Year (''' MCMLXXXVII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian Calendar ).
- January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame .
- train en route from Washington, DC 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 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 - R. 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.
- March 2 - American Motors Corporation is acquired by the Chrysler Corporation
- March 4 - President 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 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 .
- 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).
- 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 extra-marital 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 Crime s committed during World War II .
- May 14 - Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka executes a bloodless coup in Fiji .
- , while patrolling the Persian Gulf, is struck by two Exocet missiles from an Iraq i F-1 Mirage fighter, killing 37 sailors and injuring 21 other crew members.
- May 20 - Tennessee court rules that WWF can not promote Harley Race as the King of Wrestling in Tennessee upholding Jerry Lawler 's claim.
- 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 ).
- 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 Bob Hawke 's government is re-elected for a third term.
- July 11 - World Population reached 5 billion people, according to the United Nations .
- 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 - Australia n singer Kylie Minogue releases her first hit, a remake of Little Eva 's '' The Locomotion ''.
- 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.
- , General Electric 's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas , and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell .
- December 1 - Construction of the Channel Tunnel is initiated.
- 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 - Delaware , the first state admitted to the Union , celebrates its Bicentennial .
- 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.
- 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 .
- , 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 12 - Pennsylvania celebrates its Bicentennial statehood.
- December 17 - Czechoslovakia n leader Gustáv Husák resigns as General Secretary of the Communist Party .
- December 18 - New Jersey celebrates its Bicentennial statehood.
- 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.
The following are references to year 1987 in fiction:
- 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 16 - Kaavya Viswanathan , Indian-American "author"
- January 27 - Hannah Teter , American professional snowboarder
- January 28 - Chelsea Brummet , American actress
- April 4 - Sarah Gadon , Canadian actress
- 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 - 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 1 - Noah Reid , Canadian actor
- 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
- 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 22 - Joseph Dempsie , British actor
- June 24 - Lionel Messi , Argentine soccer player
- June 25 - Hayami Kishimoto , Japanese singer
- June 29 - Yasuka Saitou , Japanese actor
- 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 18 - Mika Boorem , American actress
- 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 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 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 28 - Hilary Duff , American actress and singer
- November 3 - Gemma Ward , Australian model
- November 5 - Kevin Jonas , American singer/songwriter
- November 11 - Chanelle Hayes , 2007 UK Big Brother contestant
- November 17 - Kat DeLuna , American singer
- November 30 - Christel Khalil , American actress
- November 30 - Dougie Poynter , English musician ( McFly )
- November 30 - 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 11 - Natalia Gordienko , Moldovan popstar
- December 16 - Hallee Hirsh , American actress
- December 18 - Miki Ando , Japanese figure skater
- December 18 - Fernando Jara , Panamanian-born American jockey
- December 19 - Aaron Renfree , British singer
- December 21 - Edward Speleers , British actor
- December 26 - Adam Walker , British flautist
- December 28 - Taylor Ball , American actor
- December 28 - Thomas Dekker , American actor
- December 28 - Hannah Tointon , British actress
- 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 laureate (b. 1892 )
- March 21 - Dean Paul Martin , American actor (b. 1951 )
- March 21 - 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 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 - 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 Ernest Silkin , British politician (b. 1923 )
- April 28 - Ben Linder , American engineer (murdered) (b. 1959 )
- May 3 - Dalida , French singer (b. 1933 )
- May 4 - Paul Butterfield , American musician (b. 1942 )
- 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 laureate (b. 1898 )
- May 19 - James Tiptree, Jr , American author (b. 1915 )
- May 27 - John Howard Northrop , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891 )
- 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 -winning 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 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 Parry Murphy , American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1892 )
- October 13 - Walter Brattain , American physicist, 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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