15. јануар 1987. је био четвртак под знаком звездице ♑. Био је 14 дан у години. Председник Сједињених Држава је био Ronald Reagan.
Ако сте рођени на данашњи дан, имате 39 година. Ваш последњи рођендан је био четвртак, 15. јануар 2026., пре 157 дана. Ваш следећи рођендан је петак, 15. јануар 2027., за 207 дана. Живели сте 14.402 дана, или око 345.671 сати, или око 20.740.275 минута, или око 1.244.416.500 секунди.
Date: 16 January 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: Rupert Murdoch appears to have won his $1.5 billion bid to control Australia's largest newspaper group by making a dramatic last-minute deal with his rival, Robert Holmes a Court, the Perth entrepreneur.
Date: 16 January 1987
By Alex S. Jones
Alex Jones
LEAD: The nation's news organizations have lost substantial public esteem and credibility as a result of the Iran-Nicaragua affair, although the public views them as more believable than it views President Reagan or Congress, according to a new Gallup Poll for The Times Mirror Company.
Date: 15 January 1987
By Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times
Bill Keller
LEAD: Soviet television this week introduced sign language for the hearing impaired into its main, prime-time newscast, an unusual step in a country where special services for the handicapped are considered primitive by Western standards.
Date: 15 January 1987
AP
LEAD: A court removed an injunction today that had blocked Rupert Murdoch's $1.47 billion bid to acquire the Herald and Weekly Times Ltd., Australia's largest newspaper group.
Date: 16 January 1987
Reuters
LEAD: South Africa, which has expelled five foreign correspondents since June, granted a reprieve today to a reporter for The Los Angeles Times who had been ordered out of the country.
Date: 16 January 1987
AP
LEAD: In an effort to bolster struggling AM radio stations, the Federal Communications Commission today proposed a loosening of its ownership rules.
Date: 16 January 1987
By David K. Shipler, Special To the New York Times
David Shipler
LEAD: Secretary of State George P. Shultz, who returned from a six-nation tour of Africa late Wednesday, has become embroiled in criticism over his assertion that Liberia has made progress in human rights.
Date: 15 January 1987
By Michael Oreskes
Michael Oreskes
LEAD: The Howard Beach assault, far from being an unusually grievous case, is disturbingly similar to other incidents of racial violence in New York City in recent years. Yet a combination of factors beyond the incident itself has elevated this case to a notoriety unlike that of any other.