December 1987 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1987?

Events

01 Dec 1987 Digging begins to link England and France under the English Channel.
02 Dec 1987 Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor
04 Dec 1987 Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51).
05 Dec 1987 53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (world record).
06 Dec 1987 Jane Crafter / Steve Jones wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
07 Dec 1987 43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California
08 Dec 1987 Occupied Palestinians start intefadeh (uprising) against Israel
09 Dec 1987 Palestine uprising begin in Israeli-occupied West Bank
10 Dec 1987 Nightline is seen in the USSR for 1st time
11 Dec 1987 Test debut of Carl Hooper, West Indies versus India at Bombay.
12 Dec 1987 Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game.
13 Dec 1987 Belgium Christian Democrats (CVP) lose parliamentary election.
14 Dec 1987 Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new.
15 Dec 1987 Les Miserables opens at Shubert Theatre, Boston
16 Dec 1987 Roh Tae Woo wins presidential election in South Korea.
17 Dec 1987 Square Co., Ltd. releases ''Final Fantasy'' in Japan for the Famicom.
18 Dec 1987 Warne Marsh, jazz saxophonist, dies of a heart attack after collapsing onstage while giving a perfomance at Donte's in North Hollywood, California.
19 Dec 1987 Gari Kasparov becomes world chess champion.
20 Dec 1987 Nuts with Barbra Striesand premieres
21 Dec 1987 3 white New York teens convicted of manslaughter in death of a black man
23 Dec 1987 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of US President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison.
24 Dec 1987 In the USA, the Illinois State Lottery draw for US$39.5 million is split between four winners.
25 Dec 1987 Lynette Squeaky Fromme, who escaped 2 days earlier, recaptured
26 Dec 1987 Les Miserables opens at National Theatre of Iceland, Reykjavik
27 Dec 1987 Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass.
28 Dec 1987 In Arkansas, USA, R Gene Simmons kills two, later bodies of 14 of his relatives are found at his home near Dover.
29 Dec 1987 Prozac anti-depressant drug makes its debut in the United States.
30 Dec 1987 Australia hangs on for draw versus New Zealand at Melbourne Cricket Ground, one wicket left 17 runs short.
08 Dec 1987 Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House.