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Year '''1987''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLXXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] (link displays 1987 [[Gregorian calendar]]).
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==Events of 1987==
===January===
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*[[January 1]] - Frobisher Bay, [[Northwest Territories]], changes its name to [[Iqaluit, Nunavut|Iqaluit]]. In [[1999]], it became the capital of [[Nunavut]].
*[[January 2]] - [[Battle of Fada]]: The [[Chad]]ian army destroys a [[Libya]]n 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]] [[mafia|mafiosi]] [[Anthony Salerno|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 (crime)|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===
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* [[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 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===
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* [[March 2]] - [[American Motors|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]] - [[MS Herald of Free Enterprise|Zeebrugge Disaster]] - A cross-channel [[ferry]] capsizes outside the harbor off [[Zeebrugge]], [[Belgium]] - 180 drown.
* [[March 18]] - [[Woodstock of physics]], the marathon session of the [[American Physical Society]]’s meeting featuring 51 presentations concerning the science of [[high-temperature superconductor]]s.
* [[March 19]] - In [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], televangelist [[Jim Bakker]], head of PTL Ministries, resigns after admitting an affair with church secretary [[Jessica Hahn]].
===April===
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* [[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 [[Austria]]n president [[Kurt Waldheim]] an "undesirable alien".
* [[April 30]] - [[NASCAR]] driver [[Bill Elliott]] sets all time fastest lap at [[Talladega Superspeedway]]. {{convert|212.8|mph|km/h}}
===May===
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* [[May 5]] - The [[Assemblies of God]] defrocks [[Jim Bakker]].
* [[May 8]] - U.S. Senator [[Gary Hart]] drops out of the running for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|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]] [[Organ transplant|transplant]] takes place in [[Baltimore, Maryland]].
* [[May 11]] - [[Klaus Barbie]] goes on trial in [[Lyon]] for [[war crime]]s committed during [[World War II]].
* [[May 14]] - Lieutenant Colonel [[Sitiveni Rabuka]] executes a bloodless coup in [[Fiji]].
* [[May 28]] - West German pilot [[Mathias Rust]], 19, evades [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] air defenses and lands a private plane on [[Red Square]] in [[Moscow]]. He is immediately detained (but is released [[August 3]], [[1988]]).
===June===
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* [[June 2]] - [[Andrés Segovia]] died in [[Madrid, Spain]] at the age of 94.
* [[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]] - [[Super Dimension Fortress|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 27]] - A commercial [[Hawker Siddeley HS 748|HS 748]] ([[Philippine Airlines Flight 206]]) crashes near [[Baguio City]], [[Philippines]], killing 50.
* [[June 28]] - An accidental explosion at [[Hohenfels, Bavaria|Hohenfels Training Area]] in [[West Germany]] kills 3 U.S. troopers.
* [[June 29]] - [[Roh Tae-Woo]], president of [[South Korea]] make a speech promising a wide program of reforms of Korea. It was result of 6.10 Democratization Movement.
===July===
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* [[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]] - [[Australia]]n [[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]].<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE7DB123EF931A25754C0A961948260 And Baby Makes Five Billion: U.N. Hails a Yugoslav Infant - New York Times<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* [[July 17]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04.
* [[July 21]] - [[Guns N' Roses]] release their debut album, [[Appetite For Destruction]], which would go on to sell over 28 million copies as of 2008.
* [[July 22]] - Palestinian cartoonist [[Naji Salim al-Ali]] is shot in [[London]]; he dies [[August 28]].
* [[July 25]] - The [[East Lancashire Railway]], a [[heritage railway]] in the North West of [[England]], is opened between [[Bury]] and [[Ramsbottom]].
* [[July 27]]- [[Australia]]n singer [[Kylie Minogue]] releases her first hit, a remake of [[Little Eva]]'s ''[[The Loco-Motion]]''.
* [[July 31]] - Four hundred [[Iran]]ian pilgrims are killed in clashes with [[Saudi Arabia]]n 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===
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* [[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, Michigan|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]]).
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* [[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 Hezbollah 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 (mass murderer)|Michael Ryan]] kills 16 with an [[assault rifle]] before committing [[suicide]].
===September===
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* [[September 2]] - In [[Moscow]], the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot [[Mathias Rust]], who flew his [[Cessna]] airplane into [[Red Square]] in [[May|May 1987]].
* [[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]] [[Pat Robertson]] announces his candidacy for the 1988 [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential nomination.
===October===
{{Month3|10|3|0}}
[[Image:DJIA Black Monday 1987.svg|thumb|200px|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|Midland]], [[Texas]], and is later rescued.
* [[October 15]]-[[October 16]] - [[Great Storm of 1987]]: [[hurricane]] force winds hit much of the [[South England|South of England]], killing 23 people.
* [[October 19]] - [[Black Monday (1987)|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 19]] - Two commuter trains head collided and crash at outskirt of [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]], 102 killed.
* [[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 [[United States Supreme Court|U.S. Supreme Court]].
* [[October 25]] - The [[Minnesota Twins]] win the [[1987 World Series]], despite having the worst regular season win-loss ratio for a winner, a record they held until [[2006]].
===November===
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* [[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 25]] - [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale|Category 5]] [[Typhoon Nina (1987)|Typhoon Nina]] smashes the [[Philippines]] with {{convert|165|mph|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===
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* [[December 1]] - [[NASA]] announces the names of 4 companies who were awarded contracts to help build [[Space Station Freedom]]: [[Boeing|Boeing Aerospace]], [[General Electric]]'s Astro-Space Division, [[McDonnell Douglas]], and the [[Rocketdyne]] Division of [[Rockwell International|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 [[Michael Ahern (Australian politician)|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]] - [[Czechoslovakia]]n leader [[Gustáv Husák]] resigns as [[Secretary General|General Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia|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 [[BAE Harrier II|British Aerospace BAE Harrier GR5]] registered ZD325 accidentally ejects his aircraft. The jet continues to fly until it [[fuel exhaustion|runs out of fuel]] and crashes into the [[Irish Sea]].
===Ongoing===
* [[Cold War]].
===Fictional===
The following are references to year 1987 in fiction:
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* Music:
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* Film:
:* ''[[13 Going on 30]]'' (2004): The scenes where Jenna is thirteen take place on [[May 26]], 1987.
:* ''[[American Psycho (film)|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 (film)|Fargo]]'' (1996): The film takes place in [[Minnesota]], 1987
* Television:
:* ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' (1979): [[NASA]] launches the last of [[United States|America]]'s [[space probe|deep-space probes]], the [[Space Shuttle]] ''Ranger 3'', which is piloted by [[Buck Rogers|Captain William "Buck" Rogers]].
:* Set in 1987: the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Father's Day (Doctor Who)|Father's Day]]," 2005 takes place on [[November 7]].
* Computer/video games:
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:* ''[[Resident Evil (video game)|Resident Evil]]'': Michael Warren is elected mayor of [[Raccoon City]].
:* ''[[Shenmue]]'' (1999) - Story continues into 1987.
:* ''[[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 war in Afghanistan|Soviet occupation]], with [[Gabe Logan]] and [[Lian Xing]] pitted against [[Demography of Afghanistan|Afghan]] rebels and [[Military of the Soviet Union|Soviet troops]].
===Environmental change===
* [[Varroa destructor]], an invasive parasite, is found in the [[United States|U.S.]]
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==Births==
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===January-March===
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*[[January 2]] - [[Loui Batley]], British actress
*[[January 2]] - [[Lauren Storm]], American actress
*[[January 5]] - [[Kristin Cavallari]], American reality television star
*[[January 10]] - [[César Cielo]], Brazilian swimmer
*[[January 11]] - [[David Allen (actor/comedian)|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 5]] - [[David Cameron]], Australian Soccer Player
*[[February 16]] - [[Luc Bourdon]], Canadian ice hockey defenceman (d. [[2008]])
*[[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 7]] - [[Hatem Ben Arfa]], French footballer
*[[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 25]] - [[Jason Castro]], American singer
*[[March 26]] - [[Yui (singer)|Yui]], Japanese musician and singer
*[[March 27]] - [[Zaraah Abrahams]], British actress
===April-June===
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*[[April 4]] - [[Sarah Gadon]], Canadian actress
*[[April 6]] - [[Bartolomej Kuru]], Austrian footballer
*[[April 8]] - [[Royston Drenthe]], [[Real Madrid]] [[football]]er
*[[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 Lee Rose|Jessica Rose]], American internet celebrity and actress
*[[April 27]] - [[William Moseley (actor)|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 12]] - [[Darren Randolph]], Irish football goalkeeper
*[[May 14]] - [[Francois Steyn]], South African rugby player
*[[May 15]] - [[Andrew Murray (tennis player)|Andrew Murray]], Scottish tennis player
*[[May 15]] - [[Jennylyn Mercado]], Filipina actress and singer
*[[May 20]] - [[Julian Wright]], American basketball player
*[[May 21]] - [[Ashlie Brillault]], American actress
*[[May 22]] - [[Novak Đoković]], Serbian tennis player
*[[May 24]] - [[Damir Kedzo]], Croatian Singer
*[[May 29]] - [[Noah Reid]], Canadian actor
*[[June 3]] - [[Lalaine]], American actress and singer
*[[June 3]] - [[Masami Nagasawa]], Japanese actress
*[[June 5]]- [[Charlie Clements]],English Actor
*[[June 6]] - [[Kyle Falconer]], Scottish musician
*[[June 9]] - [[Rheagan Wallace]], American actress
*[[June 10]] - [[Amobi Okoye]], Nigerian-born American football player
*[[June 14]] - [[Andrew Cogliano]], Canadian hockey player
*[[June 17]] - [[Nozomi Tsuji]], Japanese singer
*[[June 19]] - [[Rashard Mendenhall]], American football player
*[[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 26]] - [[Samir Nasri]], French footballer
*[[June 29]] - [[Yasuka Saitou]], Japanese actor
===July-September===
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*[[July 3]] - [[Chris Hunter (actor)|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]] - [[Genelia D'Souza]], Indian actress
*[[August 5]] - [[Stephanie Edwards (singer)|Stephanie Edwards]], American singer
*[[August 6]] - [[Aditya Narayan]], Bollywood actor and singer
*[[August 6]]- [[Matt Di Angelo]] English actor
*[[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 19]] - [[Marlon Knauer]], German singer
*[[August 20]] - [[Cătălina Ponor]], Romanian gymnast
*[[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 5]] - [[Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi]], Prince of Monaco
*[[September 6]] - [[Ramiele Malubay]], American singer
*[[September 7]] - [[Evan Rachel Wood]], American actress and singer
*[[September 9]] - [[Clayton Snyder]], American actor
*[[September 11]] - [[Tyler Hoechlin]], American actor
*[[September 13]] - [[Simon Walton]], English footballer
*[[September 16]] - [[Smosh|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]] - Twins [[Ashley Paris]] and [[Courtney Paris]], American basketball players
*[[September 22]] - [[Tom Felton]], English actor
*[[September 24]] - [[Chris Holder]], Speedway Rider
*[[September 24]] - [[Matthew Connolly]], English footballer
*[[september 26]] - [[Whitney Thompson]], America's next top model
*[[September 28]] - [[Hilary Duff]], American actress and singer
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*[[October 3]] - [[Zuleyka Rivera]], [[Miss Universe]] [[Miss Universe 2006|2006]]
*[[October 3]] - [[Kaci]], American singer and actress
*[[October 5]] - [[Brandan Wright]], American basketball player
*[[October 8]] - [[Aya Hirano]], Japanese voice actress and singer
*[[October 8]] - [[Dustin Breeding]], American singer
*[[October 10]] - [[Stefan Bailey]], English footballer
*[[October 12]] - [[Noemi Batki]], Italian diver
*[[October 17]] - [[Bea Alonzo]], Filipina actress
*[[October 18]] - [[Zac Efron]], American actor
*[[October 18]] - [[Freja Beha Erichsen]], Danish model
*[[October 27]] - [[Yi Jianlian]], Chinese basketball player (year of birth disputed)
*[[October 29]] - [[Makoto Ogawa]], Japanese singer
*[[November 3]] - [[Felix Schütz]], German ice hockey player
*[[November 3]] - [[Gemma Ward]], Australian model
*[[November 5]] - [[Jonas Brothers|Kevin Jonas]], American singer/songwriter
*[[November 6]] - [[Ana Ivanović]], Serbian tennis player
*[[November 11]] - [[Chanelle Hayes]], 2007 UK Big Brother contestant
*[[November 24]] - [[Megan Mullins]], American singer
*[[November 30]] - [[Christel Khalil]], American actress
*[[November 30]] - [[Dougie Poynter]], English musician ([[McFly (band)|McFly]])
*[[November 30]] - [[Smosh|Ian Hecox]], American comedian and co-founder of [[Smosh]]
*[[December 2]] - [[Teairra Marí]], American singer
*[[December 3]] - [[Michael Angarano]], American actor
*[[December 4]] - [[Orlando Brown]], American actor, singer, and comedian
*[[December 6]] - [[Jack DeSena]], American actor
*[[December 7]] - [[Aaron Carter]], American singer and actor
*[[December 10]] - [[Gonzalo Higuain]], [[Real Madrid]] [[football]]er
*[[December 11]] - [[Natalia Gordienko]], Moldovan popstar
*[[December 12]] - [[Kate Todd]], Canadian actress and singer
*[[December 16]] - [[Hallee Hirsh]], American actress
*[[December 18]] - [[Miki Ando]], Japanese figure skater
*[[December 18]] - [[Ayaka]], Japanese singer
*[[December 18]] - [[Fernando Jara]], Panamanian-born American jockey
*[[December 19]] - [[S Club 8#Members|Aaron Renfree]], British singer
*[[December 21]] - [[Edward Speleers]], British actor
*[[December 21]] - [[Valerie Concepcion]], Filipino Actress
*[[December 26]] - [[Adam Walker]], British flautist
*[[December 28]] - [[Taylor Ball]], American actor
*[[December 28]] - [[Thomas Dekker (actor)|Thomas Dekker]], American actor
*[[December 28]] - [[Hannah Tointon]], British actress
==Deaths==
===January-March===
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*[[January 15]] - [[Ray Bolger]], American actor, singer, and dancer (b. [[1904]])
*[[January 21]] - [[Charles Goodell]], American politician (b. [[1926]])
*[[January 27]] - [[Allan V. Cox]], American geologist (b. [[1926]])
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*[[February 2]] - [[Alistair MacLean]], British writer (heart attack) (b. [[1922]])
*[[February 3]] - [[Donald Aronow]], Creator of the Cigarette Boat (Assassinated) (b. [[1927]])
*[[February 4]] - [[Liberace]], American pianist (b. [[1919]])
*[[February 10]] - [[Robert O'Brien]], racing driver (b. [[1908]])
*[[February 14]] - [[Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky]], Russian composer (b. [[1904]])
*[[February 22]] - [[Andy Warhol]], American artist, director, writer (b. [[1928]])
*[[February 24]] - [[Jim Connors]], American radio personality (b. [[1940]])
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*[[March 2]] - [[Randolph Scott]], American actor (b. [[1898]])
*[[March 3]] - [[Danny Kaye]], American singer, actor, and comedian (b. [[1918]])
*[[March 11]] - [[Woody Hayes]], football coach at Ohio State (b. [[1913]])
*[[March 13]] - [[Gerald Moore]], English pianist (b. [[1899]])
*[[March 19]] - [[Louis-Victor de Broglie]], French physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1892]])
*[[March 21]] - [[Dean Paul Martin]], American actor (b. [[1951]])
*[[March 21]] - [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]], American actor (b. [[1918]])
*[[March 26]] - [[Eugen Jochum]], German conductor (b. [[1902]])
*[[March 28]] - [[Maria von Trapp]], Austrian singer (b. [[1905]])
*[[March 28]] - [[Patrick Troughton]], British actor (b. [[1920]])
===April-June===
*[[April 2]] - [[Buddy Rich]], American jazz drummer (b. [[1917]])
*[[April 2]] - [[Trevor Hockey]], Welsh footballer (b. [[1943]])
*[[April 3]] - [[Tom Sestak]], American football player (b. [[1936]])
*[[April 4]] - [[C. L. Moore]], American writer (b. [[1911]])
*[[April 15]] - [[Masatoshi Nakayama]], Japanese Karate Master (b. [[1913]])
*[[April 17]] - [[Carlton Barrett]], Jamaican reggae drummer (b. [[1950]])
*[[April 17]] - [[Dick Shawn]], American actor (b. [[1924]])
*[[April 19]] - [[Milt Kahl]], Animator for the Disney Studio (b. [[1909]])
*[[April 19]] - [[Hugh Brannum]],American actor and radio (b. [[1910]])
*[[April 26]] - [[John Silkin|John Ernest Silkin]], British politician (b. [[1923]])
*[[April 28]] - [[Ben Linder]], American engineer (murdered) (b. [[1959]])
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*[[May 3]] - [[Dalida]], French singer (b. [[1933]])
*[[May 4]] - [[Paul Butterfield]], American musician (b. [[1942]]); [[Cathryn Damon]], American actress (b. [[1930]])
*[[May 6]] - [[William J. Casey]], American Central Intelligence Agency director (b. [[1913]])
*[[May 14]] - [[Rita Hayworth]], American actress (b. [[1918]])
*[[May 17]] - [[Gunnar Myrdal]], Swedish economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1898]])
*[[May 19]] - [[James Tiptree, Jr]], American author (b. [[1915]])
*[[May 27]] - [[John Howard Northrop]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1891]])
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*[[June 2]] - [[Andrés Segovia]], Spanish guitarist (b. [[1893]])
*[[June 6]] - [[Fulton Mackay]], Scottish actor (b. [[1922]])
*[[June 10]] - [[Elizabeth Hartman]], American actress (suicide) (b. [[1943]])
*[[June 13]] - [[Geraldine Page]], American actor (b. [[1924]])
*[[June 19]] - [[Teresa Cormack]], New Zealand murder victim (b. [[1981]])
*[[June 22]] - [[Fred Astaire]], American actor and dancer (b. [[1899]])
*[[June 22]] - [[John Harold Hewitt]], Northern Irish poet (b. [[1907]])
*[[June 24]] - [[Jackie Gleason]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1916]])
===July-September===
*[[July 10]] - [[John H. Hammond|John Hammond]], American record producer (b. [[1910]])
*[[July 17]] - [[Kristjan Palusalu]], Estonian wrestler (b. [[1908]])
*[[July 17]] - [[Yujiro Ishihara]], Japanese actor (b. [[1934]])
*[[July 22]] - [[Jack Lescoulie]], American actor (b. [[1917]])
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*[[August 11]] - [[Clara Peller]], American actress (b. [[1902]])
*[[August 16]] - [[Nick Vanos]], American basketball player (b. [[1963]])
*[[August 17]] - [[Rudolf Hess]], Nazi official (b. [[1894]]
*[[August 26]] - [[Georg Wittig]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1897]])
*[[August 28]] - [[John Huston]], American actor (b. [[1906]])
*[[August 29]] - [[Lee Marvin]], American actor (b. [[1924]])
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*[[September 4]] - [[Bill Bowes]], British cricketer (b. [[1908]])
*[[September 11]] - [[Lorne Greene]], Canadian actor (b. [[1915]])
*[[September 11]] - [[Peter Tosh]], Jamaican singer and musician (b. [[1944]])
*[[September 16]] - [[Howard Moss]], American poet, dramatist, and critic (b. [[1922]])
*[[September 17]] - [[Harry Locke]], British character actor (b. [[1913]])
*[[September 21]] - [[Jaco Pastorius]], American bassist (b. [[1951]])
*[[September 23]] - [[Bob Fosse]], American theater choreographer and director (b. [[1927]])
*[[September 25]] - [[Mary Astor]], [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Academy Award]]-winning [[United States|American]] [[actress]] (b. [[1906]])
*[[September 25]] - [[Harry Holtzman]], American abstract artist (b. [[1912]])
*[[September 29]] - [[Henry Ford II]], president of [[Ford Motor Company]] (b. [[1917]])
===October-December===
*[[October 2]] - [[Peter Medawar]], Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1915]])
*[[October 3]] - [[Jean Anouilh]], French dramatist (b. [[1910]])
*[[October 3]] - [[Kalervo Palsa]], Finnish artist (b. [[1947]])
*[[October 9]] - [[William Murphy (scientist)|William Parry Murphy]], American physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1892]])
*[[October 13]] - [[Walter Brattain]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1902]])
*[[October 19]] - [[Jacqueline du Pré]], British cellist (b. [[1945]])
*[[October 20]] - [[Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1903]])
*[[October 22]] - [[Lino Ventura]], Italian actor (b. [[1919]])
*[[October 28]] - [[André Masson]], French artist (b. [[1896]])
*[[October 29]] - [[Woody Herman]], American jazz musician (b. [[1913]])
*[[October 31]] - [[Joseph Campbell]], American author on mythology (b. [[1904]])
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*[[November 1]] - [[René Lévesque]], Canadian politician and premier of Quebec (b. [[1922]])
*[[November 5]] - [[Eamonn Andrews]], Television and Radio Presenter
*[[November 16]] - [[Zubir Said]], Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (b. [[1907]])
*[[November 25]] - [[Zohar Argov]], Israeli singer (b. [[1955]])
*[[November 30]] - [[James Baldwin (writer)|James Baldwin]], American writer (b. [[1924]])
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*[[December 1]] - [[Punch Imlach]], Canadian NHL coach (b. [[1918]])
*[[December 2]] - [[Luis Federico Leloir]], French-born chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1906]])
*[[December 2]] - [[Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich]], Russian physicist (b. [[1914]])
*[[December 10]] - [[Jascha Heifetz]], Lithuanian-born violinist (b. [[1901]])
*[[December 17]] - [[Linda Wong]], porn star (b. [[1951]])
==Ship events==
* Solo sailing circumnavigation completions: On June 19, 1987, [[Teddy Seymour]] became officially designated the first black man to sail around the world solo (finishing in Frederiksted, St. Croix, of the United States Virgin Islands).
* [[List of ship launches in 1987]]
* [[List of ship commissionings in 1987]]
* [[List of ship decommissionings in 1987]]
* [[List of shipwrecks in 1987]]
==Nobel prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[J. Georg Bednorz]], [[Karl Alexander Müller]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Donald J Cram]], [[Jean-Marie Lehn]], [[Charles J. Pedersen]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Susumu Tonegawa]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Joseph Brodsky]]
* [[Nobel Prize/Peace|Peace]] - [[Oscar Arias Sanchez]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] - [[Robert Solow]]
== Right Livelihood Award ==
* [[Johan Galtung]], [[Chipko movement]], [[Hans-Peter Dürr]] / [[Global Challenges Network]], [[Institute for Food and Development Policy]] / [[Frances Moore-Lappé]] and [[Mordechai Vanunu]]
==Templeton Prize==
* [[Stanley Jaki|Rev. Professor Stanley L. Jaki]]
==See also==
* [[20th century]]
* [[1987 (Robot Chicken episode)|1987]] an episode of the animated television series [[Robot Chicken]]
==Trivia==
1987 was the last year until [[2013]], that there were no 'doubles' of numbers in the year. (Ex. 1989 has two 9's; 1991 has two 9's and two 1's; 2004 had two 0's; and so on.)
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