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1987 a Look Back at Significant Events General Statistics
-World Population: 5.018 billion
-U.S. President: Ronald W. Reagan
-U.S. Vice President: George Bush
-U.S. Population: 242,288,918
-U.S. Life expectancy: 74.9 years
-U.S. Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 55.5
-U.S. Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 49.4
U.S. Economics
-US GDP (1998 dollars): $4,692.30 billion
-Federal spending: $1003.91 billion
-Federal debt: $2346.1 billion
-Median Household Income (current dollars): $26,061
-Consumer Price Index: 113.6
-Unemployment: 6.2%
-Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.22
U.S. Events
- U.S. Supreme Court rules Rotary Clubs must admit women (May 4).
-Oliver North, Jr., tells Congressional inquiry higher officials approved his secret Iran-Contra operations (July 7–10).
-Senate, 58-42, rejects Robert H. Bork as US Supreme Court Justice (Oct. 23).
World Events
-William Buckley, American hostage in Lebanon, reported slain (Jan. 20).
-Iraqi missiles kill 37 in attack on US frigate Stark in Persian Gulf (May 17); Iraqi president Hussein apologizes (May 18).
-Prime Minister Thatcher wins rare third term in Britain (June 11).
Nobel Prizes
-Nobel Peace Prize: Oscar Arias Sánchez (Costa Rica)
-Nobel Prize for Literature: Joseph Brodsky (US)
-Nobel Prizes in Science:
-Chemistry: Donald J. Cram, Charles J. Pedersen (both US), and Jean-Marie Lehn (France), for wide-ranging research that has included the creation of artificial molecules that can mimic vital chemical reactions of the processes of life.
-Physics: K. Alex Müller (Switzerland) and J. Georg Bednorz (Germany), for their discovery of high-temperature superconductors.
-Physiology or Medicine: Susumu Tonegawa (Japan), for his discoveries of how the body can suddenly marshal its immunological defenses against millions of different disease agents that it has never encountered before.
Sports
-Super Bowl: NY Giants d. Denver (39-20)
-World Series: Minnesota d. St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)
-NBA Championship: LA Lakers d. Boston (4-2)
-Stanley Cup: Edmonton d. Philadelphia (4-3)
-Wimbledon: Women: Martina Navratilova d. S. Graf (7-5 6-3), Men: Pat Cash d. I. Lendl (7-6 6-2 7-5)
-Kentucky Derby Champion: Alysheba
-NCAA Basketball Championship: Indiana d. Syracuse (74-73)
-NCAA Football Champions: Miami-FL (12-0-0)
Oscars Awarded in 1987
-Best Picture: Platoon, Arnold Kopelson, producer (Orion)
-Best Actor: Paul Newman, The Color of Money
-Best Actress: Marlee Matlin, Children of a Lesser God
-Supporting Actor, Michael Caine, Hannah and her Sisters
-Supporting Actress, Diane Wiest, Hannah and her Sisters
Grammys awarded in 1987
-Record of the Year: 'Higher Love,' Steve Winwood
-Album of the Year: Graceland, Paul Simon (Warner Bros.)
-Song of the Year: 'That's What Friends Are For,' Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager, songwriters
1987 Emmy Awards
-Outstanding Drama Series: LA Law (NBC)
-Outstanding Comedy Series: Golden Girls (NBC)
1987 Tony Awards
-Play: Fences
-Musical: Les Misérables
Pulitzer Prizes
-Fiction: A Summons to Memphis, Peter Taylor
-Music: The Flight Into Egypt, John Harbison
-Drama: Fences, August Wilson
Popular Music
1.'Open Your Heart' ... Madonna
2.'Livin' on a Prayer' ... Bon Jovi
3 .'Jacob's Ladder' ... Huey Lewis and the News
4.'Lean on Me' ... Club Nouveau
5.'Nothing's Going to Stop Us Now' ... Starship
6.'I Knew You Were Waiting' ... Aretha Franklin & George Michael
7.'Died in Your Arms' ... Cutting Crew
8.'With or Without You' ... U2
9.'You Keep Me Hangin' On' ... Kim Wilde
10.'Always' ... Atlantic Starr
Popular Movies
1. Beverly Hills Cop III
2. Dirty Dancing
3. Dragnet
4. Fatal Attraction
5. Full Metal Jacket
6. La Bamba
7. Lethal Weapon
8. The Living Daylights
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street
10. Outrageous Fortune
Most Popular Books
Fiction
1. 'The Cardinal' of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy
2. 'The Sands of Time' by Sidney Sheldon
3. 'Zoya' by Danielle Steel
4. 'The Icarus Agenda' by Robert Ludlum
5. 'Alaska' by James Michener
Nonfiction
1. 'The Eight-Week Cholesterol Diet' by Robert Kowalski
2. 'Talking Straight' by Lee Iacocca
3. 'A Brief History of Time' by Stephen Hawking
4. 'Trump' by Donald Trump
5. 'Gracie: A Love Story' by George Burns
Most Popular Television Shows
1. The Cosby Show (NBC)
2. Roseanne (ABC)
3. A Different World (NBC)
4. Cheers (NBC)
5. 60 Minutes (CBS)
6. The Golden Girls (NBC)
7. Who's the Boss? ( ABC)
8. Murder, She Wrote (CBS)
9. Empty Nest (NBC)
10. Anything But Love (ABC)
Scientific Developments
-Prozac released for use in US by Eli Lilly & Company. Background: Health & Nutrition
AZT wins FDA approval for use in the treatment of AIDS.
-An international treaty signed in Montreal calls for a 50% reduction in the use of CFCs by the year 2000 (Sept. 16). Background: environmentalism.
Births
Barney the Dinosaur, The California Raisins, Aaron Carter, Hilary Duff, Lil’ Bow Wow, Jesse McCartney, Elizabeth Smart, Joss Stone
Departures
-William Casey (CIA), Andy Warhol, Rudolf Hess, John Huston, James Baldwin, Danny Kaye, Fred Astaire, Jackie Gleason,
Sources: Information Please (www.infoplease.com) and Historycentral (www.historycentral.com)
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