Page 13: Historical Events In 1987

Aug 07   5 Central American presidents sign peace accord in Guatemala   

Aug 07   Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87.   

Aug 07   Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from US to USSR in 39o F (4o C) Bering Sea.   

Aug 08   Lynne Cox became inaugural to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait.   

Aug 09   Kees de Galan, Dutch economist, dies at 55.   

Aug 10   Calvin Culver, actor (Score), dies.   

Aug 11   Clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86   

Aug 13   Vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72   

Aug 16   156 die as Northwest Flight 255 crashes at take off in Detroit   

Aug 17   Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet, dies at 84.   

Aug 17   Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2700 for 1st time (2700.57).   

Aug 17   Rudolph Hess Nazi, dies at 93, after 46 years in Spandau Prison.   

Aug 18   Philip Rush of NZ, set record for triple crossing English Channel. His time 28 21, 10 hours faster than the inaugural man to do it.   

Aug 18   Philip Rush of NZ, set record for triple crossing English Channel. His time 28:21, 10 hours faster than the inaugural man to do it.   

Aug 19   Hayden Rorke, Brooklyn, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Night Walker), dies.   

Aug 20   The Canadian federal government slaps a total ban on smoking in public service offices, starting Jan. 1, 1988. Smoking by government employees at all public service counters ends immediately, well maybe not quite??   

Aug 21   Clayton Lonetree, inaugural marine court-martialed for spying, convicted   

Aug 21   Karl Bruck, entertainer, dies   

Aug 22   Madonna's "Who's "That Girl," single goes #1.   

Aug 23   Siegfried Borris, composer, dies at 80.   

Aug 24   Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes.   

Aug 24   Bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77.   

Aug 25   Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42.   

Aug 26   John Goddard, cricketer (West Indian captain 1948-53), dies.   

Aug 28   John Huston, US/Irish actor/director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81   

Aug 29   Academy Award-winner Lee Marvin dies in Tucson, AZ, at age 63.   

Aug 29   Lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies in Tucson Ariz at 63.   

Aug 30   Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec.   

Aug 30   Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump women's record (6'10¬")   

Aug 31   Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for the year record ($697385)   

Sep 02   Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan   

Sep 02   West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, goes on trial in Russia.   

Sep 03   Morton Feldman, US composer, dies at 61.   

Sep 05   Bill Bowes, cricketer (Bodyline bowler, 68 wkts for England), dies.   

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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)