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

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 1987?


Events

  • 01 Jun 1987 Phil Niekro 314th combines with Joe to have most wins by bros
  • 02 Jun 1987 Mariners draft Ken Griffey Jr #1
  • 03 Jun 1987 Little Shop of Horrors, released in France
  • 04 Jun 1987 Danny Harris beats Edwin Moses, ends streak of 122 consecutive hurdle wins.
  • 05 Jun 1987 Dwight Gooden returns from drug rehabilitation and allows wins game
  • 06 Jun 1987 119th Belmont: Craig Perret aboard Bet Twice wins in 2:28.2
  • 07 Jun 1987 41st Tony Awards: Fences and Les Miserables win
  • 08 Jun 1987 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis
  • 10 Jun 1987 In Illinois, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurs.
  • 11 Jun 1987 Margaret Thatcher is first British Prime Minister in 160 years to win third consecutive term.
  • 12 Jun 1987 During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
  • 13 Jun 1987 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel, and Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina.
  • 14 Jun 1987 41st NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Boston Celtics, 4 games to 2
  • 15 Jun 1987 Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
  • 16 Jun 1987 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz acquitted on all but gun possession charges after shooting 4 black youths who tried to rob him
  • 17 Jun 1987 With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct.
  • 18 Jun 1987 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
  • 19 Jun 1987 ETA bomb attack in Barcelona, 15 killed
  • 20 Jun 1987 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass
  • 21 Jun 1987 87th US Golf Open: Scott Simpson shoots a 277 at Olympic Club in San Francisco
  • 22 Jun 1987 Tom Seaver retires after third try with New York Mets.
  • 24 Jun 1987 Salt Lake City Trappers begin pro baseball record 29 consecutive win streak
  • 25 Jun 1987 Pope John Paul II receives Austrian President Kurt Waldheim.
  • 26 Jun 1987 Supreme Court Justice Lewis F Powell Jr announces his retirement
  • 27 Jun 1987 US Supreme Court Justice Powell retires.
  • 28 Jun 1987 Dreamgirls opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 177 performances
  • 29 Jun 1987 South Korean president Roh Tae-Woo makes a speech promising a wide program of nationwide reforms, the result of June Democracy Movement.
  • 30 Jun 1987 Emmy 14th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 8th time

Famous Birthday

Famous Deaths

  • Actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at 54.

  • Jackie Gleason

    American comedian, the top male star of his day and TV's biggest star in the 50s for his show "The Honeymooners.

  • American actress noted for her theater roles in Tennessee Williams' plays.

  • Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist (Born 1931).

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in June 1987?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - You Keep Me Hangin' Onyoutube
  2. - Alwaysyoutube
  3. - Head To Toe
  4. - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
  5. - In Too Deep

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
  2. - Hold Me Now
  3. - Star Trekkin'
  4. - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Nowyoutube
  5. - I Want Your Sex

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket

Release year: 1987

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick

Starring: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin

Country: United States of America

Dung fong tuk ying

Dung fong tuk ying

Release year: 1987

Directed by: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung

Starring: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Biao Yuen, Haing S. Ngor, Joyce Godenzi

Spaceballs

Spaceballs

Release year: 1987

Directed by: Mel Brooks

Starring: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman

Country: United States of America

Adventures in Babysitting

Adventures in Babysitting

Release year: 1987

Directed by: Chris Columbus

Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp

Country: United States of America

Innerspace

Innerspace

Release year: 1987

Directed by: Joe Dante

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan, Kevin McCarthy

Books

Which were the most popular books released in June 1987?
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Fatherhood by Bill Cosby

Fatherhood

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This hilarious look at fatherhood comes from one of America's most loved comedians. What is fatherhood ...?It?

Winter Hawk by Craig Thomas

Winter Hawk

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Softcover; Very Good; Dust Jacket-Very Good. Advanced reading copy, unread and fine shiny wrappers. Slipcase. Mitchell Gant, super pilot infiltrates Russia via helicopter to avoid a global crisis

No Deals, Mr. Bond by John Gardner

No Deals, Mr. Bond

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A Royal Navy nuclear submarine surfaces between the Danish island Bornholm, and the Baltic coast in East Germany.

The Thanatos Syndrome by Walker Percy

The Thanatos Syndrome

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Thanatos Syndrome by Walker Percy. Ballantine Books, Inc.,1987

Intimate Partners by Maggie Scarf

Intimate Partners

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"Anyone interested in, embarking upon, or yearning to have an intimate relationship with someone should purchase, borrow, or steal Intimate Partners." -New WomanWhat happens in intimate attachments?