Year 1987

1 October 1987

Severe earthquake strikes Los Angeles, leaving 100 injured and six dead

11 June 1987

Prime Minister Thatcher wins rare third term in Britain

12 August 1987

Reagan says Iran-Contra arms policy went astray and accepts responsibility

15-22 July 1987

Admiral John M. Poindexter, former National Security Adviser, testifies he authorized use of Iran arms sale profits to aid Contras

17 May 1987

Iraqi missiles kill 37 in attack on USA frigate Stark in Persian Gulf

18 May 1987

Iraqi president apologizes

20 January 1987

William Buckley, USA hostage in Lebanon, reported slain

23 October 1987

Senate, 58-42, rejects Robert H. Bork as Supreme Court justice

23-24 July 1987

Secretary of State George P. Shultz testifies he was deceived repeatedly on Iran-Contra affair

26 June 1987

Supreme Court justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., retires

31 July 1987,August 3

Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger tells inquiry of official deception and intrigue

4 July 1987

Klaus Barbie, 73, Gestapo wartime chief in Lyon, sentenced to life by French court for war crimes

4 May 1987

Supreme Court rules Rotary Clubs must admit women

7-10 July 1987

Oliver North, Jr., tells congressional inquiry higher officials approved his secret Iran-Contra operations

1987

ECUADOR, 4.000 deads - magnitudo 7,3

1987

Nobel Prizes Literature: Joseph Brodsky

1987

Nobel Prizes Peace: Oscar Arias Sanchez

1987

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine: Susumu Tonegawa

1987

Nobel Prizes Physics: Georg Bednorz, Karl Alexander Müller

1987

Nobel Prizes Economy: Robert M. Solow

1987

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, Charles J. Pedersen, per il loro studio sulle interazioni struttura-specifiche ad alta selettivitÓ

1987

Academy Award Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor

1987

Academy Award Best Actor: Michael Douglas, Wall Street

1987

Academy Award Best Actress: Cher, Moonstruck

1987

Academy Award Best Supporting Actor: Sean Connery, The Untouchables

1987

Academy Award Best Supporting Actress: Olympia Dukakis, Moonstruck

1987

Academy Award Best Picture: The Last Emperor

1987

Academy Award Best Original Screenplay:

1987

Tennis Wimbledon Women: Martina Navratilova d. Steffi Graf (7-5, 6-3)

1987

NBA, Basketball NBA Championship: Los Angeles Lakers d. Boston Celtics (4-2)

1987

Tennis Wimbledon Men: Pat Cash d. Ivan Lendl (7-6(7-5), 6-2, 7-5)

1987

Baseball World Series: Minnesota Twins (AL) 4-3 St. Louis Cardinals (NL)

1987

Football XXI Super Bowl: New York Giants b. Denver Broncos (39-20)

1987

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League: Porto (Portugal)

1987

1987 Playboy cover

1987 February 08

Carolina Kostner, winter sport (born at Bolzano, Italy) Aquarius

1987 September 28

Hilary Duff, actor,singer (born at Houston,USA) Libra

1987 June 24

Lionel Messi, soccer player (born at Rosario, Santa Fč, Argentina) Cancer

1987 January 25

Maria Kirilenko, Tennis Player (born at Moscow, Russia) Aquarius

1987 April 19

Maria Sharapova, Tennis player (born at Siberia, Russia) Aries

1987 May 22

Novak Djokovic, Tennis player (born at Belgrado, Serbia) Gemini

1987 July 03

Sebastian Vettel, F1 driver (born at Heppenheim,Germany) Cancer

1987 January 09

Anna Tatangelo , singer (born at Sora,Italy) Capricorn

1987 May 13

Candice Accola , WORK Taurus

1987 February 29

Claudia Andreatti , %Miss Italia% ~2006~ (born at DN) Pisces

1987 January 07

Davide Astori , Soccer player (dead 2018 March 04) Capricorn

1987 May 13

Hunter Parrish , WORK Taurus

1987 May 04

Jorge Lorenzo , PROF (born at Palma di Maiorca, Spain) Taurus

1987 January 20

Marco Simoncelli , motorcyclist (born at Cattolica,Italy) (dead 2011 October 23) Capricorn

1987 January 17

Massive Attack , Group Capricorn

1987 July 15

Nirvana , Group Cancer

1987 January 19

Raimondo Todaro , ballerino Capricorn

1987 April 29

Sara Errani , tennis player (born at Bologna,Italy) Taurus

1987 February 22

Andy Warhol, painter, scultore,movie director (Andrew Warhola) (dead at New York,USA) (born 1928 August 06) Leo

1987 May 14

Rita Hayworth, actress (Margarita Carmen Cansino) (dead at New York,USA) (born 1918 October 17) Libra

1987 September 23

Bob Fosse , Coreografo,movie director statunitense (born 1927 June 23) Cancer

1987 December 10

Giovanni Arpino , writer (dead at Torino,Italy) (born 1927 January 27) Aquarius

1987 September 29

Henry Ford II , politician (born 1917 September 04) Virgo

1987 November 18

Jacques Antiquel , cyclist (born 1934 January 08) Capricorn

1987 August 29

Lee Marvin , actor (dead at Tucson) (born 1924 February 19) Aquarius

1987 October 22

Lino Ventura , actor (Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura) (dead at Saint-Cloud) (born 1919 July 14) Cancer

1987 April 11

Primo Levi , writer (dead at Torino,Italy) (born 1919 July 31) Leo

1987 December 31

Randall Garrett , writer (born 1927 December 16) Sagittarius

1987 January 18

Renato Guttuso , painter (born 1911 December 26) Capricorn

1987 March 21

Robert Preston , actor (born (1918))