1987

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Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar).

Events of 1987

January

January 1 - Frobisher Bay, Northwest Territories, changes its name to Iqaluit. In 1999, it became the capital of Nunavut.
January 2 - Battle of Fada: The Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
January 4 - Chase, Maryland rail wreck: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston, Massachusetts collides with Conrail engines, killing 16.
January 5 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan undergoes prostate surgery, causing speculation about his physical fitness to continue in office.
January 8 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,000 for the first time, gaining 8.30 to close at 2,002.25.
January 13 - New York mafiosi Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno and Carmine Peruccia are sentenced to 100 years in prison for racketeering.
January 16 - Leon Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped by followers of imprisoned General Frank Vargas, who successfully demand his release.
January 20 - Terry Waite, the special envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lebanon, is kidnapped in Beirut (released November 1991).
January 22 - Budd Dwyer, Treasurer for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, shoots and kills himself at a press conference after being found guilty on charges of bribery, fraud, conspiracy, and racketeering.
January 24 - In Lebanon, gunmen kidnap Alann Steen, Jesse Turner, Robert Polhill and Mitheleshwar Singh.
January 25 - The New York Giants defeat the Denver Broncos, 39-20, in Super Bowl XXI to win the NFL Championship for the first time since 1956.
January 29 - William J. Casey ends his term as CIA Director.
January 31 - The last Ohrbach's department store closes in New York City after 64 years of operation.

February

February 9 - Brownsville, Texas was deluged with seven inches of rain in just two hours, and flooding in some parts of the city was worse than that caused by Hurricane Beulah in 1967.
February 11 - British Airways is privatised and listed on the London Stock Exchange.
February 11 - The new Constitution of the Philippines goes into effect.
February 11 - The United States military detonates an atomic weapon at the Nevada Test Site.
February 12 - Redding Coley, lead singer of progressive political band DEATHFIRE was born Columbus, GA.
February 20 - A second Unabomber bomb explodes at the Salt Lake City computer store; the owner is injured.
February 23 - Supernova 1987A is observed (the first "naked-eye" supernova since 1604).
February 26 - Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes U.S. President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his National Security staff.

March

March 2 - American Motors Corporation is acquired by the Chrysler Corporation
March 4 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran-Contra Affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had 'deteriorated' into an arms-for-hostages deal.
March 6 - Zeebrugge Disaster - A cross-channel ferry capsizes outside the harbor off Zeebrugge, Belgium - 180 drown.
March 9 - The admirable Nate Schacht was born.
March 18 - Woodstock of physics, the marathon session of the American Physical Society’s meeting featuring 51 presentations concerning the science of high-temperature superconductors.
March 19 - In Charlotte, North Carolina, televangelist Jim Bakker, head of PTL Ministries, resigns after admitting an affair with church secretary Jessica Hahn.
March 29 - WrestleMania III is held at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, setting the North American indoor attendance record at 93,173.
March 29 - Australian Football League expansion team, the West Coast Eagles, play their first ever match (not including pre-season). They defeat the Richmond Tigers 20.13 (133) to 16.23 (119).

April

April 7 - Harold Washington is re-elected Mayor of Chicago.
April 13 - Portugal and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999.
April 19 - The first appearance of The Simpsons on The Tracy Ullman Show.
April 20 - Professional cyclist and reigning Tour de France winner Greg LeMond is accidentally shot while turkey hunting.
April 27 - The United States Department of Justice declares incumbent Austrian president Kurt Waldheim an "undesirable alien".
April 30 - NASCAR driver Bill Elliott sets all time fastest lap at Talladega Motor Speedway. 211 mph (340 km/h)

May

May 5 - The Assemblies of God defrocks Jim Bakker.
May 8 - U.S. Senator Gary Hart drops out of the running for the Democratic presidential nomination, amid allegations of an extramarital affair with Donna Rice.
May 9 - A Soviet-made Il-62 airliner, operated by LOT Polish Airlines crashed near the Kabacki forest in Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
May 11 - The first heart-lung transplant takes place in Baltimore, Maryland.
May 11 - Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
May 14 - Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka executes a bloodless coup in Fiji.
May 20 - Tennessee court rules that WWF can not promote Harley Race as the King of Wrestling in Tennessee upholding Jerry Lawler's claim.
May 24 - Indianapolis 500: Al Unser wins for a fourth time, the second driver to do so, after A.J. Foyt in 1977.
May 26 - Hacksaw Jim Duggan and Iron Sheik are arrested together in car for possession of marijuana. Many feel this is the beginning of the end for pro wrestling trying to hide the fact that it is scripted entertainment and not real sport, as Duggan and Sheik were portrayed as hated rivals.
May 28 - West German pilot Mathias Rust, 19, evades Soviet air defenses and lands a private plane on Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained (but is released August 3, 1988).

June

June 11 - United Kingdom general election, 1987: Margaret Thatcher is elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the third time.
June 12 - During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
June 16 - SDF-1 received its first caller at 300 bit/s
June 17 - With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
June 19 - Teddy Seymour became officially designated the first black man to sail around the world when he completed his solo sailing circumnavigation in Frederiksted, St. Croix, of the United States Virgin Islands.
June 19 - In the case of Edwards v. Aguillard, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools whenever evolution was taught was unconstitutional.
June 28 - An accidental explosion at Hohenfels Training Area in West Germany kills 3 U.S. troopers.

July

July 1 - The Single European Act is passed by the European Union.
July 1 - The first ever Edgefest festival takes place at Molson Park in Barrie, Ontario.
July 1 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan nominates former Solicitor General Robert Bork, a controversial conservative judge and legal scholar, to the U.S. Supreme Court.
July 3 - In the Soviet Union, Vladimir Nikolayev is sentenced to death for cannibalism.
July 3 - Greater Manchester Police recover the body of 16-year-old Pauline Reade from Saddleworth Moor after her killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley helped them in their search - almost exactly 24 years since Pauline was last seen alive.
July 4 - A court in Lyon sentences former Gestapo boss Klaus Barbie to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
July 11 - Australian Prime Minister Robert Hawke's government is re-elected for a third term.

July 11 - World population reached 5 billion people in Zagreb, Croatia, according to the United Nations.^[1]

July 17 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04.
July 22 - Palestinian cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali is shot in London; he dies August 28.
July 27- Australian singer Kylie Minogue releases her first hit, a remake of Little Eva's The Locomotion.
July 31 - Four hundred Iranian pilgrims are killed in clashes with Saudi Arabian security forces in Mecca.
July 31 - Docklands Light Railway, the first driverless railway in Great Britain, is formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II
July 31 - A F4-rated tornado devastates eastern Edmonton, Alberta. Hardest hit were an industrial park and a trailer park. 27 people are killed and hundreds injured. Hundreds more are left homeless and jobless.

August

August 4 - The World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as the Brundtland Commission, publishes its report, Our Common Future.
August 4 - The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to "fairly" present controversial issues.

August 7 - Colombian frigate Caldas enters Venezuelan waters near the Los Monjes archipelago, sparking the Caldas frigate crisis between both nations.
August 9 - Hoddle Street Massacre: Nine people die and 17 are injured when 19-year-old Julian Knight goes on a shooting rampage in Melbourne.
August 16 - Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (a McDonnell Douglas MD-82) crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan just West of Detroit killing all but 1 (4-year old Cecelia Cichan) of the 156 people on-board (among them Nick Vanos, a center for the Phoenix Suns).
August 16 - The Harmonic Convergence is observed around the world.
August 17 - Rudolf Hess is found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison. Hess, 93, is believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical flex. He was the last remaining prisoner at the complex, which is expected to be demolished.
August 19 - ABC News Chief Middle East Corresponden Charles Glass escapes his Hizballah kidnappers in Beirut, Lebanon, after sixty-two days in captivity.
August 19 - In London, The Order of the Garter is opened to women.
August 19 - Hungerford Massacre: Michael Ryan kills 16 with an assault rifle before committing suicide.
August 22 - The Legend of Zelda released for the NES in North America.
August 26 -

September

September 2 - In Moscow, the trial of 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May 1987, begins.
September 7-September 21 - The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
September 17 - At a small rally in Harlem, televangelist Marion Robertson announces his candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination.

October

Image:DJIA Black Monday 1987.svg

Performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Index during Black Monday

October 10 - The Reverend Jesse Jackson launches his second campaign for U.S. President.
October 11 - the first National Coming Out Day was held in celebration of the second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
October 14-October 16 - The United States is caught up in a drama that unfolds on television as a young child, Jessica McClure, falls down a well in Midland, Texas, and is later rescued.
October 15-October 16 - Great Storm of 1987: hurricane force winds hit much of the South of England, killing 23 people.
October 19 - Black Monday: stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.
October 19 - U.S. warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf
October 23 - Champion English jockey Lester Piggott is jailed for 3 years after being convicted of tax evasion.
October 23 - On a vote of 58-42, the United States Senate rejects President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court.
October 25 - The Minnesota Twins shock the baseball world by winning the World Series, when they won only 29 of their 85 (.385WP) road games during the regular season.

November

November 8 - Enniskillen bombing: Eleven people killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb at a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen.
November 17 - Gulf of Alaska Tsunami.
November 18 - The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31.
November 18 - Iran-Contra affair: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair.
November 22 - Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom
November 25 - Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with 165 mph (266 km/h) winds and devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 1,036 deaths.
November 29 - Korean Air Flight 858 is blown up over the Andaman Sea, killing 115 crew and passengers (North Korean agents are suspected).

December

December 1 - NASA announces the names of 4 companies who were awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell.
December 1 - Construction of the Channel Tunnel is initiated.
December 1 - Queensland: Following a week of turmoil from his National Party of Australia colleagues, Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland. He is replaced by Mike Ahern, the only premier never to contest an election as premier.
December 2 - Hustler Magazine v. Falwell is argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.
December 7 - PSA Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-supervisor on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
December 8 - Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
December 8 - Queen Street Massacre in Melbourne, Australia: 22-year-old Frank Vitkovic kills 8 and injures another 5 in an Australia Post office building in Queen Street, before committing suicide by jumping from the 11th floor.
December 8 - The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
December 8 - Alianza Lima air disaster: A Peruvian Navy Fokker F27 crashes near Ventanilla, Peru, killing 43.
December 9 - General Rahimuddin Khan retires from the Pakistan Army, as well as the cabinet of the country's military dictatorship.
December 17 - Czechoslovakian leader Gustáv Husák resigns as General Secretary of the Communist Party.
December 18 - Square Co., Ltd. releases Final Fantasy in Japan for the Famicom.
December 18 - The Perl programming language was created by Larry Wall.
December 21 - The ferry Doña Paz collides with the oil tanker Vector I - 1,500 confirmed deaths (reportedly closer to 4,000 due to unregistered passengers).
December 29 - Prozac makes its debut in the United States.
December 30- Pope John Paul II issues encyclical on Social Concern.

Undated

Pendolino train in Italy.
Shoko Asahara founds Aum Shinrikyo.
Thomas Knoll and John Knoll develop the first version of Photoshop.
Maglite introduces 2AAA Mini Maglite targeted for medical and industrial applications.
Barry Minkow's ZZZZ Best fraud unravels.
The pilot of a British Aerospace BAE Harrier GR5 registered ZD325 accidentally ejects his aircraft. The jet continues to fly until it runs out of fuel and crashes into the Irish Sea.

Ongoing

Cold War.

Fictional

The following are references to year 1987 in fiction:

Music:

Film:

13 Going on 30 (2004): The scenes where Jenna is thirteen take place on May 26, 1987.
American Psycho (2000): According to director Mary Harron on the DVD commentary, the film is set around the end of 1987. Patrick Bateman is seen reading Zagat's Survey of this year as well.
Fargo (1996): The film takes place in Minnesota, 1987

Television:

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979): NASA launches the last of America's deep-space probes, the Space Shuttle Ranger 3, which is piloted by Captain William "Buck" Rogers.
Set in 1987: the Doctor Who episode "Father's Day," 2005 takes place on November 7.

Computer/video games:

Resident Evil: Michael Warren is elected mayor of Raccoon City.
Shenmue II (2001): The game is set in 1987
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus is set in this year (as claimed by the newspaper, after beating a boss).
Syphon Filter 3: Three levels take place in and around Kabul, Afghanistan during this year amidst the Soviet occupation, with Gabe Logan and Lian Xing pitted against Afghan rebels and Soviet troops.

Environmental change

Varroa destructor, an invasive parasite, is found in the U.S.

**1987 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1987 MCMLXXXVII
Ab urbe condita	2740
Armenian calendar	1436 ԹՎ ՌՆԼԶ
Bahá'í calendar	143 – 144
Berber calendar	2937
Buddhist calendar	2531
Burmese calendar	1349
Chinese calendar	4623/4683-12-2 (丙寅年十二月初二日) — to — 4624/4684-11-11 (丁卯年十一月十一日)
Coptic calendar	1703 – 1704
Ethiopian calendar	1979 – 1980
Hebrew calendar	5747 – 5748
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2042 – 2043
- Shaka Samvat	1909 – 1910
- Kali Yuga	5088 – 5089
Holocene calendar	11987
Iranian calendar	1365 – 1366
Islamic calendar	1407 – 1408
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 62 (昭和62年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2647 (皇紀2647年)
Korean calendar	4320
Thai solar calendar	2530
Unix time	536457600 – 567993599
v • d • e

Births

January-March

January 2 - Loui Batley, British actress
January 2 - Lauren Storm, American actress
January 5 - Kristin Cavallari, American reality television star
January 11 - David Allen, American actor/comedian/writer
January 13 - Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
January 15 - Jake Epstein, Canadian actor
January 15 - Michael Seater, Canadian actor
January 15 - Kelly Kelly American professional wrestler
January 16 - Kaavya Viswanathan, Indian-American "author"
January 27 - Hannah Teter, American professional snowboarder
January 27 - Zuleidy Spanish adult pornographic actress
January 28 - Chelsea Brummet, American actress
February 2 - Martin Spanjers, American actor
February 21 - Ellen Page, Canadian actress
February 24 - Daniel Reilly, British entrepreneur
February 24 - Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model
February 26 - Julia Bond, American pornographic actress
March 6 - Hannah Taylor-Gordon, British actress
March 9 - Bow Wow, American rapper
March 13 - Marco Andretti, IRL driver
March 14 - Aravane Rezaï, Iranian-French tennis player
March 16 - Tiiu Kuik, Estonian model
March 20 - Emilia Attias, Argentina model
March 20 - Victor Hugo Tavares, Brazilian journalist.
March 26 - Yui, Japanese musician and singer

April-June

April 4 - Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
April 8 - Royston Drenthe, Real Madrid footballer
April 9 - Jesse McCartney, American singer and actor
April 10 - Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
April 11 - Joss Stone, English musician
April 12 - Brendon Urie, American musician
April 13 - Jiafeng Chen, Chinese violinist
April 16 - Aaron Lennon, English footballer
April 19 - Courtland Mead, American actor
April 19 - Joe Hart, English under 21 Footballer
April 19 - Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player
April 22 - Mikel John Obi, Nigerian footballer
April 23 - Emily Fox, American cupstacking champion
April 26 - Jessica Rose, American internet celebrity and actress
April 27 - William Moseley, English actor
April 27 - Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Canadian actress
May 1 - Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
May 2 - Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
May 4 - Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish football player
May 5 - Samantha Cope, American actress
May 5 - Ian Michael Smith, American actor
May 6 - Moon Geun Young, Korean actress
May 7 - Asami Konno, Japanese singer
May 10 - Eileen April Boylan, American actress
May 14 - Francois Steyn, South African rugby player
May 15 - Andrew Murray, Scottish tennis player
May 15 - Jennylyn Mercado, Filipino actress and singer
May 21 - Ashlie Brillault, American actress
May 22 - Novak Đoković , Serbian tennis player
May 29 - Noah Reid, Canadian actor
June 3 - Lalaine, American actress and singer
June 3 - Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
June 6 - Kyle Falconer, Scottish musician
June 9 - Rheagan Wallace, American actress
June 10 - Amobi Okoye, Nigerian-born American football player
June 17 - Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer
June 21 - Kim Ryeowook, Korean singer, member of Super Junior
June 22 - Joseph Dempsie, British actor
June 24 - Lionel Messi, Argentine soccer player
June 25 - Hayami Kishimoto, Japanese singer
June 29 - Yasuka Saitou, Japanese actor

July-September

July 3 - Chris Hunter, American actor
July 6 - Matt O'Leary, American actor
July 6 - Kate Nash, British singer/songwriter
July 24 - Mara Wilson, American actress
July 25 - Nathan Lawrence, American actor
July 25 - Michael Welch, American actor
July 26 - Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress
July 29 - Génesis Rodríguez, American actress
August 4 - Philip Younghusband, British-Filipino footballer
August 5 - Stephanie Edwards, American singer
August 7 - Sidney Crosby, Canadian hockey player
August 8 - Katie Leung, Scottish actress
August 10 - Jim Bakkum, Dutch singer and actor
August 14 - Tim Tebow, American football quarterback
August 18 - Mika Boorem, American actress
August 21 - Kim Kibum, Korean singer, member of Super Junior
August 25 - Liu Yifei, Chinese actress
August 25 - Blake Lively, American actress
August 25 - Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
August 25 - Justin Upton, professional baseball player
August 27 - Darren McFadden, American football player
August 29 - Risa Shimamoto, Japanese gravure idol
September 2 - Spencer Smith, American musician
September 3 - Chris Fountain, British actor
September 3 - Nicholas Charles Lantz, Professional Dick Sucker
September 5 - Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi, Prince of Monaco
September 7 - Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer
September 9 - Clayton Snyder, American actor
September 11 - Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
September 16 - Anthony Padilla, American comedian and co-founder of Smosh
September 17 - Ray Friesen, American cartoonist and founder of Don't Eat Any Bugs Productions
September 19 - Danielle Panabaker, American actress
September 21 - Ashley Paris, American basketball player
September 21 - Courtney Paris, American basketball player
September 22 - Tom Felton, English actor
September 24 - Chris Holder, Speedway Rider
September 28 - Hilary Duff, American actress and singer

October-December

October 3 - Zuleyka Rivera,

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