The year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) of the Gregorian Calendar began on a Thursday. During the year,on Monday, October 19, 1987 stock markets around the world crashed, shedding a huge value in a very short time. The stock market crash began in Hong Kong, spread west through international time zones, hitting the United States after other markets had already declined by a substantial margin. 1987 was also the year that American politician Budd Dwyer committed suicide on national television. It was during a televised press conference in which he shot himself in the mouth with a revolver.
By 1987, cellular telephone subscribers exceeded one million. Also in the world of sports in the 1987 World Series: The Minnesota Twins won despite having the worst regular season win-loss ratio for a winner, a record they hold until 2006. In Super Bowl 23 the Giants beat John Elway and the Denver Broncos 39-20. Guns N' Roses were the years most popular band with their debut album, Appetite For Destruction which was the number one album of 1987.
Famous Births
- Feb.21: Ellen Page - Juno
- Feb. 21: Ashley Greene - King Of California
- Mar. 09: Bow Wow - Musician
- Apr. 11: Joss Stone - Musician
- Apr. 19: Maria Sharapova - Tennis Player
- May 12: Hunter Parrish - Weeds
- Aug. 07: Sidney Crosby - Pittsburgh Penguins
- Sep. 28: Hilary Duff - A Cinderella Story
Famous Deaths
- Feb. 22: Andy Warhol - Artist
- Mar. 12: Woody Hayes - College Football Coach
- Apr. 02: Buddy Rich - Drummer
- Jun. 22: Fred Astaire - Actor
- Jun. 24: Jackie Gleason - The Honeymooners
Chart Toppers
- Jan. 03: The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian
- Jan. 17: Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down
- Jan. 24: Billy Vera - At This Moment
- Feb. 07: Madonna - Open Your Heart
- Feb. 14: Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
- Mar. 14: Huey Lewis and the News - Jacob's Ladder
- Mar. 21: Club Nouveau - Lean on Me
- Apr. 04: Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
- Apr. 18: Franklin/Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting
- May. 02: Cutting Crew - Died in Your Arms
- May 16: U2 - With or Without You
- Jun. 06: Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin ON
- Jun. 13: Atlantic Starr - Always
- Jun. 20: Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - Head to Toe
- Jun. 27: Whitney Houston - I Wanna dance...
- Jun. 11: Heart - Alone
- Aug. 01: Bob Seger - Shakedown
- Aug. 08: U2 - I Still Haven't Found...
- Aug. 22: Madonna - Who's That Girl
- Aug. 29: Los Lobos - La Bamba
- Sep. 19: Michael Jackson - I Just Can't Stop...
- Sep. 26: Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost...
- Oct. 10: Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
- Oct. 17: Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - Lost in Emotion
- Oct. 24: Michael Jackson - Bad
- Nov. 7: Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
- Nov. 21: Billy Idol - Mony Mony
- Nov. 28: Bill Medley - The Time of my Life
- Dec. 05: Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place...
- Dec. 12: George Michael - Faith Billboard: Historical Billboard Charts
Top Grossing Films
60th Academy Awards
- Presented on: April 11, 1988
- Best Picture: The Last Emperor
- Lead Actor: Michael Douglas in Wall Street
- Lead Actress: Cher in Moonstruck
- Best Director: B. Bertolucci for The Last Emperor
- Best Documentary: The Ten-Year LunchRopesofSilicon: Complete Oscar winners list
Championship Teams
Top Athletes
Nobel Laureates
March 1987
- March 12: Les Miserables opens on Broadway.
- March 19: Popular televangelist Jim Bakker resigns amid a sex-and-money scandal, Jerry Falwell takes over for the PTL Club.
April 1987
- April 1: President Ronald Reagan gives the first major speech addressing AIDS while in Philadelphia.
July 1987
- July 7: Oliver North states during his testimony related to the Iran Contra Affair that he had authorization for every act he carried out.
September 1987
- September 16 The international treaty called Montreal Protocol is signed in an effort to curb the depletion of the Ozone Layer.
October 1 1987
October 1: 6.1 Earthquake in California. The epicenter was in the Wittier Narrows area
October 1987
- October 19: Black Monday: World Stock Market's crash after a wave of panic selling on Wall Street and historical drop of 508 points on the Dow Jones industrial average.
December 1987
- December 8: American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty that aimed to destroy all medium- and shorter-range nuclear weapons
