Page 5: Historical Events In 1987

Mar 08   17th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35184425   

Mar 08   David Hookes (306) Wayne Phillips make 462 stand for South Australia.   

Mar 08   FBI apprehends most wanted Claude L Dallas, Jr in California.   

Mar 09   Chrysler Corporation offered to buy American Motors Corporation on this day.   

Mar 10   Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization and embryo transfer   

Mar 11   Actor, singer, dancer, comedian, broadcaster and American entertainment icon, Danny Kaye, died in Los Angeles at the age of 74   

Mar 11   Wayne Gretzky scores 1500th NHL point   

Mar 11   [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74   

Mar 12   "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4000+ performances.   

Mar 12   Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North   

Mar 12   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.   

Mar 12   World Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova and Bukin (USSR).   

Mar 12   World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (USSR).   

Mar 12   World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic)   

Mar 12   World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada)   

Mar 13   Bernhard Grzimek, West German zoologist, dies at 77.   

Mar 13   John Gotti is acquitted of racketeering   

Mar 15   "Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 761 performances.   

Mar 15   13th People's Choice Awards Bill Cosby   

Mar 15   13th People's Choice Awards: Bill Cosby   

Mar 15   New Zealand beat West Indies by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket   

Mar 15   Sterling W Cole, (Rep-R-NY), dies at 82.   

Mar 15   US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay.   

Mar 16   Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71   

Mar 17   In this year, IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3 (but Windows is on the way)   

Mar 17   Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an inning of 96 vs Pakistan   

Mar 17   Torrential rains and mudslides in Tajikistan, Soviet Union, destroy dam, killing 19 people and leaving nine others missing   

Mar 18   Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82   

Mar 18   Gerber survey find most popular names for newborns (Jessica and Matthew)   

Mar 18   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

Mar 19   Arch Oboler, radio writer (Lights Out), dies at 77.   

Mar 19   Bonnie Blair skates ladies world record 500 meter (39.43 seconds)   

Mar 19   Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company   

Mar 19   Hassanali inaugurated as President of Trinidad and Tobago   

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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)