Historical Events In 1987
Friday, 13 February 2026
Jan 01 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico. 


Jan 01 China's rudimentary civil code in effect 


Jan 01 International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins 


Jan 01 Year of the Reader begins. 


Jan 02 Penn State upsets Miami in Fiesta Bowl for college football champ. 


Jan 03 Former Miss America Vanessa Williams marries Ramon T Hervey in New York City NY 


Jan 03 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts inaugural female artist Aretha Franklin. 


Jan 04 16 die in a train crash in Chase MD 


Jan 04 F van Heek, Dutch sociologist, dies at 79. 


Jan 04 Sixteen people die when a Washington-bound Amtrak train collides with Conrail locomotives in Chase, Maryland 


Jan 04 Thomas Stevens became inaugural man to bicycle around the world 


Jan 05 Canadian author Margaret Laurence takes her own life at age 60, losing a battle with lung cancer; 


Jan 05 Margaret Laurence, Canadian author, dies at 60 


Jan 05 Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack NJ. 


Jan 06 Astronomers at University of California observe Birth of a galaxy. 


Jan 06 The 100th US Congress convenes 


Jan 07 French airplanes harass Libyan positions in Duadi Doum. 


Jan 08 The Dow Jones industrial average closes at over 2000 points for the inaugural time 


Jan 09 Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81 


Jan 09 Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed. 


Jan 09 New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect 


Jan 09 Sir Rudolf Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass 


Jan 11 Largest crowd (76633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0). 


Jan 12 Britain's Prince Edward steps down from his Royal Marines training. 


Jan 13 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each 


Jan 13 E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/co-founder (Trouw, Loyal), dies. 


Jan 13 W German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in 1985 hijacking. 


Jan 14 Douglas Sirk, director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje), dies at 86 


Jan 15 Dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58 


Jan 16 Earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79. 


Jan 16 Hu Yaobang steps down as head of China's Communist Party, accepting blame for policy mistakes stemming from student turmoil. 


Jan 17 President Reagan signed a secret order permitting the covert sale of arms to Iran 


Jan 17 President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran. 


Jan 18 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Days of Our Live claims 


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