Presented by Greg Duncan...


Back to GREGSITE

By the way... YOU are GREGSITE visitor number
visit

Special Events for the Year 1987 - back to GREGSITE

Born :05/07/1987Katie Danza, daughter of Tony & Tracy Danza
Born :04/16/1987Milton J Cross, NYC, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions of the Air)
Born :07/16/1987Said Aouita runs world record 2000m (4:50.81)




Died :12/16/1987Albert P Morano, (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59), dies at 79
Died :05/21/1987Alejandro Rey, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun), dies at 57
Died :09/30/1987Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73
Died :02/02/1987Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78
Died :10/12/1987Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100
Died :05/19/1987Alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71
Died :10/28/1987Andr‚ Masson, France, surrealist artist (Labyrinth), dies at 91
Died :06/02/1987Andr‚s Segovia, Spanish guitarist, dies at 94
Died :02/22/1987Andy Warhol, pop artist, dies at 58 of a heart attack
Died :01/30/1987Angelo Rutherford, actor (Willie-Gentle Ben), dies at 32
Died :04/20/1987Antony Tudor, dancer/choreographer (Amer Ballet Theater) dies at 78
Died :03/19/1987Arch Oboler, radio writer (Lights Out), dies at 77
Died :11/30/1987Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR, dies at 89
Died :01/09/1987Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81
Died :08/24/1987Bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77
Died :04/28/1987Ben Linder, development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua
Died :12/17/1987Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, cardinal of Ultrecht Netherlands, dies at 87
Died :03/13/1987Bernhard Grzimek, zoologist (West Germany), dies at 78
Died :03/18/1987Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82
Died :02/14/1987Bola Sete, guitarist, dies at 63
Died :06/25/1987Boudleaux Bryant, song writer (for Everly Bros), dies at 67
Died :04/02/1987Buddy Rich, drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
Died :04/04/1987C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, author (Judgment Night), dies at 76
Died :05/04/1987Cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56
Died :10/25/1987Cecil Brown, news correspondant (CBS), dies at 80
Died :12/28/1987Charles Malik, Lebanon's 1st delegate to UN, dies at 81
Died :11/28/1987Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist prof (isolated growth hormones), dies at 74
Died :08/10/1987Clara Peller, actress (Where's the Beef), dies at 86
Died :10/09/1987Clare A Booth Luce, US diplomat/journalist, dies at 84
Died :10/24/1987Constantin Alajalov, Russian artist, dies at 86
Died :10/16/1987Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures), dies at 75
Died :03/03/1987Danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74
Died :02/07/1987David Savoy Jr, rock manager (Hsker Du), commits suicide at 24
Died :02/22/1987David Susskind, TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show), dies at 56
Died :03/21/1987Dean Paul Martin, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), dies at 35
Died :06/17/1987Dick Howser, NY Yankee & KC Royal mgr, dies at 51 of brain cancer
Died :04/17/1987Dick Shawn, comedian (Producers), dies at 63
Died :01/15/1987Dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58
Died :12/01/1987Donn F Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies at 57 of a heart attack
Died :01/13/1987E of Ruller, journalist/alderman (ARP)/co-founder (Loyal), dies
Died :01/16/1987Earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79
Died :04/21/1987Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77
Died :02/01/1987Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at 82
Died :06/01/1987Errol W Barrow, PM of Barbados (1961-76), dies at 67
Died :04/11/1987Erskine Caldwell, novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at 83
Died :04/12/1987Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90
Died :04/08/1987Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90
Died :05/30/1987Frank Carlson, (Gov/Rep/Sen-R-Ks), dies at 94
Died :06/22/1987Fred Astaire, actor/dancer, dies at Century City Hospital in LA at 88
Died :03/13/1987Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87
Died :06/13/1987Geraldine Page, actress (Blue & Gray), dies at 62
Died :02/22/1987Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens), dies at 85
Died :05/17/1987Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88
Died :11/25/1987Harold Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87), dies at 65
Died :02/08/1987Harriet MacGibbon, actress (Mrs Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies
Died :09/29/1987Henry Ford II, president Ford Motor Co, dies at 70
Died :03/25/1987Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79), dies at 83
Died :05/24/1987Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89
Died :11/29/1987Howard Pyle, (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55), dies at 81
Died :08/10/1987I W Able, CEO (United Steel Workers of America, 1965-77), dies at 87
Died :08/06/1987Ira C Eaker, commandant USAF in Europe (WW II), dies at 91
Died :11/17/1987Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81
Died :06/24/1987Jackie Gleason, actor (Honeymooners), dies at 71 in Fort Lauderdale
Died :12/01/1987James Arthur Baldwin, writer (Another Country), dies at 63
Died :07/28/1987James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism), dies at 81
Died :02/25/1987James Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58
Died :11/21/1987James E Folsom, (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79
Died :12/10/1987Jascha Heifetz, Russia, violinist, dies at 86
Died :10/27/1987Jean H‚lion, artist/author (Museum of Living Art), dies at 83
Died :03/22/1987Joan Shawlee, actress (Abbott & Costello Show), dies at 58
Died :05/15/1987John Baur, museum director, dies at 78
Died :07/10/1987John Hammond, reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76
Died :08/28/1987John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81
Died :10/31/1987Joseph Campbell, mythologist (Mythic Image), dies at 83
Died :01/16/1987Joyce Jameson, comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at 54
Died :10/29/1987Kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57
Died :07/02/1987Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia
Died :04/11/1987Kent Taylor, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders), dies at 79
Died :11/11/1987L T Coggeshall, medical scientist (Sec of HEW 1956-58), dies at 86
Died :02/12/1987Lang Jeffries, actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55
Died :01/07/1987Larry Carr, pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72
Died :08/29/1987Lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies in Tucson Ariz at 63
Died :02/04/1987Liberace, pianist, dies at 67
Died :03/27/1987Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director, dies at 90
Died :09/11/1987Lorne Greene, actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica), dies at 72
Died :03/19/1987Louis Broglie, French physicist (Nobel 1929), dies at 94
Died :07/25/1987Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce, dies of internal injuries
Died :12/17/1987Marguerite Yourcenard, author (Memoirs of Hadrien), dies at 84
Died :03/28/1987Maria Augusta Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82
Died :09/25/1987Mary Astor, [Lucille V Langhanke], US actress (Hurricane), dies at 81
Died :04/19/1987Maxwell D Taylor, US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85
Died :09/13/1987Mervyn Leroy, actor/screenwriter/director (Quo Vadis), dies at 86
Died :07/02/1987Michael Bennet, choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44
Died :08/02/1987Myron Stout, US abstract artist, dies at 79
Died :02/28/1987Nora Kaye, US ballet dancer, dies at 67
Died :03/20/1987Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure
Died :05/09/1987Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78
Died :05/08/1987Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
Died :03/28/1987Patrick Troughton, actor (Dr Who-Dr Who), dies at 56
Died :05/04/1987Paul Butterfield, singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44
Died :01/04/1987Peggy Bacon, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads), dies at 91
Died :10/02/1987Peter Brian Medawar, medical scientist, dies
Died :10/12/1987Philleo Nash, US Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67), dies at 77
Died :08/01/1987Pola Negri, actress (Forbidden Paradise), dies at 92
Died :04/11/1987Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Aushchwitz), dies at 65
Died :11/04/1987Raphael Soyer, artist (Depression scenes in NYC), dies at 87
Died :06/01/1987Rashid Karami, Lebanon, 10 time PM of Lebanon, dies at 65
Died :01/15/1987Ray Bolger, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
Died :12/27/1987Rewi Alley, NZ author, pro Chinese communist, dies at 90 in Beijing
Died :05/14/1987Rita Hayworth, actress, dies at 68 of Alzheimer's disease
Died :03/21/1987Robert Preston, actor (Music Man), dies at 68
Died :11/12/1987Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75
Died :11/06/1987Ross R Barnett, lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss), dies at 89
Died :12/04/1987Rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90
Died :08/17/1987Rudolph Hess, Nazi, dies at 93, after 46 years in Spandau Prison
Died :11/01/1987R‚ne L‚vesque, Quebec premier (1976-85), dies at 65
Died :06/02/1987Sammy Kaye, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77
Died :11/30/1987Simon Carmiggelt, journalist/literary (Kronkel), dies at 74
Died :03/15/1987Sterling W Cole, (Rep-R-NY) dies at 82
Died :10/18/1987Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83
Died :07/11/1987Thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50
Died :11/26/1987Thomas G Lanphier Jr, US WW II pilot, dies at 71
Died :03/19/1987Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53
Died :07/27/1987Travis Jackson, baseball player (NY Giants), dies at 83
Died :05/30/1987Turk Murphy, jazz trombonist, dies at 71
Died :05/12/1987Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53
Died :03/26/1987Walter Abel, actor (Suspicion), dies at 88
Died :10/13/1987Walter H Brattain, US physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85
Died :06/15/1987Walter W Heller, US economist (Old Myths & New Realities), dies at 71
Died :05/18/1987Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73
Died :06/03/1987Will Sampson, actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at 54
Died :11/06/1987William C Pahlmann, interior decorator (4 Seasons NYC), dies at 80
Died :05/06/1987William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73
Died :10/29/1987Woody Herman, bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74
Died :10/21/1987Ying-Chin Ho, Taiwan govt official, dies at 88
Died :06/08/1987Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33
Died :12/31/1987[Gordon] Randall [P D] Garrett, author (Lord Darcy), dies at 60
Died :03/11/1987[Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74




Special :10/19/1987"Black Monday"-Dow Jones down 508.32, 4« times previous record
Special :07/31/1987"Living Daylights" premiers in US
Special :08/21/1987"Mack Lobell" set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52)
Special :12/10/1987"Nightline" is seen in USSR for 1st time
Special :05/29/1987"Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent
Special :10/20/198710 die as Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis
Special :07/17/198710 teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Tx)
Special :01/06/1987100th US Congress convenes
Special :05/07/1987105ø F, Sacramento, CA
Special :11/08/198711 die as a bomb planted by Irish Republican Army explodes
Special :08/16/1987156 die as Northwest Flight 255 crashes at take off in Detroit
Special :01/04/198716 die in a train crash in Chase Md
Special :02/01/1987163 day strike against Deere & Co ends, workers accept wage freeze
Special :10/16/1987175-kph winds cause blackout in London, much of southern England
Special :05/09/1987183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
Special :10/04/19871st "Scrub Sunday" of NFL football with replacement players
Special :10/17/19871st World Series game in a covered stadium (Minnesota Metrodome)
Special :10/31/19871st jockey to win 9 races in 1 day (Chris Antley at Belmont)
Special :10/17/19871st lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a modified radical mastectomy
Special :10/13/19871st military use of trained dolphins (US Navy in Persian Gulf)
Special :07/06/19871st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India
Special :02/26/19871st release of Beatles compact discs
Special :07/12/19871st time in 20 years a delegation from USSR lands in Israel
Special :01/08/19871st time, Dow Jones avg surpassed 2,000, closing at 2,002.25
Special :07/03/19872 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic
Special :10/11/1987200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington
Special :11/01/198722,000 run in NYC Marathon (won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 2h11m1s)
Special :04/23/198728 construction workers killed in an apt collapse in Bridgeport, Ct
Special :11/15/198728 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9, die in crash at Denver
Special :09/25/19872nd coup on Fiji led by Major General Sitiveni Rabuka
Special :09/22/19872nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins
Special :12/06/19873 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun"
Special :12/21/19873 white NY teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man
Special :05/22/198730 killed in a Texas tornado
Special :11/18/198731 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station
Special :10/16/1987338,500,000 shares traded on NY stock exchange (record)
Special :02/01/198738,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago at Detroit
Special :12/07/198743 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in Calif (man shot pilots)
Special :05/01/198746 HRs hit in 13 baseball games
Special :06/14/19874th full-duration test firing of redesigned SRB motor
Special :08/07/19875 Central American presidents sign peace accord in Guatemala
Special :02/14/198753,745 largest NBA crowd to date-Phila at Detroit
Special :10/01/19876 killed by an earthquake measuring 6.1 in LA
Special :01/01/198760 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico
Special :01/13/19877 top NY Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each
Special :02/15/1987ABC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series
Special :05/09/1987Actor Tom Cruise (27) & actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry
Special :11/21/1987Actress Demi Moore marries actor Bruce Willis
Special :11/16/1987Actress Lisa Bonet marries singer Lenny Kravitz
Special :11/30/1987Afghanistan Constitution adopted
Special :04/08/1987Al Campanis, LA Dodger VP resigns after racial remarks on "Nightline"
Special :05/24/1987Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
Special :09/20/1987Alain Prost wins record 28th Formula one auto race
Special :04/18/1987An unconscous skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air
Special :07/28/1987Angel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
Special :01/20/1987Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon
Special :08/24/1987Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes
Special :08/16/1987Astrological Harmonic Convergence-Dawn of New Age
Special :04/16/1987August Wilson's "Fences" wins 1987 Pulitzer Prize for drama
Special :07/05/1987Australian Pat Cash wins Wimbledon, upsets #1 seed Ivan Lendl
Special :01/21/1987BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to U of Mississippi
Special :08/01/1987Bananarama's Siobhan Fahey marries Eurythmics Dave Stewart
Special :03/06/1987Belgium Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes & sinks; 189 die
Special :07/29/1987Ben & Jerry's & Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor Cherry Garcia
Special :08/30/1987Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec
Special :12/18/1987Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future pres, marries Asif Ali Zardari
Special :09/06/1987Benjamin & Patrick Binder seperated at John Hopkins Hospital
Special :04/03/1987Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualify record of 212.809 mph at Talladega
Special :10/19/1987Billy Martin hired as manager of NY Yankees for 5th time
Special :01/22/1987Blizzard in NJ, as 334 attend the Devils-Flame NHL game, NJ wins 7-5
Special :10/04/1987Blues Jays lose final 7 games allowing Tigers to win AL pennant
Special :04/18/1987Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race
Special :07/01/1987Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in Oct by senate
Special :10/24/1987Bork's supreme court nomination rejected by senate
Special :04/19/1987Brewers score 5 runs in 9th to win 6-4 & record 12th straight AL win
Special :08/08/1987Brewers' Rob Deer struck-out 5 times in a game
Special :01/12/1987Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training
Special :10/10/1987Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love"
Special :12/19/1987Bruins' Linseman & Blues' Doug Gilmore score goals, 2 seconds apart
Special :02/22/1987Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200m indoor (20.36 sec)
Special :08/12/1987Charles Cole climbs 870'Tyrolean Traverse from top of Elephant Rock
Special :06/18/1987Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
Special :08/03/1987Chicago Bears beat Dallas Cowboys 17-6 in London, England (NFL expo)
Special :12/02/1987Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor
Special :04/29/1987Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle
Special :01/01/1987China's rudimentary civil code in effect
Special :05/16/1987Chris Mccarron on Alysheba wins 112nd Preakness Stakes (1:55.8)
Special :05/02/1987Chris Mccarron on Alysheba wins 113rd Kentucky Derby (2:03.4)
Special :08/02/1987Cin Red Eric Davis becomes 7th & earliest 30 HR 30 steal man
Special :08/21/1987Clayton Lonetree, 1st marine court-martialed for spying, convicted
Special :05/14/1987Colt revolver (Peacemaker) of 1873 sells for $242,000
Special :05/05/1987Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
Special :10/13/1987Costa Rican Pres Oscar Arias wins Nobel Peace Prize
Special :09/03/1987Coup in Burundi suspends constitution
Special :06/06/1987Craig Perret on Bet Twice wins 119th Belmont Stakes (2:28.4)
Special :08/01/1987Crossbow flight record (2,005 yds 1'9") set by Harry Drake in Nevada
Special :06/03/1987Cubs & Astro tie Oriole & Ranger record of 3 grand slams in a game
Special :08/31/1987Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for year record ($697,385)
Special :06/04/1987Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 cons hurdle wins
Special :03/12/1987David Robinson scores 50 points in a NCAA basketball game
Special :02/07/1987Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring America's Cup back to US
Special :09/18/1987Detroit Tiger Darrell Evans is 1st 40 year old to hit 30 HRs
Special :05/05/1987Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East
Special :05/07/1987Diane Chambers' (Shelley Long) final episode on Cheers
Special :12/01/1987Digging begins to link England & France under English Channel
Special :08/03/1987Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26
Special :07/04/1987Discovery moves to Launch Pad 39B for STS-26 mission
Special :06/21/1987Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vandenberg AFB
Special :06/10/1987Discovery's SRBs & External Tank are mated
Special :06/28/1987Don Baylor sets career hit-by-pitch mark at 244 (Pitcher Rick Rhoden)
Special :08/02/1987Don Brown sets flight record for handbow (1,336 yds 1'3")
Special :07/19/1987Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 cons games
Special :07/20/1987Don Mattingly ties 1st base majors fielding record with 22 put-outs
Special :02/17/1987Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year)
Special :02/27/1987Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff
Special :09/02/1987Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan
Special :08/17/1987Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57)
Special :02/05/1987Dow Jones avg closes above 2,200 for 1st time
Special :10/26/1987Dow Jones down 156.83 points
Special :08/25/1987Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42
Special :01/23/1987Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss)
Special :04/04/1987Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts
Special :10/19/1987Dow Jones-index hits 508 points (record)
Special :10/20/1987Dow-Jones increases 102.27 pts/608,120,000 shares traded (record)
Special :09/22/1987Dow-Jones index rises record 75.23 points
Special :09/20/1987Dwight Clark ends NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
Special :09/26/1987E Bowell discovers asteroid #3736
Special :06/28/1987E F Helin discovers asteroid #3680 Sasha
Special :01/25/1987E W Elst discovers asteroid #3631 Sigyn
Special :07/31/1987Eddie Murray hits his 300th HR
Special :05/31/1987Edmonton Oilers beat Flyers 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup
Special :11/02/1987Entertainer Lola Falona is diagnosed with multiple schlerosis
Special :09/12/1987Ethiopia adopts constitution
Special :03/08/1987FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr in Calif
Special :04/16/1987FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves
Special :08/04/1987FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters
Special :03/12/1987Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North
Special :10/01/1987Fiji's constitution is suspended
Special :08/10/1987Flight Readiness Firing of Discovery's main engines is successfully
Special :12/08/1987Flyers' Ron Hextall becomes 1st goalee to actually score a goal
Special :04/09/1987For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game
Special :02/09/1987Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
Special :04/05/1987Fox TV network premiers showing Married With Children & Tracey Ullman
Special :03/19/1987Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company
Special :09/09/1987Gary Hart admits to cheating on his wife on "Nightline"
Special :05/06/1987Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice
Special :06/19/1987Geffen records sign their 1st artist (Donna Summer)
Special :10/12/1987George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You"
Special :12/07/1987Gorbachev arrives in US for a summit meeting
Special :04/--/1987Greg LeMond, 1986 Tour de France winner, shot while turkey hunting
Special :07/14/1987Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million
Special :01/19/1987Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's 1st Republican governor since 1874
Special :11/02/1987Harrison releases "Cloud 9" & McCartney releases "All the Best"
Special :10/26/1987Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads
Special :07/11/1987Heart's "Alone," single goes #1 for 3 weeks
Special :11/12/1987Heavy snow closes schools from DC to Maine
Special :04/02/1987IBM introduces PS/2 & OS/2
Special :03/17/1987IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3
Special :07/24/1987IBM-PC DOS Version 3.3 (updated) released
Special :11/05/1987Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic
Special :12/28/1987In Arkansas R Gene Simmons kills 16
Special :10/14/1987In Midland, Tx 1«-year-old Jessica McClure falls 22' (7m) down a well
Special :03/31/1987Indiana beats Syracuse for NCAA basketball title
Special :03/30/1987Indiana wins NCAA woman's basketball championship
Special :01/01/1987International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins
Special :09/14/1987Ivan Lendl wins final US Open tennis tournament
Special :12/08/1987Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
Special :08/13/1987Jackie Joyner-Kersee ties world record with 24'5«" jump
Special :04/19/1987Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph)
Special :01/23/1987Japan 1st exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion)
Special :10/09/1987Japanese bank buys "Lady McGill" stamp for $1,100,000
Special :10/16/1987Jessica McClure rescued 58 hrs after falling 22' into a well shaft
Special :05/27/1987Jim & Tammy Bakker appears on "Nightline" after PTL scandal
Special :06/16/1987Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens
Special :07/27/1987John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible" testifies in Israel
Special :03/13/1987John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering
Special :07/15/1987John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings
Special :06/20/1987Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass
Special :11/11/1987Judge Anthony M Kennedy nominated to Supreme Court
Special :04/17/1987Julius Erving becomes 3rd NBA player to score 30,000 points
Special :09/02/1987Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit HRs in a game twice in 1 season
Special :08/02/1987Kevin Seitzer (KC Royals), gets 6 hits in one baseball game
Special :07/08/1987Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
Special :07/07/1987Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
Special :11/29/1987Korean Air jetliner disappears off Burma, all 115 lost
Special :04/19/1987LA Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record
Special :06/14/1987LA Lakers win NBA title with a 106-93, victory over Celtics
Special :08/09/1987LA Rams beat Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in London, England (NFL expo)
Special :01/11/1987Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL NY Giant Stadium (beat Wash 17-0)
Special :09/09/1987Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59
Special :12/09/1987Larry Bird, ends streak of 59 consecutive free throws
Special :04/12/1987Larry Mize's 50-yard wedge shot ends Masters 3-way-tie
Special :11/04/1987Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father
Special :01/29/1987Lisa files for seperation from husband NY Met Darryl Strawberry
Special :06/26/1987Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd & win 12-11 in 10 inn
Special :07/07/1987Lt Col Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing
Special :07/14/1987Lt Col Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony
Special :12/25/1987Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, who escaped 2 days earlier, recaptured
Special :08/08/1987Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait
Special :08/07/1987Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from US to USSR in 39øF (4øC) Bering Sea
Special :02/07/1987Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1
Special :08/22/1987Madonna's "Who's That Girl," single goes #1
Special :06/11/1987Margaret Thatcher is 1st British PM in 160 years to win 3rd cons term
Special :05/06/1987Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH
Special :07/04/1987Martina Navratilova wins 6th straight Wimbledon defeats Steffi Graf
Special :09/12/1987Martina Navratilova wins US Open tennis tournament
Special :05/28/1987Mathias Rust, 19, W German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in USSR
Special :05/03/1987Miami Herald reports a woman spent Friday & Saturday with Gary Hart
Special :08/02/1987Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH)
Special :05/29/1987Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains
Special :02/25/1987Michael Jordan, scores Chicago Bull record 58 points in a game
Special :04/16/1987Michael Jordon, becomes 2nd NBA to score 3000 points in a season
Special :10/03/1987Michael Pruffer of France skis 135.26 MPH at Portillo, Chile
Special :11/--/1987Microsoft releases MS-DOS 3.31 (for larger hard disks)
Special :04/18/1987Mike Schmidt hits 500th home run (vs Robinson-Pirates)
Special :03/07/1987Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith to win the WBA heavyweight title
Special :08/01/1987Mike Tyson beats Tony Tucker to become undisputed boxing champ
Special :06/21/1987Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendent
Special :10/06/1987Milt coup leader Maj-Gen Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic
Special :04/21/1987Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
Special :02/19/1987Minn sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson
Special :10/12/1987Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers for AL pennant
Special :07/18/1987Molly Yard elected new pres of Natl Org for Women
Special :12/12/1987Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game
Special :12/22/1987M”tley Cre's Nikki Sixx overdoses from Heroin
Special :03/26/1987NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it failed to reach orbit
Special :02/26/1987NASA launches GEOS-H
Special :03/20/1987NASA launches Palapa B2P
Special :02/26/1987NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points is a Chicago Bull record
Special :10/24/1987NBC technicians accept pact, end 118 day strike
Special :10/15/1987NFL Players Assn orders an end to 24 day strike
Special :09/22/1987NFL players go on strike for 24 days
Special :09/27/1987NFL players' strike
Special :04/23/1987NJ Devils farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) NY
Special :07/14/1987NL defeats AL, 2-0 in 13, in 58th All-Star Game in Oakland, Calif
Special :08/16/1987NW Airlines plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives)
Special :11/15/1987NY Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game
Special :01/25/1987NY Giants defeat Denver Broncos, 39-20, to win Super Bowl XXI
Special :04/30/1987NY Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game
Special :11/01/1987NY Jets retire Don Maynards #13
Special :08/16/1987NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs, 23-9
Special :09/29/1987NY Yankee Don Mattingly hits record 6th grand slam of year
Special :06/06/1987NY Yankees play their 13,000th game
Special :09/16/1987NY's WNET-TV channel 13 begins round clock broadcasting
Special :07/01/1987NYC radio station WFAN-AM becomes 1st 24 hour all sports radio
Special :07/04/1987Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" convicted by a French court
Special :01/09/1987New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect
Special :11/01/1987New Orleans Saints shutout Atlanta Falcons 38-0
Special :01/--/1987Nicaragua adopts constitution
Special :02/06/1987No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings
Special :10/21/1987Nobel prize for economy awarded to Robert M Solow
Special :10/22/1987Nobel prize for literature awarded to Joseph Brodsky
Special :09/09/1987Nolan Ryan strikes out his 4,500th batter
Special :08/01/1987Nurse Mary R Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America
Special :12/08/1987Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel
Special :08/18/1987Ohio nurse Donald Harvey sentence to triple life (poisoned 24)
Special :06/08/1987Oliver North's secretary Fawn Hall tesifies at Iran-Contra hearing
Special :11/03/1987On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56
Special :09/14/1987Oriole Cal Ripken Jr sets record of playing 8,243 inn in 910 games
Special :05/09/1987Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit HRs in 2 consecutive games
Special :03/19/1987PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn
Special :05/06/1987PTL's Jim Bakker & Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God
Special :12/09/1987Palestine uprising begin in Israeli-occupied West Bank
Special :04/18/1987Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph)
Special :06/30/1987Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump
Special :11/22/1987Patriots shutout Indianapolis 24-0
Special :09/13/1987Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours
Special :11/16/1987Paul McCartney releases "Once Upon a Long Ago"
Special :05/28/1987Paul Pearman jumps 21 barrels on a skateboard in Augusta
Special :01/02/1987Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ
Special :04/16/1987Peter Taylor's "Summons to Memphis" wins Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Special :07/23/1987Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)
Special :09/17/1987Phila celebrates 200th anniversary of Constitution
Special :02/10/1987Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre
Special :02/02/1987Philippines adopts constitution
Special :02/11/1987Philippines constitution goes into effect
Special :07/12/1987Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief
Special :05/01/1987Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish born nun
Special :06/25/1987Pope John Paul II receives Austrian Pres Kurt Waldheim
Special :04/13/1987Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)
Special :01/17/1987Pres Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
Special :04/16/1987Pulitzer prize awarded to August Wilson for "Fences"
Special :07/23/1987RNI (BKlyn NY pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
Special :02/24/1987Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack
Special :05/15/1987Record archery score for a pair over 24 hrs, is set
Special :01/20/1987Rhino Records 1st #1-Billy Vera & the Beaters' "At This Moment"
Special :04/17/1987Richard Wilbur appointed as US poet laureate
Special :05/29/1987Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games
Special :05/16/1987Rocker David Crosby weds Jan Dance in LA
Special :07/31/1987Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle
Special :12/12/1987Rollermania at MSG, Eastern Express beats Midwest Pioneers
Special :10/28/1987S Ueda & H Kaneda discovers asteroid #3720
Special :02/04/1987Sacramento Kings score only 4 points 1st quarter against Lakers;
Special :07/23/1987Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39)
Special :07/22/1987Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome
Special :09/06/1987Saskatchewan's Dave Ridgway kicks a CFL-record 60-yard field goal
Special :05/31/1987Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mt McKinley, Alaska
Special :06/21/1987Scott Simpson wins US Open golf tournament
Special :10/21/1987Senate debate begins rejecting Robert Bork's Supreme Ct nomination
Special :07/25/1987Sherri Martel beats Fabulous Moolah for WWF Woman's Championship Belt
Special :01/03/1987Singer/Miss America Vanessa Williams marries Ramon T Hervey in NYC
Special :01/09/1987Sir Rudolf Bing (of NY Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass
Special :03/23/1987Soap "Bold & Beautiful" premiers
Special :03/20/1987Soap opera "Capitol" final episode
Special :11/28/1987South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die
Special :10/27/1987South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution
Special :05/28/1987Southern League no-hit record-Bob Milacki pitches 11 1/3 no-hit inn
Special :07/22/1987Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian)
Special :12/21/1987Soyuz TM-4 carries 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir
Special :05/28/1987Stacking of Discovery's SRBs completed
Special :03/28/1987Stacking of Discovery's SRBs gets underway
Special :08/30/1987Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump woman's record (6'10¬")
Special :07/14/1987Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
Special :10/20/1987Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz sentenced to 6 months in jail
Special :02/23/1987Supernova 1987A in LMC 1st seen; 1st naked-eye supernova since 1604
Special :06/26/1987Supreme Court Justice Lewis F Powell Jr announces his retirement
Special :06/27/1987Supreme Court Justice Powell retires
Special :11/05/1987Supreme Court nominee Douglas H Ginsburg admitted using mar˜uana
Special :09/30/1987Suriname constitution ratified
Special :01/05/1987Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, NJ
Special :02/12/1987Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 M damages
Special :12/20/1987T Kojima discovers asteroid #3774
Special :01/28/1987T Niijima & T Urata discovers asteroid #3585
Special :03/03/1987T Niijima & T Urata discovers asteroid #3686
Special :07/14/1987Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law
Special :03/29/1987Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44 to win NCAA Ladies Basketball title
Special :04/12/1987Texaco files for brankruptcy
Special :10/29/1987Thomas Hearns wins unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title
Special :01/04/1987Thomas Stevens became 1st man to bicycle around the world
Special :06/22/1987Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with NY Mets
Special :06/07/1987Tony Awards won primarily by "Les Miserables"
Special :09/14/1987Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 HRs vs Baltimore Orioles
Special :04/20/1987Toshihko Seko & Rosa Mota win Boston Marathon
Special :03/15/1987US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay
Special :02/25/1987US Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action
Special :08/15/1987US beats Cuba in Pan-Am baseball
Special :07/22/1987US began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf
Special :04/20/1987US deports Karl Linnas, charged with nazi war crimes, to USSR
Special :10/19/1987US warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in Persian Gulf
Special :05/17/1987USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die
Special :07/25/1987USSR launches Kosmos 1870, 15-ton Earth-study satellite
Special :01/31/1987United Steelworkers union ratified a concessionary with USX Corp
Special :11/11/1987Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 M at auction
Special :09/12/1987Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year
Special :12/21/1987Vladimir Titov & Musa Manarov launched
Special :01/13/1987W German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in 1985 hijacking
Special :06/23/1987W Landgraf discovers asteroid #3683 Baumann
Special :09/20/1987Walter Payton scores NFL record 107th rushing touchdown
Special :02/26/1987Wash blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record
Special :03/13/1987Washington Caps score 5 goals against Toronto in 3 mins & 3 secs
Special :04/09/1987Wayne Gretsky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ
Special :03/11/1987Wayne Gretsky scores 1,500th NHL point
Special :04/05/1987Wayne Gretsky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title
Special :05/30/1987West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square
Special :03/29/1987Wrestlemania III-Hulk Hogan beats Andre the Giant
Special :05/20/1987Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF & Harley Race for trademark name "king"
Special :01/28/1987Wrestler Jim Neidhart indicted for assaulting a flight attendant
Special :05/21/1987Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama
Special :05/27/1987Yank Phil Niekro is 3rd pitcher making 700th start (Young & Sutton)
Special :04/11/1987Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs KC Royals
Special :07/18/1987Yanks Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 cons games
Special :07/07/1987Yanks trailing by 7 score 7 in 7th on 7/7 & 5 in 8th-Beat Twins 12-7
Special :01/01/1987Year of the Reader begins
Special :03/29/1987Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party
Special :08/30/1987Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57)

GREGSITE Disclaimer


back