August 1987 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1987?

Events

01 Aug 1987 Nurse Mary R Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America
02 Aug 1987 25th Tennis Federation Cup: Germany beats USA in Vancouver Canada
03 Aug 1987 Discovery in Orbital Processing Facility is powered up for STS-26
04 Aug 1987 At the Kingdome, Ruppert Jones hits a foul ball that sticks in speaker
07 Aug 1987 Javed Miandad scores 260 vs. England at The Oval, 28 fours 1 six
08 Aug 1987 Pakistan all out 708 vs. England at The Oval, Botham 3-217
09 Aug 1987 Les Miserables, opens at Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv
10 Aug 1987 Kevin Gross is 2nd pitcher in 8 days to be ejected for scuffing ball
11 Aug 1987 France and Great-Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf
13 Aug 1987 Cards outfield sets record of no putouts in a 4-2 in 13 inning
14 Aug 1987 Les Miserables, opens at Rock Theatre, Szeged Hungary
15 Aug 1987 At Pan Am games in Indianapolis, USA and Cuba are tied with 2 outs in 9th, Ty Griffin HR, Cuba 1st loss in 20 years of Pan Am competition
16 Aug 1987 Val Skinner wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am
17 Aug 1987 Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games
18 Aug 1987 Houston Oiler Earl Campbell, retires from NFL
19 Aug 1987 ABC News Chief Middle East Correspondent Charles Glass escapes his Hizballah kidnappers in Beirut, Lebanon, after sixty-two days in captivity.
21 Aug 1987 Clayton Lonetree, first US Marine court-martialed for spying, convicted.
22 Aug 1987 Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda for the NES in North America.
23 Aug 1987 15-years old boy hijacks KLM B737, demands $1 billion
24 Aug 1987 Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes.
25 Aug 1987 Dow Jones Industrial Stock Average reaches record 2722.42
26 Aug 1987 Paul Molitor goes 0-for-4 ends hitting streak at 39 consecutive games
28 Aug 1987 Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 HRs
29 Aug 1987 Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time
30 Aug 1987 87th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Billy Mayfair
31 Aug 1987 South Africa longest mine strike in history ends
07 Aug 1987 Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union.