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1987 Timeline
Jan. 21, 1987: Archbishop's envoy Terry Waite disappears in Lebanon
Feb.22, 1987: Arist Andy Warhol dies.
March 16, 1987: Michael Dukakis enters the presidental race.
April 27, 1987: U.S. puts Austrian President Kurt Waldheim on list of those banned form the country.
May 1, 1987: Quebec accepts Canadian constitution calling Quebec a "distinct society."
May 4, 1987: Supreme Court rules that Rotary Clubs must admit women.
May 8, 1987: Gary Hart drops out of the presidental race due to allegations of sexual promiscuity.
May 17, 1987: Iraqi missiles kill 37 in attack on the U.S. frigate Stark in Persian Gulf.
May 18, 1987: Prime Minister Thatcher wins rare third term in Britain.
May 19, 1987: Hill Street Blues ends its television network run.
May 28, 1987: West German pilot flies from Helsinki, Finland through the Soviet Union, avoiding any Soviet radar and lands in Moscow's Red Square
July 4, 1987: Klaus Barbie, 73, Gestapo wartime chief in Lyons sentenced to life by French court for war crimes.
July 15-22, 1987: Admiral John Poindexter, former National Security Advisor testifies he authorized use of Iran arms sale profits to aid Contras.
July 23-24, 1987: George Shultz, testfies he was deceived repeatedly on Iran-Contra affair.
July 31 - Aug. 3, 1987: Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger tells inquiry of official deception and intrigue.
August 3, 1987: Iran-Contra Hearings End
August 12, 1987: Reagan says Iran arms-Contra policy went astray and accepts responsibility.
October 1, 1987: Severe earthquake strikes Los Angeles, leaving 100 injured and 6 dead.
October 19, 1987: Black Monday: Stock market collapses
October 23, 1987: Senate, 58-42, rejects Robert Bork as Supreme Court justice.
Movie: The Last Emperor
Time Magazine's Man of the Year: Mikhail
Gorbachev - Teaching the Soviets perestrokia and glasnost
| Top 10 TV Shows 1987-88 | Top Music of 1987 |
| 1. The Cosby Show (NBC)
2. A Different World (NBC) 3. Cheers (NBC) 4. The Golden Girls (NBC) 5. Growing Pains (ABC) 6. Who's the Boss? (ABC) 7. Night Court (NBC) 8. 60 Minutes (CBS) 9. Murder, She Wrote (CBS) 10. Alf (NBC) |
Grammy Recording
of the Year: "Graceland" by Paul Simon
Grammy Album of the Year: The Joshua Tree by U2. This album contained Number 1 singles "With or Without You," and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." It made U2 the first mega Irish Band. Other Songs: "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"
- Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
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Showing off some homemade 3d glasses - 6th Grade
1987