Page 10: Historical Events In 1987

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.   

Jun 24   Hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson, cricketer (3 Tests for WI), dies   

Jun 24   ‘The Great One’, Jackie Gleason, passed away on this day, at the age of 71. Gleason was one of TV’s biggest stars in the 1950s and 1960s. He started on the DuMont Television Network, became a celebrated fixture on CBSTV, and later, a movie star. He starred in honored films such as, "Gigot" and "The Hustler". He also starred in "Smokey and the Bandit". Jackie Gleason is best remembered from TV, however, as bus driver Ralph Kramden in "The Honeymooners", which still ranks as one of TV’s greatest sitcoms   

Jun 25   Boudleaux Bryant, song writer (for Everly Bros), dies at 67   

Jun 25   Pope John Paul II receives Austrian Pres Kurt Waldheim.   

Jun 25   The USSR begins major changes to its economy to make it more like a Western economy.   

Jun 26   Glen Hall, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1965), commits suicide.   

Jun 27   Jackie Gleason, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners), dies at 71   

Jun 27   Supreme Court Justice Powell retires   

Jun 28   E F Helin discovers asteroid #3680 Sasha   

Jun 30   Federico Mompou, composer, dies at 94   

Jun 30   Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in the high jump.   

Jul 02   Karl Linnas accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia.   

Jul 02   Michael Bennet Chorus Line director, dies of AIDS at 44   

Jul 03   2 men became inaugural hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic   

Jul 03   NY Met Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates Wally Backman and Lee Mazzilli for criticizing his play   

Jul 03   Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90   

Jul 04   Discovery moves to Launch Pad 39B for STS-26 mission   

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Apr 30   Nikki webster: Australian entertainer   

Aug 07   Sidney crosby: Canadian hockey player   

Sep 02   Spencer smith: American musician (panic at the disco)   

Oct 23   Faye hamlin: Swedish singer (play)   

Oct 29   Makoto ogawa: Japanese singer   

Nov 06   Ana ivanović: Serbian tennis player   

Nov 15   Isaiah osbourne: English footballer   

Nov 15   Ian hecox: Member of smosh   

Jan 01   Gustav knuth: Actor (heidi, rats),   

Jan 04   F van heek: Dutch sociologist,    

Jan 05   Margaret laurence: Canadian author,   

Jan 07   Larry carr: Pianist (flight to rhythm),    

Jan 08   P g joshi: Cricketer (12 tests for india 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9),   

Jan 09   Arthur lake: Actor (dagwood-blondie),    

Jan 10   Marion hutton: American singer and actress (b. 1919)   

Jan 11   Albert ferber: Swiss-english pianist (b. 1911)