1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1987th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 987th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1980s decade.

Events from the year 1987 in the United States. January 5 – President Ronald Reagan undergoes prostate surgery, causing speculation about his physical fitness to continue in office. January 13 – New York mafiosi Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno and Carmine Peruccia are sentenced to 100 years in prison for racketeering. [1]

2012年4月14日 · Historical events from year 1987. Learn about 671 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1987 or search by date or keyword.

On the political front, 1987 was the year that American President Ronald Reagan made a trip to Berlin, giving a speech in which he famously challenged Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall, ending the heavily guarded partition between the eastern and western parts of …

Historical Events for the Year 1987. 1st January » A value added tax is introduced in Greece for the first time. 4th January » The 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train 'en route' to Boston named Boston, Massachusetts from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16 people.

Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles was the number one song of 1987. Madonna had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1987. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1987 .

2024年8月7日 · A plane crash at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Michigan kills 156 people on August 16, 1987. A four-year-old girl was the sole survivor of the accident, which was caused by pilot error.

2019年12月5日 · May 28: An 18 year old West German pilot, Mathias Rust, makes an unauthorised landing near Red Square, Moscow. May 28: A deep sea robot discovers Monitor, a Civil War warship. May 29: Director of Twilight Zone , John Landis is found innocent of involuntary manslaughter in the death of three actors after a stunt helicopter crashes.

Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand make the first transatlantic hot-air balloon flight. 2,790 miles from Sugarloaf Mountain, Maine, to Ireland Virgin Atlantic Flyer (July 2–4). Background: Famous Firsts in Aviation. Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.

What happened and who was famous in 1987? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1987.