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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.
• May 11, 1987 – In Baltimore, the first heart–lung transplant takes place. The surgery is performed by Dr. Bruce Reitz of the Stanford University School of Medicine.
• May 22, 1987 – First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.
• June 8, 1987 – New Zealand’s Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
• September 15, 1987 – United States Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
• September 16, 1987 – The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
• October 11, 1987 – First public display of AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
• November 22, 1987 – Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
• November 27, 1987 – On a routine flight between Taiwan and Mauritius, South African Airways Flight 295 experiences an in-flight fire, apparently starting at around 23:48 on the 27th. After just under 16 minutes (leading into the early hours of November 28), the plane crashes and kills all 159 on board.
• December 8, 1987 – Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills eight people at the Australia Post building in Melbourne, before jumping to his death.

Who Were Born On 1987?

• February 1, 1987 – Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer
• February 27, 1987 – Scott Davies, English footballer
• May 15, 1987 – Michael Brantley, American baseball player
• May 26, 1987 – Josh Thomas, Australian comedian and actor
• June 12, 1987 – Antonio Barragán, Spanish footballer
• June 19, 1987 – Rashard Mendenhall, American football player
• August 19, 1987 – Nick Driebergen, Dutch swimmer
• November 1, 1987 – Ileana D'Cruz, Indian actress
• December 23, 1987 – Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer
• December 31, 1987 – Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player