Chronology year 1987

January 1987

• The Single European Act comes into force
• Aretha Franklin is the first woman in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
• VARIG 797 flight accident in Japan
• USSR releases dissident Andrei Sakharov
• First human case of H5N1 bird flu detected
• Vatican condemns in vitro fertilization
• Penn Jillette performs at the White House
• The Rolling Stones release "Dirty Work"
• Gorbachev announces glasnost and perestroika
• Lebanese hostage crisis intensifies
• NASA admits Challenger flaws
• General strike in Argentina
• "Platoon" wins Golden Globe for Best Film
• Snowstorm hits northeastern US
• President of Zambia survives coup attempt

February 1987

• Philippines approves new constitution
• USSR launches Mir station main module
• US lifts sanctions on Poland
• "Les Misérables" opens on Broadway
• USSR announces withdrawal from Afghanistan
• Esquipulas II peace agreement
• Andy Warhol dies
• USA and USSR negotiate missile reduction
• Supernova 1987A becomes visible
• UN warns about hole in the ozone layer
• Metalworkers' strike in ABC Paulista
• Fire in shopping mall in Paraguay kills 300
• US suspends Irish immigration
• First heart transplant in India
• Earthquake in Ecuador kills 1,000

March 1987

• Reagan admits mistakes in Iran-Contra affair
• MS Herald ferry sinking (193 dead)
• Vatican condemns artificial insemination
• Brazil launches Bresser Plan
• Beginning of the accident with Cesium-137 in Goiânia
• FDA approves AZT for AIDS
• "The Simpsons" premieres as a short
• Pope publishes encyclical against abortion
• Ayrton Senna wins Brazilian GP
• First liver transplant in Brazil (corrected)
• Earthquake in Ecuador kills 1,000
• Musical "Starlight Express" premieres in NY
• Exxon announces merger with other oil companies
• General strike in South Korea
• New species of primate discovered in Brazil

April 1987

• Germany announces ban on CFCs
• Writer Primo Levi dies
• Portugal and China sign agreement on Macau
• General strike in Chile against Pinochet
• Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" premieres
• Environmental protests on Earth Day
• USSR announces withdrawal from Afghanistan
• "L.A. Law" wins Emmy for best drama
• Singer Dalida dies
• Japan implements consumption tax
• The Clash releases album "Cut the Crap"
• US bombs bases in Libya
• Supernova discovered in Magellan
• Teachers’ strike in São Paulo
• Microsoft launches Excel for Windows

May 1987

• US Congress investigates Iran-Contra
• Poland legalizes Solidarity
• Military coup in Fiji
• American frigate attacks Iranian ship
• "The Untouchables" premiere
• "Star Wars" turns 10
• German pilot lands on Red Square
• "Dragnet" premieres with Dan Aykroyd
• Fire in London kills 31
• First heart transplant in India
• USSR launches Energia rocket
• Secret nuclear accident in the USSR
• Miners' strike in South Africa
• "Married... with Children" premiere
• Reagan visits West Berlin

June 1987

• Reagan calls for destruction of the Berlin Wall
• New Zealand declares nuclear free zone
• Thatcher is re-elected in the United Kingdom
• Reagan speech: "Tear down this wall!"
• "Predator" premiere
• General strike in South Korea
• The Cure release "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me"
• Brazil suspends debt moratorium
• Flood in China kills 200
• Volcanic eruption in New Zealand
• Pope visits Chile and Argentina
• Plane crash in Belgium kills 53
• Mike Tyson unifies boxing titles
• Bank workers strike in Brazil
• Actor John Huston dies

July 1987

• US-USSR nuclear agreement comes into force
• Lebanon hostage crisis continues
• World population reaches 5 billion
• Taiwan repeals martial law
• UN approves resolution for Iran-Iraq peace
• USSR launches Phobos 1 probe
• FDA approves AZT for AIDS
• "Full Metal Jacket" arrives in Brazil
• Madonna begins "Who's That Girl" tour
• Michael Jackson releases single "Bad"
• Ayrton Senna wins German GP
• Brazil wins Copa América
• Shipwreck on the Tietê River kills 12
• Teachers’ strike in Rio
• New species of orchid discovered

August 1987

• USA and Canada sign free trade
• Rudolf Hess dies
• General strike in Chile
• HIV-2 virus discovered
• "Casamento dos Trapalhões" premieres
• "Dirty Dancing" premieres in the USA
• Anime "Akira" is released
• Michael Jackson releases album "Bad"
• Train crash in France kills 56
• Reagan defends "Star Wars"
• Toxic gas kills 1,700 in Cameroon
• Oil workers strike in Brazil
• USSR sends woman into space
• "Stand by Me" premieres in theaters
• Ingrid Bergman dies

September 1987

• Chilean dictatorship arrests 120 opponents
• USSR launches Phobos 2 probe to Mars
• Accident with Cesium-137 in Goiânia is discovered
• "The Simpsons" debuts as an independent animation
• Series "Beauty and the Beast" premieres on TV
• Mike Tyson knocks out Tyrell Biggs
• Hurricane Floyd hits US east coast
• Terrorist attack in Karachi kills 22
• Brazil announces new economic plan
• Montreal Protocol on ozone is signed
• Bank workers' strike in São Paulo
• Death of singer Jaco Pastorius
• "The Twilight Zone" gets a TV remake
• "Crocodile Dundee" arrives in Brazilian cinemas
• Miners' strike in South Africa

October 1987

• "Black Monday": NY stock market crashes (drop of 22.6%)
• Baby Jessica rescued from well in USA (live broadcast)
• "Good Night, Vietnam" opens in theaters
• California earthquake (6.2 degrees)
• Brazil wins Copa América basketball
• USSR launches new Mir station module
• Anti-nuclear protests in Europe
• Storm destroys houses in southern Brazil
• Teachers’ strike in Rio Grande do Sul
• "Fatal Attraction" arrives in Brazilian cinemas
• Brazilian Economy Minister announces measures
• Death of director Robert Mulligan
• Microsoft releases Windows 2.0
• Flood in Santa Catarina leaves thousands homeless
• Halloween with record sales in the USA

November 1987

• Zine El Abidine Ben Ali takes over in Tunisia
• Attack on Korean Air Flight 858 (115 dead)
• Series "The Incredibles" premieres in Brazil
• Bangladesh flood kills 2,000
• Ayrton Senna wins Japanese GP
• Oil workers strike in Argentina
• Van Gogh stolen from the Van Gogh Museum
• Film "The Mission" arrives in Brazil
• London subway fire kills 31
• Microsoft launches Windows 2.0 in the US
• Truck drivers' strike in São Paulo
• Elections for governors in Brazil
• Death of actor John Huston
• South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the ocean
• Record sales on Black Friday in the USA

December 1987

• USA and USSR sign INF Treaty
• Sinking of the Doña Paz in the Philippines (4,386 deaths)
• "Beverly Hills Cop II" is the most rented film
• Teachers’ strike in Minas Gerais
• USSR announces withdrawal from Afghanistan
• Palestinian Intifada begins
• "Platoon" wins best film award
• Bank workers’ strike in Rio de Janeiro
• Launch of the first Nokia cell phone
• Flood in Espírito Santo leaves a thousand homeless
• "Good Morning, Vietnam" premieres in the USA
• Christmas with record retail sales
• Snowstorm hits northeastern US
• Death of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky
• New Year's Eve with record attendance in Rio