18 juni 1987 was een donderdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♊. Het was de 168e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Ronald Reagan.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 39 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op donderdag 18 juni 2026, 9 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op vrijdag 18 juni 2027, in 355 dagen. Je hebt 14.254 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 342.114 uur, of ongeveer 20.526.859 minuten, of ongeveer 1.231.611.540 seconden.
Date: 19 June 1987
LEAD: Plans for the drug sweep yesterday on the Upper West Side were carried out in secrecy, although in the hours before the raid the Police Department notified news organizations of its intentions and invited coverage.
Date: 19 June 1987
By Dennis Hevesi
Dennis Hevesi
LEAD: Two years ago today, an ABC News Middle East correspondent, Charles Glass, stood on the tarmac at the Beirut airport, shouting questions to the captain in the cockpit of a hijacked Trans World Airlines jet.
Date: 18 June 1987
AP
LEAD: Reporters, editors and business employees at The Sun and The Evening Sun ended a week-old strike today under a new contract approved in a 258-to-110 vote by union members.
Date: 19 June 1987
By Ihsan A. Hijazi, Special To the New York Times
Ihsan Hijazi
LEAD: An American journalist has been kidnapped in a predominantly Shiite Moslem suburb along with the son of the country's Defense Minister, the police said today.
Date: 19 June 1987
LEAD: With the kidnapping of Charles Glass, a television journalist, nine Americans are now held hostage in Beirut. His situation is cruel and his abduction an outrage, and the State Department speaks for America in demanding the unconditional release of Mr. Glass and all other foreigners now held captive by Lebanese zealots.
Date: 18 June 1987
Reuters
LEAD: Japan's largest electronics concern, the Matsushita Electric Industrial Company, said it plans to produce high-powered lasers for use in American space communications. A spokesman said the lasers would be used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for communication between earth stations and satellites.
Date: 19 June 1987
Reuters
LEAD: The BankAmerica Corporation, which has been plagued with losses because of problem loans, asked Japanese commercial banks today to buy $350 million in notes and preferred stock as part of a $1 billion package to raise badly needed cash. Frank Newman, BankAmerica vice chairman, met with representatives of 20 banks at a hastily convened session.
Date: 18 June 1987
Special to the New York Times
LEAD: The General Motors Acceptance Corporation said it had agreed to provide optional financing to the 120 dealers of Regal Marine Industries, a privately held boat manufacturer in Orlando, Fla. The services are to include loans for retail, inventory and capital business. A spokesman for Regal said it expected sales of $60 million for the year ending on July 31.