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Events and Notable Figures of 1987

This quiz tests your knowledge of significant events and notable figures from the year 1987, including cultural milestones, political events, and key personalities.

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1 ________ – Eamonn Andrews, Television and Radio Presenter (b.

2 ________ – Joseph Meyer, American songwriter (b.

3 ________ – Seiya Fujita, Japanese football player

4 December 17 – Gustáv Husák resigns as General Secretary of the ________.

5 ________ – Australian Prime Minister Robert Hawke's government is re-elected for a third term.

6 American Psycho (2000): According to director Mary Harron on the ________, the film is set around the end of 1987.

7 The Pendolino train makes its debut in ________.

8 ________ – Four hundred Iranian pilgrims are killed in clashes with Saudi Arabian security forces in Mecca.

9 ________ – Gerard Pique, Barcelona and Spanish footballer

10 ________ – Erskine Caldwell, American writer (b.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the first gang injunction to make headlines was obtained by Los Angeles City Attorney James Hahn against the West Los Angeles-based street gang the Playboy Gangster Crips in 1987.
  • the so-called Loughall Martyrs were a group of eight men from the Provisional IRA's East Tyrone Brigade who were ambushed and killed on May 8, 1987 by the British special forces, the SAS.
  • the Simpsons short Good Night aired April 19, 1987 on The Tracey Ullman Show and was the first ever appearance of the Simpson family on television.
  • the Motown recording "Do You Love Me" by The Contours became a Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 hit twice; once in 1962 and again in 1987.
  • after the Mendiola massacre on January 22, 1987, the Filipino Government banned all public demonstrations on Mendiola Street in Manila.
  • on January 27, 1987 83 workers of a shrimp farm in Kokkadichcholai, Sri Lanka were shot, allegedly by Special Task Force officers.
  • Mountain Lake, one of only two natural lakes in Virginia, was the filming location for the fictional Kellerman's Resort in New York's Catskill Mountains for the 1987 feature film Dirty Dancing.
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