1987

Chinese students protest urging free expression
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wins rare third term in Britain
Matthiast Rust (19) pilots light plane from Helsinki and lands on Red Square in Moscow (Soviet officials are red-faced)
Supreme Court rules Rotary Clubs must admit women
Arms reduction treaty signed by US and USSR
Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., retires
Iran-Contra hearings
Reagan says Iran arms-Contra policy went astray and accepts responsibility
Severe earthquake strikes Los Angeles, leaving 100 injured and six dead
Al Unser, Sr. wins the Indianapolis 500 for the 4th time
Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities
Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" sells for $39.9 million
Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for $53.9 million (purple is obviously a more popular color than yellow)
Prozac approved for use
1st Supernova seen since 1604
Videogames
Song - "Walk Like an Egyptian"
Michael Jackson's "Bad" Tour
Broadway - "Les Misérables", "Into the Woods", "Fences"
Films - "The Untouchables", "Fatal Attraction", "Good Morning, Vietnam", "Full Metal Jacket", "The Last Emperor", "Empire of the Sun"
TV - "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Andy Warhol, Liberace, Danny Kaye, Erskine Caldwell, Rita Hayworth, Fred Astair, Jackie Gleason, Lee Marvin, John Huston, Rudolf Hess, Lorne Greene, Bob Fosse, and Clare Booth Luce die