Thursday April 09, 1987
US date format: 4/9/1987, UK date format: 9/4/1987
It was Thursday, under the sign of Aries (see birth chart on April 9, 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.
Famous people born on this day include Jesse McCartney and Jazmine Sullivan.
In that special week of April people in US were listening to Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship.
In UK La Isla Bonita by Madonna was in the top 5 hits.
Prick Up Your Ears, directed by Stephen Frears, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1987
while Fine Things by Danielle Steel was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Roxie.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing After Burner II or Elixir.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
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Holidays
- Saint Waltrudis
- Saint Casilda
- Saint Ingofried
- Saint Hugo of Rouan
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Events
- For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ
Famous Birthday
- Jesse McCartney: American singer and actor.
- Jazmine Sullivan: American R&B singer.
- Blaise Matuidi: French international footballer, central...
- Graham Gano: American football player.
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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Prick Up Your Ears
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Starring: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn
Zhong hua zhan shi
Directed by: David Chung
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Richard Ng, Tung-Shing Yee, Lowell Lo
Wild Thing
Directed by: Max Reid
Starring: Robert Knepper, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Davi, Maury Chaykin
Campus Man
Directed by: Ron Casden
Starring: John Dye, Steven Lyon, Morgan Fairchild, Kim Delaney
Retribution
Directed by: Guy Magar
Starring: Dennis Lipscomb, Leslie Wing, Suzanne Snyder, Jeff Pomerantz
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of April 09, 1987?
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Top #10 songs in the USA
- Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
- Club Nouveau - Lean On Me
- Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
- Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
- Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
- Expose - Come Go With Me
- Prince - Sign O' The Times
- Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue
- Wang Chung - Let's Go
- Steve Winwood - The Finer Things
Top #5 songs in the UK
Top #10 R&B songs
- Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
- Jody Watley - Looking For A New Love
- Herb Alpert - Keep Your Eye On Me
- Kool & The Gang - Stone Love
- Club Nouveau - Lean On Me
- The System - Don't Disturb This Groove
- Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
- Starpoint - He Wants My Body
- Gregory Abbott - I Got The Feelin' (It's Over)
- Luther Vandross with Gregory Hines - There's Nothing Better Than Love
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
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Roxie
Directed by: Nick Frangione
Albert Schweitzer
Directed by: Gavin Millar
The Ritz
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Duet
Days to next April 09
If April 09, 1987 is your birthday you're 33 years, 5 months, 14 days old and you'll celebrate your next birthday in 6 months, 17 days.
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in April 1987?
- LIFE: Hollywood Is 100
- Time: Jimmy Swaggart and Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9057
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
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Fine Things
By: Danielle Steel
Smart, likable, Bernie Fine was the wonder boy of Wolff's, New York's most glamorous department store. A senior VP moving up, he arrives in San Fransisco to open a West Coast store.
Communion
By: Whitley Strieber
Thus begins the most astonishing true-life odyssey ever recorded—one man's riveting account of his extraordinary experiences with visitors from “elsewhere” .
It
By: Stephen King
Now a major motion picture Stephen King’s terrifying, classic #1 New York Times bestseller, “a landmark in American literature” (Chicago Sun-Times)—about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on as teenagers…an evil …
A Season On The Brink
By: John Feinstein
Twenty-five years after it spent sixteen weeks at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, John Feinstein’s A Season on the Brink remains the classic of the genre and an
The Search For Signs Of Intelligent Life In The Universe
By: Jane Wagner
The text of the Broadway play, captures the last twenty years of American culture
Videogames
What videogames would you be playing back in the days?
After Burner II
Bubbler
Elixir
Deflektor
The Faery Tale Adventure
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