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{{About|the year|the number|1987 (number)|other uses}} {{About|the year|the number|1987 (number)|other uses}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}
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** ]: ]'s ] ] is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the ] led by ] and the ] led by ]. ** ]: ]'s ] ] is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the ] led by ] and the ] led by ].
** ] is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/12/world/and-baby-makes-five-billion-un-hails-a-yugoslav-infant.html|title=And Baby Makes Five Billion – U.N. Hails a Yugoslav Infant|work=The New York Times|date=July 12, 1987}}</ref> ** ] is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the ].<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 12, 1987 |title=And Baby Makes Five Billion – U.N. Hails a Yugoslav Infant |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/12/world/and-baby-makes-five-billion-un-hails-a-yugoslav-infant.html |access-date=2024-11-11 |work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
* ] – ] ends after 38 years. * ] – ] ends after 38 years.
* ] – The ] closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04. * ] – The ] closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04.
* ] – Palestinian cartoonist ] is shot in London; he dies August 28.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/29/police-reinvestigate-1987-london-of-palestinian-cartoonist-naji-salim-hussain-al-ali-|title=Police reinvestigate 1987 London murder of Palestinian cartoonist|newspaper=The Guardian|date=29 August 2017}}</ref> * ] – Palestinian cartoonist ] is shot in London; he dies August 28.<ref name="o293">{{cite news| last=Grierson | first=Jamie | title=Police reinvestigate 1987 London murder of Palestinian cartoonist | website=the Guardian | date=2017-08-29 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/29/police-reinvestigate-1987-london-of-palestinian-cartoonist-naji-salim-hussain-al-ali- | access-date=2024-12-02}}</ref>
* ] – The ], a ] in the North West of England, is opened between ] and ]. * ] – The ], a ] in the North West of England, is opened between ] and ].
* ] * ]
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** ]: Sixteen people die in an apparently motiveless mass shooting in the United Kingdom, carried out by ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Josephs |first1=Jeremy |title=Hungerford: One Man's Massacre |url=http://www.jeremyjosephs.com/hunger.htm |access-date=1 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104044543/http://www.jeremyjosephs.com/hunger.htm |archive-date=4 January 2006}}</ref> ** ]: Sixteen people die in an apparently motiveless mass shooting in the United Kingdom, carried out by ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Josephs |first1=Jeremy |title=Hungerford: One Man's Massacre |url=http://www.jeremyjosephs.com/hunger.htm |access-date=1 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104044543/http://www.jeremyjosephs.com/hunger.htm |archive-date=4 January 2006}}</ref>
** ]' chief Middle East correspondent Charles Glass escapes his Hezbollah kidnappers in Beirut, Lebanon, after 62 days in captivity. ** ]' chief Middle East correspondent Charles Glass escapes his Hezbollah kidnappers in Beirut, Lebanon, after 62 days in captivity.
** The ] is opened to women.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Waddington |first=Raymond B. |year=1993 |journal= Sixteenth Century Journal |title= Elizabeth I and the Order of the Garter |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=97–113 |doi= 10.2307/2541800 |publisher=The Sixteenth Century Journal |jstor= 2541800|s2cid=165893968 }}</ref> ** The ] is opened to women.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Waddington |first=Raymond B. |year=1993 |journal= Sixteenth Century Journal |title= Elizabeth I and the Order of the Garter |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=97–113 |doi= 10.2307/2541800 |publisher=The Sixteenth Century Journal |jstor= 2541800|s2cid=165893968 | issn=0361-0160 }}</ref>
* ] – The ] is organized as the first unsanctioned political meeting in ], in commemoration of the ]. * ] – The ] is organized as the first unsanctioned political meeting in ], in commemoration of the ].
* ] – ] releases '']'', his first studio album since '']'', the best-selling album of all time. The album would produce five number one singles in the US, a record which has not been broken. * ] – ] releases '']'', his first studio album since '']'', the best-selling album of all time. The album would produce five number one singles in the US, a record which has not been broken.
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* ] – In ], a ] is orchestrated by ] against incumbent President ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/16/world/burkino-faso-leader-ousted-in-coup-led-by-chief-adviser.html|title=Burkino Faso Leader Ousted In Coup Led by Chief Adviser|date=16 October 1987|work=The New York Times|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref> * ] – In ], a ] is orchestrated by ] against incumbent President ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/16/world/burkino-faso-leader-ousted-in-coup-led-by-chief-adviser.html|title=Burkino Faso Leader Ousted In Coup Led by Chief Adviser|date=16 October 1987|work=The New York Times|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>
]: aftermath of the ].]] ]: aftermath of the ].]]
* ]–] The ] strikes southern Great Britain and northwestern France. It is one of the strongest storms to affect the region in the past 200 years.
* ] * ]
** ]: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world. ** ]: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.
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** The ] on the ] kills 31 people and injures a further 100. ** The ] on the ] kills 31 people and injures a further 100.
** ]: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President ] with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair. ** ]: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President ] with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair.
* ] – ] – unknown perpetrators hijack the signal of ] for about 20&nbsp;seconds, and ] for about 90&nbsp;seconds, and displays a strange video of a man in a Max Headroom mask. * ] – ] – unknown perpetrators hijack the signal of ] for about 20&nbsp;seconds, and ] for about 90&nbsp;seconds, and displays a video of a man in a Max Headroom mask.
* ] – ] ] smashes the ] with {{convert|265|km/h|mph}} winds and a devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 812 deaths. * ] – ] ] smashes the ] with {{convert|265|km/h|mph}} winds and a devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 812 deaths.
* ] – ] crashes into the Indian Ocean off ], due to a fire in the cargo hold; the 159 passengers and crew perish. * ] – ] crashes into the Indian Ocean off ], due to a fire in the cargo hold; the 159 passengers and crew perish.
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* ] – ], American figure skater<ref name="DavisandWhite">{{isu name | id=00006260 | name= Meryl Davis / Charlie White}}</ref>
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** ], American figure skater<ref name="DavisandWhite">{{isu name | id=00006260 | name= Meryl Davis / Charlie White}}</ref>
** ], American film director and screenwriter
* ] * ]
** ], American actress and model<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973//|title= UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019|work=]|date=January 2, 2019|access-date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20190902220401/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973/|url-status=live}}</ref> ** ], American actress and model<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973//|title= UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019|work=]|date=January 2, 2019|access-date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20190902220401/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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* ] – ], Iranian-French tennis player * ] – ], Iranian-French tennis player
* ] – ], Russian freestyle skier * ] – ], Russian freestyle skier
* ] * ] – ], Argentine footballer
** ], American actor and musician
** ], American television personality
** ], Argentine footballer
* ] – ], Argentine footballer * ] – ], Argentine footballer
* ] – ], American professional wrestler * ] – ], American professional wrestler
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** ], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Blaise Matuidi |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur21898.html |publisher=L'ÉQUIPE}}</ref> ** ], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Blaise Matuidi |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur21898.html |publisher=L'ÉQUIPE}}</ref>
** ], Danish hurdler<ref>{{cite web |title=Sara Slott Petersen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/123173 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref> ** ], Danish hurdler<ref>{{cite web |title=Sara Slott Petersen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/123173 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
** ], American actor and singer-songwriter
* ] * ]
** ], New Zealand soprano ** ], New Zealand soprano
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** ], French born-Moroccan footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=M. Benatia |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mehdi-benatia/13730/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref> ** ], French born-Moroccan footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=M. Benatia |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mehdi-benatia/13730/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
** ], Canadian actress ** ], Canadian actress
* ] – ], English model and actress * ] – ], English supermodel
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** ], English footballer ** ], English footballer
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** ], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=L. Bonucci |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/leonardo-bonucci/3979/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref> ** ], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=L. Bonucci |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/leonardo-bonucci/3979/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
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* ] – ], Italian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Fabio Fognini |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/F510/overview |website=atptour.com}}</ref> * ] – ], Italian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Fabio Fognini |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/F510/overview |website=atptour.com}}</ref>
* ] – ], Polish ski jumper<ref>{{cite web |title=Kamil Stoch |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109725 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref> * ] – ], Polish ski jumper<ref>{{cite web |title=Kamil Stoch |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/109725 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* ] – ], Norwegian-Iranian singer, model and television host
* ]
** ], Norwegian-Iranian singer, model and television host
** ], American actress and DJ
* ] * ]
** ], Ivorian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Y. Gervinho |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/gervais-yao-kouassi/13760/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref> ** ], Ivorian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Y. Gervinho |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/gervais-yao-kouassi/13760/ |website=soccerway.com}}</ref>
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** ], Canadian actor and musician ** ], Canadian actor and musician
** ], American actor
** ], Swiss triathlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniela Ryf |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/116177 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref> ** ], Swiss triathlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniela Ryf |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/116177 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* ] – ], American actress
* ] – ], American actor and musician * ] – ], American actor and musician


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* ] – ], Cuban pole vaulter<ref>{{cite web |title=Yarisley SILVA |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/cuba/yarisley-silva-14263377 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> * ] – ], Cuban pole vaulter<ref>{{cite web |title=Yarisley SILVA |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/cuba/yarisley-silva-14263377 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
* ] * ]
** ], German Olympic luger ** ], German Olympic luger
** ], Maltese politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Girlfriend surprises Minister Bartolo with birthday bash at tourism ministry… when she’s supposed to be working in Gozo |url=https://theshiftnews.com/2022/02/16/girlfriend-surprises-minister-bartolo-with-birthday-bash-at-tourism-ministry-when-shes-supposed-to-be-working-in-gozo/ |access-date=2024-11-26 |language=en}}</ref>
** ], Indian actress ** ], Indian actress
* ] – ], Japanese actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=長澤まさみ:プロフィール・作品情報・最新ニュース |url=https://eiga.com/person/53868/ |access-date=November 28, 2022 |website=Eiga.com |language=Japanese}}</ref> * ] – ], Japanese actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=長澤まさみ:プロフィール・作品情報・最新ニュース |url=https://eiga.com/person/53868/ |access-date=November 28, 2022 |website=Eiga.com |language=Japanese}}</ref>
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** ], Australian model<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/fashion/look/2008/fall/fourotherfaces/ |title=Four Other Faces |last=Herbst |first=Kendall |date=6 May 2008 |magazine=]}}</ref> ** ], Australian model<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/fashion/look/2008/fall/fourotherfaces/ |title=Four Other Faces |last=Herbst |first=Kendall |date=6 May 2008 |magazine=]}}</ref>
** ], Spanish footballer ** ], Spanish footballer
* ] * ] – ], German Olympic luger
** ], American actor, director, writer, producer, editor and musician
** ], German Olympic luger
* ] – ], American rapper<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|publisher=Bernan Press|year=2020|isbn=9781641434249|page=326}}</ref> * ] – ], American rapper<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|publisher=Bernan Press|year=2020|isbn=9781641434249|page=326}}</ref>
* ] * ]
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** ], French footballer ** ], French footballer
** ], Brazilian volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Wallace de Souza |url=https://volleybox.net/wallace-de-souza-p236 |website=volleybox.net}}</ref> ** ], Brazilian volleyball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Wallace de Souza |url=https://volleybox.net/wallace-de-souza-p236 |website=volleybox.net}}</ref>
* ] – ], English actor and musician


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* ] – ], South Korean model and actor * ] – ], South Korean model and actor
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** ], American animator and creator of '']'' ** ], American animator and creator of '']''
** ], French actress ** ], French actress
* ] ], German field hockey player * ]
** ], German field hockey player
** ], American voice actress
* ] – ], Armenian-Russian singer * ] – ], Armenian-Russian singer
* ] * ]
** ], Canadian actress ** ], Canadian actress
** ], American singer and musician<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/07/imagine_dragons_frontman_dan_r.html|title=Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds tops list of celebrity birthdays for July 14, 2016|date=July 14, 2016|publisher=cleveland}}</ref> ** ], American singer and musician<ref name="i830">{{cite web | last=Rose | first=Mike | title=Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds tops list of celebrity birthdays for July 14, 2016 | website=cleveland.com | date=2016-07-14 | url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2016/07/imagine_dragons_frontman_dan_r.html | access-date=2024-09-16}}</ref>
* ] – ], American actress * ] – ], American actress
* ] – ], Indonesian badminton player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tontowi AHMAD (54267) |url=https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/50850611-F9A4-4B8D-BAAD-756309EC2BFD |website=tournamentsoftware.com |publisher=Badminton World Federation}}</ref> * ] – ], Indonesian badminton player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tontowi AHMAD (54267) |url=https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/50850611-F9A4-4B8D-BAAD-756309EC2BFD |website=tournamentsoftware.com |publisher=Badminton World Federation}}</ref>
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** ], Japanese fashion model (d. ]) ** ], Japanese fashion model (d. ])
** ], Spanish footballer ** ], Spanish footballer
* July 29 – ], American actress and model
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** ], Australian actress ** ], Australian actress
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* ] – ], Cuban decathlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Leonel SUÁREZ |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/cuba/leonel-suarez-14169301 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> * ] – ], Cuban decathlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Leonel SUÁREZ |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/cuba/leonel-suarez-14169301 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
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* ] – ], British boxer<ref>{{cite web |title=Luke Campbell |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/122652 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref> * ] – ], British boxer<ref>{{cite web |title=Luke Campbell |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/122652 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* ] – ], American actress, businesswoman, singer, songwriter, producer, and writer * ] – ], American actress, businesswoman, singer, songwriter, producer, and writer
* ] * ] – ], French actress
** ], French actress
** ], American actor, director and producer
* ] * ]
** ], Egyptian squash player ** ], Egyptian squash player
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* ] – ], American figure skater<ref name="DavisandWhite"/> * ] – ], American figure skater<ref name="DavisandWhite"/>
* ] – ], German gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Fabian Hambüchen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/107249 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref> * ] – ], German gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Fabian Hambüchen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/107249 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
* ] ], South Korean female professional golfer * ]
**], South Korean female professional golfer
**], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 28, 2022 includes celebrities Julia Roberts, Matt Smith |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-28-2022-includes-celebrities-julia-roberts-matt-smith.html |website=] |publisher=] |access-date=26 October 2023 |date=28 October 2022}}</ref>
* ] – ], Japanese singer
* ]
** ], Swedish singer and songwriter
** ], Japanese singer


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** ], Polish model ** ], Polish model
* ] * ]
** ], Yemeni poet and translator<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.domainmarket.com/buynow/yobserver.com|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130210014147/http://www.yobserver.com/culture-and-society/10017162.html|url-status=dead|title=yobserver.com is available at DomainMarket.com|archivedate=February 10, 2013|website=yobserver.com is available at DomainMarket.com}}</ref> ** ], Yemeni poet and translator<ref>{{Cite web|url=www.yobserver.com/culture-and-society/10017162.html|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130210014147/http://www.yobserver.com/culture-and-society/10017162.html|url-status=usurped|title=Al-Eryani to publish “I’ll break the sky by lovers”|archivedate=February 10, 2013|website=yobserver.com}}</ref>
** ], Dutch footballer ** ], Dutch footballer
* ] – ], American singer * ] – ], American singer
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* ] – ], American gymnast<ref>{{USA Gymnastics|307019|Alicia Sacramone}}</ref>
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** ], American gymnast<ref>{{USAGymnasticsName|id=307019|name=Alicia Sacramone}}</ref>
** ], American actor, director, and producer
* ] – ], American actor, rapper and singer
* ] – ], American actor
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* ] – ], Russian born-Kazakh tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mikhail Kukushkin |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/K926/overview |website=atptour.com |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref> * ] – ], Russian born-Kazakh tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mikhail Kukushkin |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/K926/overview |website=atptour.com |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref>
* ] – ], British model * ] – ], British model
* ] – ], American actor, musician, singer, director and producer
* ] – ], Scottish actor<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Dalton |first=Brett |author-link=Brett Dalton |user=IMBrettDalton |number=417370731953930240 |title=@AgentsofSHIELD happy birthday to @IdeCaestecker the coolest scientist in the world who also happens to be my best friend #wardfitz4ever |date=29 December 2013 |access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref> * ] – ], Scottish actor<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Dalton |first=Brett |author-link=Brett Dalton |user=IMBrettDalton |number=417370731953930240 |title=@AgentsofSHIELD happy birthday to @IdeCaestecker the coolest scientist in the world who also happens to be my best friend #wardfitz4ever |date=29 December 2013 |access-date=7 April 2014}}</ref>
* ] – ], Dutch swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeanette Ottesen Gray |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/103775 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref> * ] – ], Dutch swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeanette Ottesen Gray |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/103775 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 22:55, 2 December 2024

This article is about the year. For the number, see 1987 (number). For other uses, see 1987 (disambiguation).

1987
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
From top left, clockwise: the MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing everyone except a little girl; the King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator flashes-over; the MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker, drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines, killing 1,036; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw, taking the lives of all aboard; the USS Stark is struck by Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf; U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous speech, demanding that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tear down the Berlin Wall.
Calendar year
Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1987 by topic
Subject
By country
Lists of leaders
Birth and death categories
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Works category
1987 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1987
MCMLXXXVII
Ab urbe condita2740
Armenian calendar1436
ԹՎ ՌՆԼԶ
Assyrian calendar6737
Baháʼí calendar143–144
Balinese saka calendar1908–1909
Bengali calendar1393–1394
Berber calendar2937
British Regnal year35 Eliz. 2 – 36 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2531
Burmese calendar1349
Byzantine calendar7495–7496
Chinese calendar丙寅年 (Fire Tiger)
4684 or 4477
    — to —
丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit)
4685 or 4478
Coptic calendar1703–1704
Discordian calendar3153
Ethiopian calendar1979–1980
Hebrew calendar5747–5748
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2043–2044
 - Shaka Samvat1908–1909
 - Kali Yuga5087–5088
Holocene calendar11987
Igbo calendar987–988
Iranian calendar1365–1366
Islamic calendar1407–1408
Japanese calendarShōwa 62
(昭和62年)
Javanese calendar1919–1920
Juche calendar76
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4320
Minguo calendarROC 76
民國76年
Nanakshahi calendar519
Thai solar calendar2530
Tibetan calendar阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
2113 or 1732 or 960
    — to —
阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
2114 or 1733 or 961
Unix time536457600 – 567993599

1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1987th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 987th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1980s decade.

Calendar year

Events

January

February

March

MS Herald of Free Enterprise before its capsizing on March 6.

April

May

June

July

August

September

Performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Index during Black Monday

October

October 16: aftermath of the Great Storm of 1987.

November

November 18: King's Cross St Pancras tube station catches fire.

December

Births

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Births
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January

Loïc Rémy
Davide Astori
Paolo Nutini
Jamie Vardy
Luis Suárez
Evan Peters

February

Heather Morris
Gerard Piqué
Michael B. Jordan
Edinson Cavani
Sergio Romero

March

Kesha
Emeli Sandé
Ramires

April

Sarah Gadon
Sami Khedira
Brendon Urie
Maria Sharapova
Mikel John Obi
Arijit Singh
Rohit Sharma

May

Cesc Fàbregas
Jorge Lorenzo
Candice King
Andy Murray
Novak Djokovic

June

Cássio
Kendrick Lamar
Lee Min-ho
Lionel Messi

July

Sebastian Vettel
Ji Chang-wook
Veronica Wagner
Cristina Vee
Pedro
Genesis Rodriguez

August

Sidney Crosby
Liu Yifei

September

Evan Rachel Wood
Wiz Khalifa
Afrojack
Hilary Duff

October

Zuleyka Rivera
Zac Efron
Tove Lo

November

T.O.P
Kevin Jonas
Karen Gillan
Daniel Noboa

December

Gonzalo Higuaín
Karim Benzema

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 1987

Nobel Prizes

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