July 1987 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1987?

Events

01 Jul 1987 Bork nominated to Supreme Court, rejected in October by Senate
02 Jul 1987 Jim Eisenreich, comeback after nervous disorder in 1984
03 Jul 1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman and Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play
04 Jul 1987 94th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Steffi Graf
05 Jul 1987 101st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pat Cash beats Ivan Lendl
06 Jul 1987 Pakistan score their 1st innings win over England, at Leeds
07 Jul 1987 Lt Col Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing
08 Jul 1987 Kitty Dukakis, revealed addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
09 Jul 1987 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime
11 Jul 1987 Orioles Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal
12 Jul 1987 15th du Maurier Golf Classic: Jody Rosenthal
14 Jul 1987 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland - Alameda Stadium
15 Jul 1987 Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence
16 Jul 1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games
17 Jul 1987 Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit HRs in 7 straight AL games
18 Jul 1987 Molly Yard elected new president of US National Organization for Women.
19 Jul 1987 116th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots a 279 at Muirfield Gullane
20 Jul 1987 Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs
21 Jul 1987 Kristi Addis, of Mississippi, crowned 5th Miss Teen USA
22 Jul 1987 US begins escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf.
23 Jul 1987 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last years World Series
24 Jul 1987 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.3 (updated) released
25 Jul 1987 USSR launches Kosmos 1870, 15-ton Earth-study satellite.
26 Jul 1987 Catfish Hunter Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball HOF
27 Jul 1987 Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive
28 Jul 1987 Angel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
29 Jul 1987 Ben and Jerry's ice cream parlour and Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor: Cherry Garcia.
31 Jul 1987 Living Daylights premieres in US
05 Jul 1987 Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.