1987

Year 1987 () was a (link displays 1987 ).

January

 * - Frobisher Bay,, changes its name to . In , it becomes the capital of.
 * - : The ian army destroys a n armoured brigade.


 * - becomes the first woman inducted into the.
 * - : An train en route from   to  collides with  engines, killing 16.
 * - U.S. President undergoes  surgery, causing speculation about his physical fitness to continue in office.
 * - The closes above 2,000 for the first time, gaining 8.30 to close at 2,002.25.
 * -   and Carmine Peruccia are sentenced to 100 years in prison for.
 * -, president of , is kidnapped by followers of imprisoned General Frank Vargas, who successfully demand his release.
 * -, the special envoy of the in , is kidnapped in  (released November ).
 * -, Treasurer for the Commonwealth of , shoots and kills himself at a press conference after being found guilty on charges of , , , and.
 * - In, gunmen kidnap Alann Steen, Jesse Turner, Robert Polhill and Mitheleshwar Singh.
 * - The defeat the, 39-20, in  to win the  for the first time since.
 * - ends his term as  Director.
 * - The last department store closes in  after 64 years of operation.

February

 * - was deluged with seven inches of rain in just two hours, and  in some parts of the city was worse than that caused by  in.
 * - is privatised and listed on the.
 * - The new goes into effect.
 * - The military detonates an atomic weapon at the.
 * - A bomb explodes in.
 * - A second bomb explodes at the  computer store; the owner is injured.
 * - is observed (the first "naked-eye" supernova since ).
 * - : The rebukes U.S. President  for not controlling his National Security staff.

March

 * - is acquired by the
 * - addresses the American people on the, acknowledging that his overtures to  had 'deteriorated' into an  deal.
 * - - A cross-channel  capsizes outside the harbor off,  - 180 drown.
 * -, the marathon session of the ’s meeting featuring 51 presentations concerning the science of s.
 * - In, televangelist , head of PTL Ministries, resigns after admitting an affair with church secretary.
 * - is held at the  in, setting the North American indoor attendance record at 93,173.
 * - expansion team, the, play their first ever match (not including pre-season). They defeat the  20.13 (133) to 16.23 (119).

April

 * - is re-elected Mayor of.
 * - and the  sign an agreement in which  would be returned to China in.
 * - The first appearance of on.
 * - Professional cyclist and reigning winner  is accidentally shot while turkey hunting.
 * - The declares incumbent n president  an "undesirable alien".
 * - NASCAR driver Bill Elliott sets all time fastest lap at Talladega Motor Speedway. 211 mph (340 km/h)

May

 * - The defrocks.
 * - U.S. Senator drops out of the running for the  presidential nomination, amid allegations of an extra-marital affair with.
 * - A Soviet-made airliner, operated by  crashed near the Kabacki forest in Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
 * - The first - takes place in.
 * May 11  -  goes on trial in  for s committed during.
 * - Lieutenant Colonel executes a bloodless coup in.
 * - : The, while patrolling the Persian Gulf, is struck by two missiles from an i F-1 Mirage fighter, killing 37 sailors and injuring 21 other crew members.
 * - court rules that  can not promote  as the King of Wrestling in Tennessee upholding 's claim.
 * - : wins for a fourth time, the second driver to do so, after  in.
 * - and  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.
 * - West German pilot, 19, evades air defenses and lands a private plane on  in . He is immediately detained (but is released , ).

June

 * - During a visit to, , U.S. President challenges  Premier  to tear down the.
 * - : is elected as  for the third time.
 * - received its first caller at 300 bit/s
 * - With the death of the last individual, the becomes extinct.
 * - 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.
 * - In the case of, the ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that  be taught in public schools whenever  was taught was unconstitutional.
 * - An accidental explosion at Hohenfels Training Area in kills 3 U.S. troopers.

July

 * - The is passed by the.
 * - The first ever festival takes place at  in.
 * - U.S. President nominates former Solicitor General, a controversial conservative judge and legal scholar, to the.
 * - In the, Vladimir Nikolayev is sentenced to death for.
 * - recover the body of 16-year-old Pauline Reade from  after her killers  and  helped them in their search - almost exactly 24 years since Pauline was last seen alive.
 * - A court in sentences former Gestapo boss  to  for crimes against humanity.
 * - n 's government is re-elected for a third term.
 * - reached 5 billion people, according to the.
 * - The closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04.
 * - Palestinian cartoonist is shot in ; he dies.
 * - n singer releases her first hit, a remake of 's .
 * - Four hundred ian pilgrims are killed in clashes with n security forces in.
 * -, the first driverless railway in , is formally opened by
 * - A F4-rated devastates eastern, .  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

 * - The World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as the, publishes its report, .
 * - The rescinds the, which had required  and  stations to "fairly" present controversial issues.
 * - Colombian frigate Caldas enters Venezuelan waters near the, sparking the Caldas frigate crisis between both nations.
 * - Nine people die and 17 are injured when 19-year-old Julian Knight goes on a shooting rampage in.
 * - (a ) crashes on takeoff from  in  just  of  killing all but 1 (4-year old ) of the 156 people on-board (among them, a center for the ).


 * - The is observed around the world.
 * - is found dead in his cell in . 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.
 * - ABC News Chief Middle East Corresponden Charles Glass escapes his Hizballah kidnappers in Beirut, Lebanon, after sixty-two days in captivity.
 * - In, The is opened to women.
 * - :  kills 16 with an  before committing.
 * - released for the  in North America.

September

 * - In, the trial of 19-year-old pilot , who flew his airplane into  in , begins.
 * - - The world's first conference on is held at.
 * - The 200th anniversary of the is celebrated across the country.
 * September 17 - At a small rally in,  announces his candidacy for the 1988  presidential nomination.
 * -  TV series debuts with two hour espisode "."

October

 * - The Reverend launches his second campaign for U.S. President.
 * - the first National Coming Out Day was held in celebration of the second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
 * - - The is caught up in a drama that unfolds on television as a young child,, falls down a well in , , and is later rescued.
 * - - : force winds hit much of the, killing 23 people.
 * - : stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.
 * - U.S. warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf
 * - GTAG's was born.
 * - Champion English  is jailed for 3 years after being convicted of.
 * - On a vote of 58-42, the rejects  President 's nomination of  to the.
 * - The shock the baseball world by winning the World Series, when they only won 85 games in the regular season, only winning 29 (.358 WP) on the road.

November

 * - : Eleven people killed by an bomb at a  service at.
 * - Tsunami.
 * - The on the  kills 31.
 * - : U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair.
 * -  smashes the  with 165 mph (266 km/h) winds and devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 1,036 deaths.
 * - is blown up over the, killing 115 crew and passengers (North Korean agents are suspected).

December

 * - announces the names of 4 companies who were awarded contracts to help build :, 's Astro-Space Division, , and the  Division of.
 * - Construction of the is initiated.
 * - : Following a week of turmoil from his colleagues,  resigns as . He is replaced by, the only premier never to contest an election as premier.
 * -  is argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.
 * -, the first state admitted to the , celebrates its.
 * - 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.
 * - : The begins in the  and.
 * - in, : 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.
 * - The is signed in  by U.S. President  and Soviet leader.
 * - : A Peruvian Navy Fokker F27 crashes near, , killing 43.
 * - General retires from the, as well as the cabinet of the country's.
 * - celebrates its  statehood.


 * - n leader resigns as  of the.
 * - celebrates its  statehood.
 * - releases  in Japan for the Famicom.
 * - The programming language was created by Larry Wall.
 * - The ferry  collides with the oil tanker Vector I - 1,500 confirmed deaths (reportedly closer to 4,000 due to unregistered passengers).
 * - makes its debut in the United States.
 * - issues encyclical on Social Concern.

Undated

 * train in.
 * founds.
 * 's ZZZZ Best fraud unravels.

Fictional
The following are references to year 1987 in fiction:


 * Music:


 *  by (1987)


 * Film:
 *  (2004): The scenes where Jenna is thirteen take place on, 1987.
 *  (2000): According to director on the, the film is set around the end of 1987.  is seen reading  of this year as well.
 *  (1996): The film takes place in, 1987


 * Television:
 *  (1979): launches the last of 's, the  Ranger 3, which is piloted by.
 * Set in 1987: the  episode "," 2005 takes place on.


 * Computer/video games:
 * : Michael Warren is elected mayor of.
 *  is set in this year (as claimed by the newspaper, after beating a boss).
 * : Three levels take place in and around, during this year amidst the , with  and  pitted against  rebels and.

Environmental change

 * , an invasive parasite, is found in the

January-February

 * -, British actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American reality television star
 * -, American actor/comedian/writer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, Indian-American "author"
 * -, American professional snowboarder
 * -, American actress


 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, British entrepreneur
 * -, Japanese entertainer and model
 * -, American pornographic actress

March-April

 * -, British actress
 * -, American rapper
 * -, IRL driver
 * -, Iranian-French tennis player
 * -, Estonian model
 * -, Argentina model
 * -, Japanese musician and singer


 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, er
 * -, American singer and actor
 * -, New Zealand soprano
 * -, English musician
 * -, American musician
 * -, Chinese violinist
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Russian tennis player
 * -, Nigerian footballer
 * -, American cupstacking champion
 * -, American internet celebrity and actress
 * -, English actor
 * -, Canadian actress

May-June

 * -, Israeli tennis player
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, Spanish football player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, Korean actress
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, South African rugby player
 * -, Scottish tennis player
 * -, Filipino actress and singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, Serbian tennis player


 * -, American actress and singer
 * -, Japanese actress
 * -, Scottish musician
 * -, American actress
 * -, Nigerian-born American football player
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, Korean singer, member of
 * -, British actor
 * -, Argentine soccer player
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, Japanese actor

July-August

 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American singer/songwriter
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian actress


 * -, British-Filipino footballer
 * -, American singer
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, Scottish actress
 * -, Dutch singer and actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Korean singer, member of
 * -, Chinese actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, professional baseball player
 * -, American football player
 * -, Japanese gravure idol

September-October

 * -, American musician
 * -, British actor
 * -, American actress and singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American comedian and co-founder of
 * -, American cartoonist and founder of Don't Eat Any Bugs Productions
 * -, American actress
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, English actor
 * -, American actress and singer


 * -, American singer and actress
 * -, Japanese voice actress and singer
 * -, American singer
 * -, Italian diver
 * -, American actor
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, Japanese singer

November-December

 * -, Australian model
 * -, American singer/songwriter
 * -, 2007 UK Big Brother contestant
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, English musician
 * -, American comedian and co-founder of
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor, singer, and comedian
 * -, American actor
 * -, American singer and actor
 * -, er
 * -, Moldovan popstar
 * -, American actress
 * -, Japanese figure skater
 * -, Panamanian-born American jockey
 * -, British singer
 * -, British actor
 * -, British flautist
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, British actress

January - March

 * -, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American geologist (b. )
 * -, British writer (heart attack) (b. )
 * -, Creator of the Cigarette Boat (Assasinated) (b. )
 * -, American pianist (b. )
 * -, racing driver (b. )
 * -, Russian composer (b. )
 * -, American artist, director, writer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American singer, actor, and comedian (b. )
 * -, football coach at Ohio State (b. )
 * -, English pianist (b. )
 * -, French physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, German conductor (b. )
 * -, Austrian singer (b. )
 * -, British actor (b. )

April - June

 * -, American jazz drummer (b. )
 * -, Welsh footballer (b. )
 * -, American football player (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, Japanese Karate Master (b. )
 * -, Jamaican reggae drummer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Animator for the Disney Studio (b. )
 * - ,American actor and radio (b. )
 * -, British politician (b. )
 * -, American engineer (murdered) (b. )
 * -, French singer (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American Central Intelligence Agency director (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Swedish economist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, American chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Spanish guitarist (b. )
 * -, Scottish actor (b. )
 * -, American actress (suicide) (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, New Zealand murder victim (b. )
 * -, American actor and dancer (b. )
 * -, Northern Irish poet (b. )
 * -, American actor and comedian (b. )

July - September

 * -, American record producer (b. )
 * -, Estonian wrestler (b. )
 * -, Japanese actor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )


 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American basketball player (b. )
 * -, Nazi official (b. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, British cricketer (b. )
 * -, Canadian actor (b. )
 * -, Jamaican singer and musician (b. )
 * -, American poet, dramatist, and critic (b. )
 * -, British character actor (b. )
 * -, American bassist (b. )
 * -, American theater choreographer and director (b. )
 * -, -winning  (b. )
 * -, American abstract artist (b. )
 * -, president of (b. )

October - December

 * -, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, French dramatist (b. )
 * -, Finnish artist (b. )
 * -, American physician, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, British cellist (b. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (b. )
 * -, Italian actor (b. )
 * -, French artist (b. )
 * -, American jazz musician (b. )
 * -, American author on mythology (b. )
 * -, Canadian politician and premier of Quebec (b. )
 * -, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (b. )
 * -, Israeli singer (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, Canadian NHL coach (b. )
 * -, French-born chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Russian physicist (b. )
 * -, Lithuanian-born violinist (b. )
 * -, porn star (b. )

Unknown dates

 * (none)

Ship events

 * Solo sailing circumnavigation completions: On June 19, 1987, became officially designated the first black man to sail around the world solo (finishing in Frederiksted, St. Croix, of the United States Virgin Islands).

Right Livelihood Award

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