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1987 Historical Event(s)
January 29, 1987
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
April 19, 1987
– The Simpsons premieres as a short cartoon on The Tracey Ullman Show
April 28, 1987
– American engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by U.S.-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua.
July 27, 1987
– RMS Titanic, Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
July 29, 1987
– British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
November 8, 1987
– Remembrance Day Bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded.
November 28, 1987
– South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on-board.
December 7, 1987
– Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
December 8, 1987
– Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills eight people at the Australia Post building in Melbourne, before jumping to his death.
Who Were Born On 1987?
April 14, 1987
– Michael Baze, American horse racing jockey (d. 2011)
May 1, 1987
– Marcus Drum, Australian Rules Football
May 26, 1987
– Josh Thomas, Australian comedian
September 21, 1987
– Ashley Paris, American basketball player
October 15, 1987
– Jesse Levine, Canadian/American tennis player
November 10, 1987
– Jessica Tovey, Australian actress
November 21, 1987
– Stefan Glarner, Swiss footballer
December 4, 1987
– Orlando Brown, American actor
December 31, 1987
– Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast