Page 16: Historical Events In 1987

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   

Nov 28   South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die   

Nov 29   Howard Pyle, (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55), dies at 81   

Nov 29   Korean Air Boeing 707 disappears off Burma, on route to Seoul. All 115 lost.   

Nov 30   Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR, dies at 89   

Dec 01   Digging begins to link England and France under the English Channel.   

Dec 01   Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57.   

Dec 04   Rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde), dies at 90.   

Dec 05   "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38.   

Dec 06   3 satanist Missouri teenagers bludgeon comrade to death for "fun".   

Dec 06   James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies   

Dec 07   43 die in Pacific Southwest Airline crash in California (man shot pilots)   

Dec 07   Gorbachev arrives in the US for a summit meeting   

Dec 08   Occupied Palestinians start "intefadeh" (uprising) against Israel   

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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)