Historical Events In 1987

Mar 17 Torrential rains and mudslides in Tajikistan, Soviet Union, destroy dam, killing 19 people and leaving nine others missing.

Mar 09 Chrysler Corporation offered to buy American Motors Corporation on this day.

Mar 12 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

Mar 19 Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 meter (39.43 seconds)

Mar 15 "Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 761 performances

Mar 07 Gavaskar becomes first cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs

Mar 12 "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4000+ performances

Mar 06 A British ferry sinks off the Belgian port of Zeebrugg, killing 189.

Mar 01 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open

Mar 19 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85)

Mar 06 6.8 earthquake hits Ecuador, kills 100

Mar 19 Hassanali inaugurated as President of Trinidad &Tobago

Mar 12 Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North

Mar 17 IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3 (but Windows is on the way)

Mar 15 13th People's Choice Awards Bill Cosby

Mar 19 Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company

Mar 13 John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering

Mar 18 Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica & Matthew)

Mar 25 Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified

Mar 17 Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an inning of 96 vs Pakistan

Mar 30 59th Academy Awards: "Platoon", Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin win

Mar 29 Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party

Mar 19 Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4 16.85)

Mar 08 FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr in California

Mar 07 Diane Chambers' (Shelley Long) final episode on Cheers

Mar 24 Western Australia win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria

Mar 11 Actor, singer, dancer, comedian, broadcaster and American entertainment icon, Danny Kaye, died in Los Angeles at the age of 74.

Mar 12 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva &Grinkov (USSR)

Mar 30 Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" sells for record £22.5M ($39.7 million)

Mar 08 17th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,184,425

Mar 27 President Habré's troops reconquer Faya Largeau Chad

Mar 19 PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns after sex scandal with Jessica Hahn

Mar 06 Belgium ferry boat "Herald of Free Enterprise" capsizes/sinks; 192 die

Mar 29 US tourist Ginger Meadows taken by crocodile in Prince Regent River, Western Australia.

Mar 07 World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champ, "Iron" Mike Tyson, became the youngest heavyweight titlist ever as he beat James Smith in a decision during a 12-round bout in Las Vegas.

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