April 1987 calendar

April 1987
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 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 April 1987: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of April 1987?

Events

02 Apr 1987 Mikado opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 46 performances
03 Apr 1987 Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualifying record of 212.809 mph at Talladega.
04 Apr 1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts
05 Apr 1987 Fox TV network premieres showing Married With Children and Tracey Ullman
06 Apr 1987 Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy
07 Apr 1987 Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on Nightline
09 Apr 1987 For 3rd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Stanley Cup game Wayne Gretzky passes Jean Beliveau as all time playoff scoring champ
11 Apr 1987 Zoja Ivanova wins second female World Cup marathon (2:30:39).
12 Apr 1987 Texaco files for bankruptcy.
13 Apr 1987 1st 3 SD Padres hit HRs off SF starter Roger Mason
14 Apr 1987 Turkey asks to join European market.
15 Apr 1987 Barbara Cook: A Concert... opens at Ambassador NYC for 13 performances
16 Apr 1987 FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves
17 Apr 1987 Richard Wilbur appointed as US poet laureate.
18 Apr 1987 An unconscious skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air
19 Apr 1987 Gregory Robertson does 200-mph free fall to save unconscious skydiver.
20 Apr 1987 US deports Karl Linnas, charged with German war crimes, to USSR.
21 Apr 1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose, ending American League season-opening winning streak at 13 games.
22 Apr 1987 Sri Lanka Air Force bombs Tamil rebels; 100s killed.
23 Apr 1987 28 construction workers die when the L'Ambiance Plaza apartment building collapses while under construction in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
24 Apr 1987 Howard Stern holds a free speech rally at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York City
26 Apr 1987 Barbara Cook: A Concert... closes at Ambassador NYC after 13 performances
27 Apr 1987 US Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering US, due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WWII
28 Apr 1987 NBA announces expansion to Charlotte, North Carolina and Miami, Florida in 1988 and Minneapolis, Minnesota and Orlando, Florida in 1989.
29 Apr 1987 Japan's premier Nakasone visits the US.
30 Apr 1987 New York Islanders' Mike Bossy plays his final game.
04 Apr 1987 Garuda Indonesia Flight 032 crashes at Medan Airport, killing 23.