May 1987 calendar

May 1987
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in May 1987.
The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on May 1987: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1987?

Events

01 May 1987 Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
02 May 1987 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4.
03 May 1987 Mikado closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 46 performances
05 May 1987 Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
06 May 1987 Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice
08 May 1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race
09 May 1987 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
10 May 1987 Jody Rosentha wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic.
11 May 1987 Corazon Aquino is elected President in the Philippines.
13 May 1987 Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II.
14 May 1987 Little Shop of Horrors is released in Germany
15 May 1987 1st Energiya Launch
16 May 1987 Bobro 400, a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, sets sail from New York, beginning an unsuccesful eight-week search for a dumping site.
17 May 1987 Stardust closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 102 performances
19 May 1987 1st American Comedy Award
20 May 1987 Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF and Harley Race for trademark name king
21 May 1987 Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama
22 May 1987 30 killed in a Texas tornado.
24 May 1987 Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
26 May 1987 Cecilia Bolocco, age 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe.
27 May 1987 Jim and Tammy Bakker appear on Nightline after PTL scandal
28 May 1987 Mathias Rust, 19, W German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in the USSR
29 May 1987 Twilight Zone director John Landis found innocent in death of actor Vic Morrow.
30 May 1987 West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square
31 May 1987 Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mt McKinley, Alaska
09 May 1987 LOT Flight 5055 crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.