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

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1987?


Events

  • 01 May 1987 Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
  • 02 May 1987 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4.
  • 03 May 1987 Mikado closes at Virginia Theater NYC after 46 performances
  • 05 May 1987 Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
  • 06 May 1987 Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice
  • 08 May 1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race
  • 09 May 1987 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
  • 10 May 1987 Jody Rosentha wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic.
  • 11 May 1987 Corazon Aquino is elected President in the Philippines.
  • 13 May 1987 Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II.
  • 14 May 1987 Little Shop of Horrors is released in Germany
  • 15 May 1987 1st Energiya Launch
  • 16 May 1987 Bobro 400, a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, sets sail from New York, beginning an unsuccesful eight-week search for a dumping site.
  • 17 May 1987 Stardust closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 102 performances
  • 19 May 1987 1st American Comedy Award
  • 20 May 1987 Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF and Harley Race for trademark name king
  • 21 May 1987 Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama
  • 22 May 1987 30 killed in a Texas tornado.
  • 24 May 1987 Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
  • 26 May 1987 Cecilia Bolocco, age 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe.
  • 27 May 1987 Jim and Tammy Bakker appear on Nightline after PTL scandal
  • 28 May 1987 Mathias Rust, 19, W German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in the USSR
  • 29 May 1987 Twilight Zone director John Landis found innocent in death of actor Vic Morrow.
  • 30 May 1987 West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square
  • 31 May 1987 Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mt McKinley, Alaska

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Music charts

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

  1. - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
  2. - With Or Without You
  3. - Looking For A New Love
  4. - You Keep Me Hangin' Onyoutube
  5. - Don't Dream It's Over

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - La Isla Bonita
  2. - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Nowyoutube
  3. - Let It Be
  4. - Can't Be With You Tonight
  5. - Respectable

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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The Untouchables

The Untouchables

Release year: 1987

Directed by: Brian De Palma

Starring: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith

Country: United States of America

Predator

Predator

Release year: 1987

Directed by: John McTiernan

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo

Country: United States of America

Babette's Feast

Babette's Feast

Release year: 1987

Directed by: Gabriel Axel

Starring: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle

Barfly

Barfly

Release year: 1987

Directed by: Barbet Schroeder

Starring: Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance

Intervista

Intervista

Release year: 1987

Directed by: Federico Fellini

Starring: Sergio Rubini, Antonella Ponziani, Maurizio Mein, Paola Liguori

Country: Italy

Books

Which were the most popular books released in May 1987?
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The Thanatos Syndrome by Walker Percy

The Thanatos Syndrome

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

Heiress by Janet Dailey

Heiress

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Two sisters, Heiress and Dean Lawson, meet at the funeral of their father, Dean Lawson.

Boone by T. Boone Pickens Jr

Boone

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The first printing of the original edition. Neff B224. Pickens was Mesa Petroleum's CEO, and for a while a national figure in the corporate world.

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.

Fine Things by Danielle Steel

Fine Things

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Bernie Fine, smart and likable, was New York's most famous department store, Wolff's. He is a senior vice president who moves up to San Fransisco in order to open a West Coast location.