Page 10: Historical Events In 1987
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
May 30 Mike Tyson TKOs Pinklon Thomas in 6 for World Boxing Council heavyweight boxing title. 


May 30 North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video. 


May 30 Tony Tucker TKOs Buster Douglas in 10 for International Boxing Federation heavyweight boxing title 


May 30 West German Mathias Rust lands airplane on Red Square leads to quite a stir in the Kremlin!! Some say the beginning of th eend of the R 


May 31 Dorothy Patrick, actress (Torch Song, New Orleans, High Wall), dies. 


Jun 01 Errol W Barrow, PM of Barbados (1961-76), dies at 67 


Jun 02 Andres Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94 


Jun 03 Andres Segovia, guitarist, dies 


Jun 05 "Nightline" presents it's inaugural "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS and the show runs until 3 47 AM. 


Jun 05 "Nightline" presents it's inaugural "Town Meeting" the subject is AIDS and the show runs until 3:47 AM 


Jun 07 John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73 


Jun 08 Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33. 


Jun 09 Grandon Rhodes, actor (Gentleman From Nowhere), dies. 


Jun 10 Discovery's SRBs and External Tank are mated 


Jun 10 Elizabeth Hartman, actress (Fixer, Patch of Blue), dies at 45. 


Jun 11 Margaret Thatcher is inaugural British PM in 160 years to win 3rd cons term. 


Jun 13 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina 


Jun 13 Geraldine Page, actress (Blue and Gray), dies at 62. 


Jun 14 4th full-duration test firing of redesigned SRB motor. 


Jun 14 Les Favell, cricketer (757 runs for Australia), dies. 


Jun 15 J A K Cochrane, cricketer (Test for S Afr 1931), dies. 


Jun 16 Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami, opens 


Jun 16 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz acquitted on all but gun possession charges after shooting 4 black youths who tried to rob him 


Jun 17 Dick Howser, mgr (NY Yankees and KC Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51 


Jun 18 Bruce Marshall, writer, dies at 87. 


Jun 19 Ben and Jerry Ice Cream and Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia announce new Ice Cream flavor, Cherry Garcia 


Jun 19 Geffen records sign their inaugural artist (Donna Summer). 


Jun 19 Wee Willie Keeler's 44 game hitting streak ends. 


Jun 20 Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass. 


Jun 21 Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vandenberg AFB. 


Jun 21 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendent. 


Jun 22 Fred Astaire actor/dancer, dies at Century City Hospital in LA at 88 


Jun 22 Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88. 


Jun 23 W Landgraf discovers asteroid #3683 Baumann 


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