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1987 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2026. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1987 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1987

• January 29, 1987 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• February 23, 1987 – Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
• April 11, 1987 – The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
• May 11, 1987 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
• June 17, 1987 – With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
• June 19, 1987 – Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
• July 5, 1987 – The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
• July 14, 1987 – Montreal, Canada, is hit by a series of thunderstorms causing the Montreal Flood of 1987.
• September 14, 1987 – The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, hitting 10 of them.
• December 18, 1987 – Larry Wall releases the first version of the Perl programming language.

Who Were Born On 1987?

• March 12, 1987 – Rico Vonck, Dutch darts player
• March 19, 1987 – Lee Jooyeon, South Korean singer and actress (After School)
• April 4, 1987 – Marcos Vellidis, Greek footballer
• April 19, 1987 – Lauren Wilson, Canadian figure skater
• April 21, 1987 – Nadif Chowdhury, Bangladeshi cricketer
• April 23, 1987 – Emily Fox, American basketball player and cup stacker
• June 18, 1987 – Melanie Iglesias, American model and actress
• October 10, 1987 – Ryan Mathews, American football player
• November 6, 1987 – Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player