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Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
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Years:	1984 1985 1986 – 1987 – 1988 1989 1990

1987 was a regular year that started on a Thursday in the Gregorian calendar. It was a year filled with exciting events, new inventions, and the birth of many people who would later become famous.

Big Events of 1987
Famous People Born in 1987
Famous People Who Passed Away in 1987
Nobel Prizes in 1987
Movies Released in 1987
Hit Songs of 1987
New Books in 1987
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Big Events of 1987

January 3 – The amazing singer Aretha Franklin made history! She became the very first woman to be welcomed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That's a huge honor for a musician!
February 14–March 7 – The song "Livin' On A Prayer" by Bon Jovi was super popular, staying at #1 for weeks. It ended up being the biggest hit song of 1987!
February 22 – A brand new airplane, the Airbus A320, took its first flight. This plane would become very common for travel around the world.
March 7 – For the first time, the early albums by The Beatles were released on CDs. This included famous albums like Please Please Me and Help!. Many of these songs were heard in the US for the first time in their original mono sound.
March 4 – Ronald Reagan, who was the President of the United States, gave a speech on TV. He apologized to the American people about something called the Iran-Contra affair. This was a situation where the government secretly sold weapons to Iran and used the money to help rebels in Nicaragua, which was against the law.
March 27 – The band U2 filmed a cool music video for their song "Where the Streets Have No Name." They did it on a rooftop in Los Angeles, California, just like The Beatles did for one of their famous concerts years before.
June 12 – President Ronald Reagan gave a very famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. He challenged the leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to "Tear down this wall!" referring to the Berlin Wall that divided the city.
October – The way music charts (like the top songs list) were put together in the UK completely changed. Instead of people writing down sales in diaries, computers started gathering all the information electronically.
October 19 – The band Mötley Crüe released a song called "You're All I Need." The lyrics of the song were considered too strong, so MTV and radio stations decided not to play its music video or the song itself.
November 7 – The first part of Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train system opened. This made it much easier for people to travel between places like Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh.
December 8 – President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed an important agreement called the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. This treaty helped to ban certain types of nuclear weapons, making the world a safer place.

Famous People Born in 1987

Many people who are famous today were born in 1987! Here are some of them:

January 1 – Meryl Davis, an ice dancer from the United States.
March 9 – Bow Wow, an rapper and actor from America.
March 25 – Nobunari Oda, a figure skater from Japan.
April 19 – Maria Sharapova, a famous tennis player from Russia.
May 4 – Cesc Fàbregas, a talented footballer from Spain.
August 7 – Sidney Crosby, a well-known ice hockey player from Canada.
September 19 – Danielle Panabaker, an American actress.
September 28 – Hilary Duff, an American actress and singer.
October 18 – Zac Efron, a popular American actor.
November 3 – Elizabeth Smart, an American who became known after being a kidnapping victim and later an activist.
December 18 – Miki Ando, a figure skater from Japan.
December 31 – Javaris Crittenton, an American basketball player.

Famous People Who Passed Away in 1987

Some well-known people also passed away in 1987:

February 22 – Andy Warhol, a very famous American artist known for his pop art.
March 19 – Louis de Broglie, a French physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
March 28 – Patrick Troughton, an English actor famous for playing the Second Doctor in Doctor Who.
May 3 – Dalida, a French-Italian actress and singer.
May 14 – Rita Hayworth, a beautiful American actress from Hollywood's Golden Age.
June 22 – Fred Astaire, a legendary American actor, singer, and dancer.
August 17 – Rudolf Hess, a leader in the Nazi party.
September 11 – Peter Tosh, a Jamaican reggae musician who was part of The Wailers with Bob Marley.
October 20 – Andrey Kolmogorov, a brilliant Russian mathematician.

Nobel Prizes in 1987

The Nobel Prize is a very important award given to people who have made amazing discoveries or contributions to the world. Here are the winners from 1987:

Physics – J. Georg Bednorz and K. Alexander Müller for their work with superconductors.
Chemistry – Donald J Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, and Charles J. Pedersen for their work in chemistry.
Medicine – Susumu Tonegawa for his discoveries about how our immune system works.
Literature – Joseph Brodsky, a poet and essayist.
Peace – Oscar Arias Sanchez, the President of Costa Rica, for his efforts to bring peace to Central America.
Economics – Robert Solow for his work on economic growth.