March 1987 calendar

Events

• 02 Mar 1987 American Motors Corporation is acquired by the Chrysler Corporation.
• 03 Mar 1987 Ray Dandridge, third baseman in Negro Leagues, elected to Hall of Fame.
• 04 Mar 1987 U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran-Contra Affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had 'deteriorated' into an arms-for-hostages deal.
• 06 Mar 1987 6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100
• 08 Mar 1987 Jane Geddes wins LPGA GNA / Glendale Federal Golf Classic
• 09 Mar 1987 Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion
• 11 Mar 1987 Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point.
• 12 Mar 1987 Les Miserables opens at Broadway/Imperial theater in New York City for 4000+ performances.
• 13 Mar 1987 Ice Dance Championship at Cincinnati won by Bestemianova and Bukin
• 14 Mar 1987 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt
• 15 Mar 1987 Starlight Express opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 761 performances
• 17 Mar 1987 IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3.
• 18 Mar 1987 Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns in USA: Jessica and Matthew.
• 19 Mar 1987 PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn
• 20 Mar 1987 Soap opera Capitol final episode
• 22 Mar 1987 Betsy King wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open.
• 23 Mar 1987 Soap Bold and the Beautiful premieres
• 24 Mar 1987 First Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross win.
• 25 Mar 1987 US Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified.
• 26 Mar 1987 NASA launches Fltsatcom-6, it fails to reach orbit.
• 29 Mar 1987 7th Golden Raspberry Awards: Howard the Duck wins.
• 30 Mar 1987 59th Academy Awards - Platoon, Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin win

Famous Birthday

• Kesha (singer)
• Rob Kardashian

  American television personality and businessman.

• Bow Wow

  American rapper and actor.

• AJ Lee

  Wrestler.

• Hatem Ben Arfa

  French footballer who plays as a winger and an attacking midfielder.

• Georg Listing

  Bassist.

• Emeli Sandé

  English-Scottish singer-songwriter.

• Maria Valverde
• Tia Tanaka
• Washington DC
• Sammi Giancola

  Reality Star.

• Déborah Révy
• Josie Loren

  TV Actress.

• Guadeloupe
• Dimitri Payet

  Soccer Player.

• Aravane Rezaï
• Koneru Humpy
• Kangana Ranaut

  Indian actress.

• Alice David
• Hannah Taylor-Gordon

  English actress.

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Famous Deaths

• Maria von Trapp

  Austrian-American singer (d. 1987).

• Woody Hayes

  American football coach at Ohio State University.

• Robert Preston

  American actor who never fit into type casting.

• Maria Augusta von Trapp

  Austrian-born singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at age 82 in Vermont, USA (born 1905).

• Scott McKay

  Actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71.

• Emile Meyer

  Actor (Young Jesse James, Lineup).

• Santo Trafficante

  Jr.

• [Wayne] Woody Hayes

  football coach (Ohio State), dies at age 74 (born 1913).

• Sterling W Cole

  American politician (Representative-Republican-New York), dies at age 82.

• Tony Stratton-Smith

  journalist/record company CEO (Charisma), dies at age 53.

• Henry R LaBouisse

  headed UNICEF (1965-79), dies at age 83.

• Lloyd Goodrich

  American Arts Museum director, dies at age 90.

• Odysseas Angelis

  Greek officer involved in the coup of April 1967 (Born 1912).

• Bernhard Grzimek

  Silesian-German zoo director, zoologist, book author, editor, and animal conservationist in postwar West-Germany.

• Danny Kaye

  American comic actor.

• Louis Broglie

  French physicist (Nobel 1929), dies at 94.

• Joe Gladwin

  English actor (Born 1906).

• Gerald Moore

  English pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at age 87 (born 1899).

• Walter Abel

  American actor and singer (d. 1987).

• Arch Oboler

  radio writer (Lights Out), dies at age 77.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
2. Huey Lewis & The News - Jacob's Ladder
3. Club Nouveau - Lean On Me
4. Linda Ronstadt - Somewhere Out There
5. Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. George Michael & Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
2. Boy George - Everything I Own
3. Ben E King - Stand By Me
4. Mel & Kim - Respectable
5. Pepsi & Shirlie - Heartache