January 1987 calendar

Events

• 01 Jan 1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico
• 03 Jan 1987 Oh Coward! closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 56 performances
• 04 Jan 1987 16 die in a train crash in Chase, Maryland
• 05 Jan 1987 Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack, New Jersey
• 06 Jan 1987 Astronomers at University of California see first sight of birth of a galaxy.
• 07 Jan 1987 Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at age 28 the youngest.
• 08 Jan 1987 Dow Jones Industrial Index closes above 2,000 for first time (2,002.25).
• 09 Jan 1987 Chinese / Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed
• 11 Jan 1987 Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giants Stadium (beat Washington Redskins 17-0).
• 13 Jan 1987 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each
• 14 Jan 1987 Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 16 Jan 1987 León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped by followers of imprisoned general Frank Vargas, who successfully demand the latter's release.
• 17 Jan 1987 US President Ronald Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran.
• 18 Jan 1987 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Days of Our Live wins
• 19 Jan 1987 Guy Hunt becomes Alabama's first Republican governor since 1874.
• 20 Jan 1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon
• 21 Jan 1987 BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to University of Mississippi.
• 22 Jan 1987 Blizzard in New Jersey, as 334 attend the New Jersey Devils - Calgary Flames NHL game, New Jersey wins 7-5.
• 23 Jan 1987 Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points
• 24 Jan 1987 61st Australian Women's Tennis: H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (7-5, 7-6).
• 25 Jan 1987 Super Bowl XXI: New York Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Pasadena Super Bowl MVP: Phil Simms, New York Giants, QB
• 26 Jan 1987 Hart Foundation beats British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title.
• 27 Jan 1987 Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose and Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team.
• 28 Jan 1987 Wrestler Jim Neidhart indicted for assaulting a flight attendant
• 29 Jan 1987 Lisa files for separation from husband New York Met Darryl Strawberry
• 31 Jan 1987 44th Golden Globes: Platoon, Marlee Matlin win.

Famous Birthday

• Evan Peters

  TV Actor.

• Naya Rivera

  Actress (Cindy-Fresh Prince of Bel Air).

• Marco Simoncelli

  Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2011).

• Sebastian Giovinco

  Soccer Player.

• Phil Lester

  YouTube Star.

• Kristin Cavallari

  American reality television star.

• Kelly Kelly

  American professional wrestler.

• Luis Suárez

  Uruguayan footballer.

• Paolo Nutini

  Scottish singer/songwriter.

• Magalie Vaé

  French singer who won the fifth series of the French Star Academy TV talent show.

• Lyndsy Fonseca

  American actress.

• Raïssa Boyer
• Maria Kirilenko

  Russian tennis player.

• Mao Inoue

  Japanese actress.

• Shelley Hennig

  American actress.

• Lily Donaldson

  English model.

• Loïc Rémy
• Jake Epstein

  Actor.

• Arda Turan

  Turkish footballer.

• Marcus Mumford

  Folk Singer.

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Famous Deaths

• Gustav Knuth

  German actor who made his debut in "Der Ammenkonig" in 1935.

• Peter Adams

  Actor (Alternative, Blowing Hot & Cold), dies at 69.

• Douglas Sirk (original name

  Claus Detlef Sierck) in Lugano, Switzerland (born in Hamburg, Germany), at age 86; film director with Universal Studios.

• Dolores Hawkins

  Singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58.

• Ilse Langen

  Writer, dies at 87.

• Pieter G Buckinx

  Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83.

• Emil Hlobil

  Composer, dies at 85.

• Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski

  Composer, dies at 73.

• Angelo Rutherford

  Actor (Willie-Gentle Ben), dies at 32.

• Ken Drake

  Actor (Crime & Punishment USA).

• Sir David Robinson

  English philanthropist and entrepreneur (Born 1904).

• F van Heek

  Dutch sociologist, dies at age 79.

• Larry Carr

  pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at age 72.

• E van Ruller

  Dutch journalist/co-founder (Trouw, Loyal), dies.

• Gerrit Borgers

  Dutch literary, dies at age 69.

• Earl Wilson

  Broadway columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at age 79.

• R Budd Dwyer

  Pennsylvania State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shoots himself to death at a televised news conference.

• Albert Ferber

  Swiss-English pianist (Born 1911).

• Budd Dwyer

  American politician (Born 1939).

• Frank J Lynch

  American jurist and state legislator (Born 1922).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
2. Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down
3. Billy Vera - At This Moment (Live)
4. Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight
5. Duran Duran - Notorious

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
2. The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love
3. Steve 'Silk' Hurley - Jack Your Body
4. Alison Moyet - Is This Love
5. A-ha - Cry Wolf