Page 15: Historical Events In 1987
Saturday, 04 July 2026
Oct 25 Cecil Brown, news correspondent (CBS), dies at 80 


Oct 26 Dow Jones down 156.83 points 


Oct 26 Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Comm assassinated by death squads. 


Oct 27 Gilbert McNamee sentenced to 25 years in prison for being an IRA bombmaker 


Oct 27 South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution. 


Oct 27 Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies. 


Oct 28 Andre Masson, France, surrealist artist (Labyrinth), dies at 91 


Oct 29 In this year, Thomas Hearns claims unprecidented 4th different weight boxing title. 


Oct 29 Kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57 


Oct 31 Joseph Campbell, mythologist (Mythic Image), dies at 83. 


Nov 03 On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56 


Nov 04 Raphael Soyer, artist (Depression scenes in NYC), dies at 87 


Nov 05 Iceberg twice the size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic. 


Nov 05 Supreme Court nominee Douglas H Ginsburg admitted using marijuana 


Nov 06 Ross R Barnett, lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss), dies at 89 


Nov 08 11 die as a bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at Ulster Remembrance Day Service 


Nov 11 L T Coggeshall, medical scientist (Sec of HEW 1956-58), dies at 86. 


Nov 11 Van Gogh's paining the "Irises" sells for record $53.6 M at auction 


Nov 12 Heavy snow closes schools from DC to Maine 


Nov 12 Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75 


Nov 14 Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, dies at 88 


Nov 15 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9 die in crash at Denver. 


Nov 16 In this year, Paul McCartney releases "Once Upon a Long Ago" 


Nov 16 Lisa Bonet marries Lenny Kravitz 


Nov 17 Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81. 


Nov 18 31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station 


Nov 18 Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (5x Tour de France), dies at 53 


Nov 21 James E Folsom, (Alabama-Gov, 1947-51, 1955-59), dies at 79 


Nov 22 Ted Taylor, rock vocalist, dies. 


Nov 23 The Chicago Board of Trade took its own precautionary steps, implementing a daily price ceiling on the Major Market Index future, as well as the Institutional Index future. 


Nov 25 Anton F Pieck, illustrator (1001 Nights), dies at 92 


Nov 25 Harold Washington 1st black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-87), dies at 65. 


Nov 26 Emmanuel Bondeville, composer, dies at 89. 


Nov 28 Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist prof (isolated growth hormones), dies at 74. 


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