support of the policies of Mikhail S. Gorbachev has caused some disillusionent among Soviet dissidents who had viewed him as a hero of almost mythical proportions. Page A1
Date: 02 April 1987
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation said it had raised the base prices of its carbon, high-strength and low-alloy plate steel by $25 a ton, or about 6.5 percent, effective July 1. The company said its composite prices for alloy plates would also increase by $25 a ton. The company does not publish its prices for those products. Bethlehem said the affected products represent about 8 percent of its sales. The increases follow a similar move by the USX Corporation, which recently increased prices on its plate products by 7.2 percent.
Date: 02 April 1987
AP
Delta Air Lines said it completed its $860 million merger with Western Airlines today and informed most of its new employees that they had lost their union representation.
Date: 02 April 1987
By Leslie Wayne
Leslie Wayne
As any owner of a 1951 baseball card featuring Mickey Mantle can attest, it pays to be a collector more than a fan. While the Yankee legend long ago hung up his spikes, the Topps Company card of the slugger still packs a wallop: It is now worth $1,000 and up.
Date: 02 April 1987
Reuters
Boliden A.B., the Swedish mining and metals group, said it would buy the mining machinery division of the Allis-Chalmers Corporation for 600 million kronor, or about $90 million. The move is part of a restructuring announced by Allis-Chalmers March 4. Allis-Chalmers, which is based in Milwaukee, said it did not expect any material gain or loss from the sale of the division, which employs 4,300.
Date: 03 April 1987
By Eric N. Berg
Eric Berg
The Mellon Bank Corporation of Pittsburgh said yesterday that it would report a first-quarter loss of between $55 million and $65 million, news that sent its stock plunging.
Date: 03 April 1987
AP
The Anheuser-Busch Companies, parent of the world's largest brewer, said it was under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a Federal grand jury over reports that some executives had received improper payments.
Date: 02 April 1987
Reuters
CPC International Inc., the large food concern that has been restructuring since it became a takeover target, said it had agreed to sell interests in several Asian grocery businesses. The interests - in Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand - will be sold for $340 million to the Ajinomoto Company, a large Japanese food enterprise. The businesses will be operated as a joint venture of CPC and Ajinomoto.