1987
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| Years : | 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s |
| Years: | 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 |
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[edit] Events
- Shelly Long leaves Cheers.
- Jimmy Swaggart is caught with a prositute.
- January - Steve "Silk" Hurley's innovative "Jack Your Body" becomes the first house music record to top the UK singles chart.
- January 3 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- January 16 - The Beastie Boys become the first act to be censored by American Bandstand.
- January 22 -Pennsylvania government worker R. Budd Dwyer kills himself on television that is seen across the country.
- February 6 - Sonny Bono announces his candidacy for mayor of Palm Springs, California
- February 14–March 7 - Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" is the #1 song. It would be 1987's Biggest hit song.
- February 22 - The Airbus A320 makes its first flight.
- March 7 - The first five Beatles albums, Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles for Sale and Help! are released on Compact disk. Capitol Records decides to release the original UK mixes of the Beatles albums, which means that the first four CDs are released in mono. This marks the first time that many of these mono mixes were available in the US.
- March 9 - Carole King is inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York City
- March 13 - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- March 13 - In the US, Bryan Adams "Heat of the Night" becomes the first single to be commercially released on cassette. Cassette singles become known as cassingles.
- March 27 - Inspired by The Beatles' 1969 rooftop concert, U2 shoots a music video for the song "Where the Streets Have No Name" on a rooftop in Los Angeles, California.
- April 23 - Carole King sues the owner of her record company, Lou Adler, claiming that she is owed more than $400,000 in royalties. King also asks for rights to her old recordings.
- September 25 - Matthew Garrison Chapman is born as the first child of Amy Grant and Gary Chapman. Lead Me On, Amy's 1988 album, is said to have been dedicated to Matt.
- October - Jessica McClure falls down a well in her backyard, she is rescued a few days later.
- October - electronic data gathering completely replaces the old sales diary technique in compiling the UK singles and albums chart.
- October 12 - Twisted Sister breaks up.
- October 19 - Mötley Crüe release the song "You're All I Need" as a single. Its lyrics cause MTV to refuse to play its video. Radio stations never play the song either.
- October 19 - Black Monday, the largest one-day decline in recorded stock market history
- November 13 - Sonny and Cher reunite for a performance on Late Night with David Letterman.
[edit] Births
- February 2 - Martin Spanjers, actor
- March 9 - Bow Wow, rap musician, actor
- April 9 - Jesse McCartney, actor and singer
- April 10 - Hayley Westenra, singer
- April 11 - Joss Stone, musician
- April 19 - Maria Sharapova, tennis player
- April 19 - Courtland Mead, actor
- May 15 - Andrew Murray, Scottish tennis player
- May 21 - Ashlie Brillault, actress
- June 3 - Lalaine, actress
- June 3 - Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
- June 16 - Diana DeGarmo, American singer
- July 25 - Michael Welch, actor
- August 8 - Katie Leung, Scotish actress
- September 7 - Evan Rachel Wood, actress
- September 22 - Tom Felton, actor
- September 28 - Hilary Duff, actress, singer
- December 7 - Aaron Carter, singer
[edit] Deaths
- January 15 - Ray Bolger, actor, singer, dancer
- March 3 - Danny Kaye, actor
- June 22 - Fred Astaire, actor, singer, dancer
- July 3 - Viola Dana, actress
- August 1 - Pola Negri, actress
- August 28 - John Huston, actor, director
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas - film director
[edit] Nobel Prizes
- Nobel Prize in Physics - J. Georg Bednorz, K. Alexander Müller
- Chemistry Donald J Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, Charles J. Pedersen
- Medicine - Susumu Tonegawa
- Literature - Joseph Brodsky
- Peace- Oscar Arias Sanchez
- Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel - Robert Solow
[edit] Films released
- Baby Boom
- The Belly of an Architect
- Broadcast News
- Empire of the Sun
- Full Metal Jacket
- The Gate
- Good Morning Vietnam
- Ishtar
- The Last Emperor
- Lethal Weapon
- The Living Daylights
- The Lost Boys
- Mannequin
- Masters of the Universe
- Mr. Nice Guy,
- Moonstruck
- Overboard
- Raising Arizona
- Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
- Roxanne
- Spaceballs
- Summer School
- Surf Nazis Must Die
- Three Men and a Baby
- Throw Momma from the Train
- Walker
- The Witches of Eastwick
[edit] Hit songs
- "Walk Like An Egyptian" - The Bangles
- "Shake You Down" - Gregory Abbott
- "C'est La Vie" - Robbie Nevil
- "At This Moment" - Billy Vera and the Beaters
- "Change of Heart" - Cyndi Lauper
- "Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
- "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" - Georgia Satellites
- "Jacob's Ladder" - Huey Lewis and the News
- "Somewhere Out There" - Linda Ronstadt and J. Ingram
- "Lean on Me" - Club Nouveau
- "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" - Starship
- "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" - Genesis
- "Don't Dream It's Over" - Crowded House
- "I Knew You Were Waiting for Me" - Aretha Franklin & George Michael
- "(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight" - Cutting Crew
- "Looking for a New Love" - Jody Watley
- "With or Without You" - U2
- "You Keep Me Hanging On" - Kim Wilde
- "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (who loves me)" - Whitney Houston
- "Alone" - Heart
- "I Heard a Rumour" - Bananarama
- "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" - U2
- "I Want Your Sex" - George Michael
- "Luka" - Suzanne Vega
- "La Bamba" - Los Lobos
- "Here I Go Again" - Whitesnake
- "I Think We're Alone Now" - Tiffany
- "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" - Belinda Carlisle
- "Faith" - George Michael
- "Hazy Shade of Winter" - The Bangles
- "I Found Someone" - Cher
- "Somebody Save Me" - Cinderella
- "Beds Are Burning" - Midnight Oil
- "Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days" - Judas Priest
- "Where the Streets Have No Name" - U2
- "China in your hand" - T'Pau
- "You Can Call Me Al" - Paul Simon
- "Free" - Stryper
- "Hot Love" - Twisted Sister
- "Wait" - White Lion
[edit] New books
- Beloved - Toni Morrison
- Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
- The Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe
- The Bourne Supremacy - Robert Ludlum
- The Child in Time - Ian McEwan
- Consider Phlebas - Iain M. Banks
- Einstein's Monsters - Martin Amis
- Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons
- Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
- Espedair Street - Iain Banks
- Fine Things - Danielle Steel
- The Forge of God - Greg Bear
- Heaven and Hell - John Jakes
- In the Skin of A Lion - Michael Ondaatje
- The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey - Salman Rushdie
- Kaleidoscope - Danielle Steel
- Legacy - James A. Michener
- Leaving Home - Garrison Keillor
- Misery - Stephen King
- Mort - Terry Pratchett
- No Deals, Mr. Bond - John Gardner
- Not Without My Daughter - Betty Mahmoody
- L'Obsédante obèse et autres aggressions - Gilles Archambault
- Patriot Games - Tom Clancy
- Presumed Innocent - Scott Turow
- Replay - Ken Grimwood
- Rich in Love - Josephine Humphreys
- The Rules of Attraction - Bret Easton Ellis
- The Runaways - Ruth Thomas
- Spycatcher - Peter Wright
- Swann - Carol Shields
- Time Flies - Bill Cosby
- The Tommyknockers - Stephen King
- Weaveworld - Clive Barker
- When Rabbit Howls - Truddi Chase
- Windmills of the Gods - Sidney Sheldon
