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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 20, 1987 – Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon.
• January 29, 1987 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• February 20, 1987 – Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, a bomb explodes in a computer store.
• April 13, 1987 – Portugal and the People’s Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999.
• April 19, 1987 – The Simpsons premieres as a short cartoon on The Tracey Ullman Show.
• 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.
• October 7, 1987 – Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
• October 19, 1987 – Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
• 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.
• December 7, 1987 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.

Who Were Born On 1987?

• January 13, 1987 – Sven Wetzel, German rugby player
• January 15, 1987 – Kelly Kelly, American wrestler and model
• February 20, 1987 – Miles Teller, American actor
• April 4, 1987 – Lauri Pedaja, Estonian actor and hairdresser
• May 12, 1987 – Kieron Pollard, Trinidadian cricketer
• May 14, 1987 – Zarine Khan, Indian model and actress
• May 17, 1987 – Aleandro Rosi, Italian footballer
• July 13, 1987 – Neil Denis, Canadian actor
• December 1, 1987 – Simon Dawkins, English footballer
• December 19, 1987 – Cédric Baseya, French-Congolese footballer