The year started with Europe’s “The final Countdown” on the first place in European number-one hits, followed by “I knew you were waiting (for me)”-George Michael & Aretha Franklin, “I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me)”-Whitney Houston and “I just can’t stop loving you” and “Bad” by Michael Jackson. 
“Livin’ on a prayer” by Bon Jovi was number one for 4 weeks in Billboard Hot 100 as it would be 1987’s biggest hit song.
On January 3, Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Green Day and Curt Cobain’s Nirvana were formed in 1987 as Ace of Base too.
Eurovision Song Contest 1987 (32nd) was held in Brussels on May 9, after Sandra Kim had won the previous year. The winner? Johnny Logan and “Hold me now” – 172 points.
In March, U2 released “The Joshua Tree” – their 5th album and on 21 July, Guns N’ Roses released “Appetite For Destruction”, their debut album. Also, Aerosmith released their comeback album “Permanent Vacation”. Paul Simon received the Grammy Award for “album of the year” – “Graceland”.
Brendon Urie, the vocalist and guitarist from Panic! at the Disco was born on April 12, 1987.
Dalida, the Italian Egyptian actress and singer died on May 3 of an overdose of barbiturates. She was the first singer to receive a diamond disc.
The year started with “The cure for Insomnia”, directed by John Henry Timmis IV as it was the world’s longest movie – 5.220 minutes (87 hours). L D. Groban is reading his 4.080 pages poem in 3 days and 15 hours.
And… film debuts… Patricia Clarkson, Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis…
In May, Tom Cruise married Mimi Rogers and in November Demi Moore said “Yes” to Bruce Willis. Best 1987 Box Office Movies: “Three men and a baby” (almost $168 million), “Fatal attraction” with Michael Douglas and Glenn Close and “Beverly Hills Cop II” starring Eddie Murphy.
Bernardo Bertolucci and his “The last Emperor” took both Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards for “Best picture” and “Best Director”. Michael Douglas and Cher became “Best actor and actress” with “Wal Street” and “Moonstruck”.
The Palme d’Or – Cannes Film Festival – was awarded to Maurice Pilat’s “Sous le soleil de Satan”, staring Gérard Depardieu.
“Au revoir, les enfants” by Louis Malle was another French movie with 100% positive ratings and “extremely well-received” – screenplay published by Gallimard.
Of course, there were a lot of other films released from Hollywood in 1987, but only some of them were truly gorgeous… “Dirty Dancing”, “Empire of the Sun”, “Good Morning, Vietnam”, “Less than Zero”, “No Man’s Land”, “Predator”, “Robocop”, “Throw Momma from the train” and “The Witches of Eastwick”.
Romanian movies “Morometii” (Marin Preda’s book) and “Extemporal la dirigentie” – the third from “Liceeni”(“Teenagers”) serial were released in 1987.
Also, Jesse McCartney, Hilary Duff and Zac Efron were born in 1987 – sorry, but never heard.
Unfortunately, Fred Astaire died from pneumonia in Los Angeles on June 22, at the age of 88. Rita Hayworth also died in New York City on May 14 of Alzheimer's disease. She was 68. On March 28, Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp dies from heart failure in Vermont, USA. She was the matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers as their story served as inspiration for the musical “The sound of music”.
FOX Broadcasting Company debuted in prime time on April 5, 1987, with the series “Married… with Children” and “The Tracey Ullman Show”. About the first one… I started to see it around 1995-1997 when it was broadcasted in Romania. FOX was launched in October 1986 but it became the highest-rated broadcast network just from 2004 to 2009.
First number of “Superman vol. 2” comic book by DC Comics was published in January 1987 and “Suicide Squad” in May. Marvel started to produce “The transformers: Headmasters”.
On 19th “The Simpsons” cartoon first appears on FOX.
Kenzo Tange was awarded with Pritzker Prize (Architecture) in 1987, his famous works being St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museu. Jean Nouvel got Aga Khan Award in 1987, and 21 years later, the Pritzker Prize for Agbar Tower, Barcelona, Cologne Tower, Dentsu Headquarters Building, Tokio and many others.
On May 28, Andrew Wyeth has a one-man show of his “Helga Pictures” in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC and on 28th, Mathias Rust (19) evades Soviet air defences and lands a Reims Cessna F172P D-ECJB on Red Square in Moscow. He was detained, but released on August 3, 1988.
1987, 24th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. USSR came first in medal ranks, followed by Romania with 5 Gold, 1 Silver and and 4 Bronze. The third place was occupied by China. Aurelia Dobre (ROU) received the Golden Medal for All-around, Balance beam and Team final, classifying Romania on the first place for Team contest.
Carlton Football Club – the Blues – won the 91st VFL Premiership (Victorian Football League) – Australian rules football.
Between August 28 and September 6 were held the 2nd world Championships in Athletics in the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy. The German Democratic Republic classified first with 31 won medals. Carl Lewis (USA) won the Golden Medal for 100m, 4x100m relay and Long jump (8.67m).
Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) won the Golden Medal for 400m, setting a new European record of 44.33s that still stands…
Jürgen Schult (GDR) won the Golden Medal for discus throw. He is the current world record holder since 1986 (74.08m). Maricica Puica (ROU) won the Silver Medal for 3000m.
Stephen Roche (Ireland) won in 1987 Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and World Cycling Championships, becoming the second cyclist achieving The Triple Crown (this is not an official title and there is no physical award given).
On November 1st, Nelson Piquet wins for the third time Formula One World Championship.
Martina Navratilova (Czech American tennis player) won the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open in 1987. She defected from the Eastern Bloc at the 1975 US Open in the United States. She won 9 Wimbledon championships, 3 Australian Open, 2 French Open and 4 US Open. She won 359 finals in her entirely career. The Tennis historian and journalist,
Bud Collins has called Navratilova “arguably, the greatest player of all time”.
Steffi Graf (Germany) wan the French Open in 1987. She won 22 Grand Slam singles titles and the Golden Medal at Seoul Summer Olympics in 1988, the best female tennis player ever.
On June 17th the last individual of Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens – Dusky Seaside Sparrow – dies and the species become extinct.
“Livin’ on a prayer” by Bon Jovi was number one for 4 weeks in Billboard Hot 100 as it would be 1987’s biggest hit song.On January 3, Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Green Day and Curt Cobain’s Nirvana were formed in 1987 as Ace of Base too.
Eurovision Song Contest 1987 (32nd) was held in Brussels on May 9, after Sandra Kim had won the previous year. The winner? Johnny Logan and “Hold me now” – 172 points.
In March, U2 released “The Joshua Tree” – their 5th album and on 21 July, Guns N’ Roses released “Appetite For Destruction”, their debut album. Also, Aerosmith released their comeback album “Permanent Vacation”. Paul Simon received the Grammy Award for “album of the year” – “Graceland”.Brendon Urie, the vocalist and guitarist from Panic! at the Disco was born on April 12, 1987.
Dalida, the Italian Egyptian actress and singer died on May 3 of an overdose of barbiturates. She was the first singer to receive a diamond disc.
The year started with “The cure for Insomnia”, directed by John Henry Timmis IV as it was the world’s longest movie – 5.220 minutes (87 hours). L D. Groban is reading his 4.080 pages poem in 3 days and 15 hours.
And… film debuts… Patricia Clarkson, Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis…In May, Tom Cruise married Mimi Rogers and in November Demi Moore said “Yes” to Bruce Willis. Best 1987 Box Office Movies: “Three men and a baby” (almost $168 million), “Fatal attraction” with Michael Douglas and Glenn Close and “Beverly Hills Cop II” starring Eddie Murphy.
Bernardo Bertolucci and his “The last Emperor” took both Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards for “Best picture” and “Best Director”. Michael Douglas and Cher became “Best actor and actress” with “Wal Street” and “Moonstruck”.The Palme d’Or – Cannes Film Festival – was awarded to Maurice Pilat’s “Sous le soleil de Satan”, staring Gérard Depardieu.
“Au revoir, les enfants” by Louis Malle was another French movie with 100% positive ratings and “extremely well-received” – screenplay published by Gallimard.Of course, there were a lot of other films released from Hollywood in 1987, but only some of them were truly gorgeous… “Dirty Dancing”, “Empire of the Sun”, “Good Morning, Vietnam”, “Less than Zero”, “No Man’s Land”, “Predator”, “Robocop”, “Throw Momma from the train” and “The Witches of Eastwick”.
Romanian movies “Morometii” (Marin Preda’s book) and “Extemporal la dirigentie” – the third from “Liceeni”(“Teenagers”) serial were released in 1987.Also, Jesse McCartney, Hilary Duff and Zac Efron were born in 1987 – sorry, but never heard.
Unfortunately, Fred Astaire died from pneumonia in Los Angeles on June 22, at the age of 88. Rita Hayworth also died in New York City on May 14 of Alzheimer's disease. She was 68. On March 28, Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp dies from heart failure in Vermont, USA. She was the matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers as their story served as inspiration for the musical “The sound of music”.
FOX Broadcasting Company debuted in prime time on April 5, 1987, with the series “Married… with Children” and “The Tracey Ullman Show”. About the first one… I started to see it around 1995-1997 when it was broadcasted in Romania. FOX was launched in October 1986 but it became the highest-rated broadcast network just from 2004 to 2009.
First number of “Superman vol. 2” comic book by DC Comics was published in January 1987 and “Suicide Squad” in May. Marvel started to produce “The transformers: Headmasters”.
On 19th “The Simpsons” cartoon first appears on FOX.
Kenzo Tange was awarded with Pritzker Prize (Architecture) in 1987, his famous works being St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museu. Jean Nouvel got Aga Khan Award in 1987, and 21 years later, the Pritzker Prize for Agbar Tower, Barcelona, Cologne Tower, Dentsu Headquarters Building, Tokio and many others.
On May 28, Andrew Wyeth has a one-man show of his “Helga Pictures” in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC and on 28th, Mathias Rust (19) evades Soviet air defences and lands a Reims Cessna F172P D-ECJB on Red Square in Moscow. He was detained, but released on August 3, 1988.
1987, 24th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. USSR came first in medal ranks, followed by Romania with 5 Gold, 1 Silver and and 4 Bronze. The third place was occupied by China. Aurelia Dobre (ROU) received the Golden Medal for All-around, Balance beam and Team final, classifying Romania on the first place for Team contest.Carlton Football Club – the Blues – won the 91st VFL Premiership (Victorian Football League) – Australian rules football.
Between August 28 and September 6 were held the 2nd world Championships in Athletics in the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy. The German Democratic Republic classified first with 31 won medals. Carl Lewis (USA) won the Golden Medal for 100m, 4x100m relay and Long jump (8.67m).Thomas Schönlebe (GDR) won the Golden Medal for 400m, setting a new European record of 44.33s that still stands…
Jürgen Schult (GDR) won the Golden Medal for discus throw. He is the current world record holder since 1986 (74.08m). Maricica Puica (ROU) won the Silver Medal for 3000m.
Stephen Roche (Ireland) won in 1987 Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and World Cycling Championships, becoming the second cyclist achieving The Triple Crown (this is not an official title and there is no physical award given).
On November 1st, Nelson Piquet wins for the third time Formula One World Championship.Martina Navratilova (Czech American tennis player) won the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open in 1987. She defected from the Eastern Bloc at the 1975 US Open in the United States. She won 9 Wimbledon championships, 3 Australian Open, 2 French Open and 4 US Open. She won 359 finals in her entirely career. The Tennis historian and journalist,
Bud Collins has called Navratilova “arguably, the greatest player of all time”.Steffi Graf (Germany) wan the French Open in 1987. She won 22 Grand Slam singles titles and the Golden Medal at Seoul Summer Olympics in 1988, the best female tennis player ever.
On June 17th the last individual of Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens – Dusky Seaside Sparrow – dies and the species become extinct.
