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*[[May 3]] - [[Dalida]], French singer |
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*[[August 17]] – [[Rudolph Hess]], Hitler’s second-in-command, commits suicide in [[Spandau]] prison |
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*[[October 19]] - [[Jacqueline Du Pre]], English Cellist |
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Revision as of 02:59, 15 January 2003
Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years: 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 - 1987 - 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Events
- January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- January 4 - An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, DC collides with Conrail engines killing 16.
- January 5 - President of the United States Ronald Reagan undergoes prostate surgery causing worries about his health.
- January 21 – Terry White is kidnapped in Lebanon (released 1991)
- February 11 – British Airways begins trading stocks.
- February 11 - Philippines constitution goes into effect.
- February 11 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- February 12 – Unabomber bomb explodes in Salt Lake City
- February 24 - Supernova 1987a is observed, the first "naked-eye" supernova since 1604.
- March 22 – Apple Computers announces Macintosh II ja Macintosh SE
- March 6 - The Herald of Free enterprise ferry capsizes off of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 189
- March 17 - An Iraqi F-1 Mirage fighter fires two exojet missles a the USS Stark while patrolling the Persian Gulf, killing 37 sailors, wounding 62 others
- May 28 - Mathias Rust lands on the Red Square in Moscow.
- June 11 – Margaret Thatcher becomes the first British prime minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term,
- July 4 - Klaus Barbie convicted by a French court
- August 19 - Hungerford Massacre in UK – Michael Ryan kills 16 with an assault rifle and tehn commits suicide
- August 19 – Order of Garter opened to women
- September 7-September 21 - World’s first conference on artificial life, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- October 15 - Hurricane force winds cause extensive damage in southern England
- October 19 - Black Monday: sharp stock market falls around the world
- November 8 – IRA bomb explodes at Ulster Remembrance Day Service in Eniskillin – 11 bystanders die
- November 18 - Thirty one people die in a fire at King’s Cross subway station, London, UK
- December 1 - Channel Tunnel digging commences
- December 8 – Intifada begins
- Pendolino train in Italy
- Shoko Asahara founds Aum Shinrikyo
Art, Culture & Fashion
- 1987 in film
- 1987 in literature
- 1987 in music
- 1987 in sports
- January 25 - Super Bowl XXI New York Giants (39) def. Denver Broncos (20)
- 1987 in television
- November 13 - Sonny and Cher reunite for a performance on Late Night with David Letterman.
- Matt Groening's The Simpsons debuts as a series of short animated segments on the Tracey Ullman show.
Births
Deaths
- February 2 – Alistair MacLean, British thriller writer, heart attack
- February 4 – Liberace
- February 27 - Andy Warhol, American artist, surgical complications
- May 3 - Dalida, French singer
- May 11 - Peter Tosh, musician
- August 17 – Rudolph Hess, Hitler’s second-in-command, commits suicide in Spandau prison
- October 19 - Jacqueline Du Pre, English Cellist
- October 31 - Joseph Campbell, author and expert on mythology
- Bob Fosse, choreographer and director