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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 26, 1987 – Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
• April 27, 1987 – The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
• May 5, 1987 – Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
• August 7, 1987 – Lynne Cox becomes first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union
• August 19, 1987 – Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
• September 3, 1987 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
• November 15, 1987 – Continental Airlines Flight 1713, a Douglas DC-9-14 jetliner, crashes in a snowstorm at Denver’s Stapleton International Airport, killing 28 occupants, while 54 survive the crash.
• November 22, 1987 – Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
• November 25, 1987 – Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.

Who Were Born On 1987?

• January 3, 1987 – Nana Yanagisawa, Japanese model and actress
• February 16, 1987 – Theresa Goh, Singaporean swimmer
• March 27, 1987 – Lene Egeli, Norwegian model, Miss Norway 2008
• July 23, 1987 – Serdar Kurtuluş, Turkish footballer
• August 6, 1987 – Joran van der Sloot, Dutch murderer
• October 23, 1987 – Miyuu Sawai, Japanese model and actress
• December 16, 1987 – Hallee Hirsh, American actress
• December 18, 1987 – Yuki Furukawa, Japanese actor
• December 23, 1987 – Kana Kurashina, Japanese actress