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Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The 2010s Decade is a period of 10 years that will begin on January 1, 2010 and will end on December 31, 2019. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The year 1987 in Archaeology involved some significant events The year 1987 in architecture involved some significant events Events 22 July - Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali is shot in London; he dies August 28. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1987: Events January January 1 - United States Coast Guard Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Industry milestones S-VHS introduced in Japan. The Pioneer CLD-1010, one of the first Laserdisc The year 1987 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events Charles Bukowski, fictionalised as alter ego Henry Chinaski becomes the subject of the film Barfly starring Mickey Rourke See also Musical groups established in 1987 Record labels established in 1987 Events See also 1986 in country music, 1987 in music, other events of 1987, 1988 in country music and the List of years in Country Music This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1987. Events January events January 4 - Amtrak and Conrail trains collide in Maryland. The year 1987 in radio involved some significant events Events August 4 - The Federal Communications Commission The year 1987 in Science and Technology involved many significant events some listed below Artistic Gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Men's all-around champion Dmitry Bilozerchev, USSR The year 1987 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1987. Events Notable releases Capcom releases the Street Fighter arcade game the first in a long series of games See also 1986 in Australia, other events of 1987, 1988 in Australia ---- See also 1986 in Canada, other events of 1987, 1988 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. Events January 20 - Labour ministers resign from the government over a disagreement over budget proposals 1987 in Malaysia 30 years of the nationhood Incumbents Federal level Yang di-Pertuan Agong: Sultan Iskandar Population Estimated Population as of 31 December 3342100 Increase since 31/12/1986 28600 (0 See also other events of 1987, Timeline of Pakistani history. See also 1986 in Singapore | Other events of 1987 | 1988 in Singapore | List of years in Singapore ---- Events See also 1986 in South Africa, other events of 1987, 1988 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. Incumbents Monarch - HM Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Events Zimbabwe regained its independence from the United Kingdom on April 17, 1980. States With Wide Recognition A Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (to November 30) Republic of Afghanistan Africa Algeria - President - Chadli Bendjedid, President of Algeria ( 1979 - 1992) 1986 religious leaders - Events of 1987 - 1988 religious leaders - Religious leaders by year ----- Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Thursday ( Dominical letter D) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today

Contents:
  1. Events of 1987
  2. Births
  3. Deaths  -  Designations
  4. Nobel Prizes  -  Templeton Prize
  5. See also -  Notes -  External links

Events of 1987

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Performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Index during Black Monday
Performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Index during Black Monday

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Undated

Ongoing

Fictional

The following are references to year 1987 in fiction:

  • 13 Going on 30 (2004): The scenes where Jenna is thirteen take place on May 26, 1987. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place
  • American Psycho (2000): According to director Mary Harron on the DVD commentary, the film is set around the end of 1987. American Psycho is a 2000 film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis 's controversial novel of the same name. Mary Harron (born January 12 1953) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter most well known for her films I Shot Andy Warhol On disc based video formats an audio commentary is an additional audio track consisting of a lecture or comments by one or more speakers that plays in real time with video Patrick Bateman is seen reading Zagat's Survey of this year as well. Patrick Bateman is a Fictional character, the Anti-hero and Narrator of the novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis Zagat Survey zʌ'ɡæt was established by Tim and Nina Zagat in 1979 as a way to collect and correlate the ratings of Restaurants by diners
  • Fargo (1996): The film takes place in Minnesota, 1987
  • Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979): NASA launches the last of America's deep-space probes, the Space Shuttle Ranger 3, which is piloted by Captain William "Buck" Rogers. Fargo is a 1996 American Film produced directed and written by brothers Ethan and Joel Coen. Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A space probe is a scientific Space exploration mission in which a Robotic spacecraft leaves the Gravity well of Earth and approaches the NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System ( STS) is the Spacecraft currently used by the United States Buck Rogers is a fictional character who first appeared in 1928 as Anthony Rogers the hero of two Novellas by Philip Francis Nowlan published in the magazine
  • Set in 1987: the Doctor Who episode "Father's Day," 2005 takes place on November 7. Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. " Father's Day " is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat
  • Resident Evil: Michael Warren is elected mayor of Raccoon City. Raccoon City is a fictional midwestern American city depicted in the Resident Evil series of Survival horror Video games created by
  • 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). is an Adventure game for the Dreamcast and Xbox. It is the sequel to Shenmue, and was produced and directed by Yu Suzuki of Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus ( Sly Raccoon in Europe and Australia and Kaitou Sly Cooper in Japan is a platforming
  • Syphon Filter 3: Three levels take place in and around Kabul, Afghanistan during this year amidst the Soviet occupation, with Gabe Logan and Lian Xing pitted against Afghan rebels and Soviet troops. Syphon Filter 3 is a Third-person shooter Video game. It was released in 2001, and is a sequel to Syphon Filter 2. } Kābul ( Persian and Pashto: کابل, IPA:) is the Capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, The Soviet war in Afghanistan, also known as the Soviet-Afghan War or just the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, was a nine-year conflict involving This is a list of characters in Syphon Filter. Main Characters Gabriel Logan Gabriel Logan is an agent for the International Presidential This is a list of characters in Syphon Filter. Main Characters Gabriel Logan Gabriel Logan is an agent for the International Presidential The Demographics of Afghanistan are ethnically and linguistically mixed The Soviet Armed Forces refers to the armed forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from its establishment during the Russian Civil War in 1918 by the

Environmental change

1987 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1987
MCMLXXXVII
Ab urbe condita 2740
Armenian calendar 1436
ԹՎ ՌՆԼԶ
Bahá'í calendar 143 – 144
Berber calendar 2937
Buddhist calendar 2531
Burmese calendar 1349
Chinese calendar 4623/4683-12-2
(丙寅年十二月初二日)
— to —
4624/4684-11-11
(丁卯年十一月十一日)
Coptic calendar 1703 – 1704
Ethiopian calendar 1979 – 1980
Hebrew calendar 57475748
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2042 – 2043
 - Shaka Samvat 1909 – 1910
 - Kali Yuga 5088 – 5089
Holocene calendar 11987
Iranian calendar 1365 – 1366
Islamic calendar 1407 – 1408
Japanese calendar Shōwa 62
(昭和62年)
Korean calendar 4320
Thai solar calendar 2530
Unix time 536457600 – 567993599
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Births

January-March

April-June

July-September

October-December

Deaths

January-March

April-June

July-September

October-December

Ship events

Nobel prizes

Right Livelihood Award

Templeton Prize

See also

Trivia

1987 was the last year until 2013, that there were no 'doubles' of numbers in the year. The list of ship launches in 1987 includes a chronological list of all Ships launched in 1987. The list of ship commissionings in 1987 includes a chronological list of all Ships commissioned in 1987. The list of ship decommissionings in 1987 includes a chronological list of all Ships decommissioned in 1987. The list of shipwrecks in 1987 includes all Ships sunk foundered grounded or otherwise lost during 1987. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Johannes Georg Bednorz ( May 16, 1950) is a German Physicist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics for work in High-temperature Karl Alexander Müller (born April 20, 1927) is a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Donald James Cram (April 22 1919 &ndash June 17 2001 was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Jean-Marie Lehn (born September 30, 1939) is a French Chemist. Charles John Pedersen ( October 3, 1904 &ndash October 26, 1989) was an American organic chemist best known for describing The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Susumu Tonegawa (利根川 進 Tonegawa Susumu, born September 6, 1939) is a Japanese Scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred Joseph Brodsky ( May 24, 1940 — January 28, 1996) born Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (Иосиф Александрович Бродский The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Óscar Rafael de Jesús Arias Sánchez (born 13 September 1940) is the current President of Costa Rica, and won the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk Robert Merton Solow (born August 23 1924 is an American Economist particularly known for his work on the theory of Economic growth. Johan Galtung (born October 24, 1930, in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian Sociologist and a principal founder of the discipline of The Chipko movement (literally "to stick" in Hindi) was a group of female peasants in the Uttaranchal region of India who acted to prevent the cutting Hans-Peter Dürr ( October 7, 1929 in Stuttgart) German physicist is a quintessential transdisciplinarian Food First, also known as the Institute for Food and Development Policy, is a nonprofit organization based in Oakland California, USA. Mordechai Vanunu (מרדכי ואנונו born in Marrakech, Morocco on October 13 1954 is an Israeli former nuclear The Reverend Father Professor Stanley L Jaki OSB (b Győr, Hungary August 17 1924) is a Benedictine priest and Distinguished The twentieth century of the Common Era began on 1987 is the sixth episode of the second season of Robot Chicken. Robot Chicken is an Emmy -Award Winning American Stop motion animated television series created by Seth Green and Matthew 2013 ( MMXIII) will be a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. (Ex. 1989 has two 9's; 1991 has two 9's and two 1's; 2004 had two 0's; and so on. )

References

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