Tuesday August 4, 1987
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It was Tuesday, under the sign of Leo (see planets position on August 4, 1987). The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Jang Geun-suk and Jang Keun-suk.
In that special week of August people in US were listening to I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2.
In UK La Bamba by Los Lobos was in the top 5 hits.
No Way Out, directed by Roger Donaldson, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1987
while Communion by Whitley Strieber was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching G-Force: Guardians of Space.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Agent Orange or Card Sharks.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Holidays:
- Ancient Egypt - Jubilation of the Heart of Re
- El Salvador - Transfiguration Bank Holiday
- Cook Islands - Constitution Day (celebrations begin on the last Friday in July and last up to 2 weeks.)
- Burkina Faso - Anniversary of the Revolution
- St. Luanus/Lugid
- Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 3 saints: St. Saint John Vianney, the patron saint of priests
- St. Dominic
Famous Birthdays:
- Jang Geun-suk
- Jang Geun Suk: Korean actor.
- Jang Keun-suk: South Korean actor and singer.
- Marreese Speights: Marreese Speights American basketball player.
- Tomoya Warabino: Japanese actor.
- Phil Younghusband: English Filipino footballer.
Famous Deaths:
- Kenny Price: Comedian (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), dies at 56.
- Kenny Price: Comedian (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), dies at 56.
Facts:
- At the Kingdome, Ruppert Jones hits a foul ball that sticks in speaker
- FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters
- The US Federal Communications Commission votes 4-0 to rescind the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to "fairly" present controversial issues.
- The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues ''fairly''.
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in August 1987?
- LIFE: Oliver North
- Time: The corrupt religous enterprise of Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker. Inset: Oil Tanker depicts rising t
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9074
- Beano: Your personalised Beano Book from 1987
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Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of August 1987 ?
Top #10 songs in the USA
Top #10 R&B songs
Top #10 Latin songs
- Julio Iglesias - Lo Mejor De Tu Vida
- Amanda Miguel - El pecado
- Hasta Que Te Conoci - Juan Gabriel
- Los Bukis - Tu carcel
- Braulio - En bancarrota
- Desnudate mujer - Franky Ruiz
- Lobo Domesticado - Tommy Olivencia
- Amigo Mio - Jorge Muniz
- Ahora Te Puedes Marchar - Luis Miguel
- Ahora Ahora - Yolandita Monge
Top #5 songs in the UK
- Los Lobos - La Bamba
- I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson With Siedah Garrett
- Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
- Spagna - Call Me
- Madonna - Who's That Girl
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
Windmills Of The Gods
She's on the glinting edge of East-West confrontation, a beautiful and accomplished scholar who has suddenly become our newest ambassador to an Iron Curtain country, a woman who is about to
More infoLife And Death In Shanghai
A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in
More infoPale Kings And Princes
"Like Philip Marlowe, Spenser is a man of honor in a dishonorable world. When he says he will do something, it is done.
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