Today in History for February 1987

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 67 of 67

1st - 163 day strike against Deere & Co ends, workers accept wage freeze
1st - 38,873 NBA crowd watch Chicago at Detroit
1st - Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic
1st - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 10-6
2nd - KC Royal pitcher Dennis Leonard (3X 20 game winner), retires
2nd - Philippines adopts constitution
3rd - Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twins for Neal Heaton
3rd - SD Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
4th - Pres Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress
4th - Stars & Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup
4th - Sacramento Kings score only 4 points 1st quarter against Lakers; fewest in a period since introduction of 24 second shot-clock in 1954
5th - Dow Jones avg closes above 2,200 for 1st time
5th - Soyuz TM-2 launches
6th - No-smoking rules take effect in federal buildings
6th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
7th - "Ronnies Rap" by Ron & DC Crew peaks at #93
7th - Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring America's Cup back to US
7th - Madonna's "Open Your Heart," single goes #1
7th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano
Pop Star Madonna 8th - 37th NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 154-149 (OT) at Seattle
8th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
9th - Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide
9th - NY Stock Exch installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club
10th - Philippine troops murder 17 civilians-Lupao Massacre
11th - British Airways begins trading stocks
11th - England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
11th - Philippines constitution goes into effect
11th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
12th - Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 M damages
13th - Tigers' Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator
14th - 53,745 largest NBA crowd to date-Phila at Detroit
15th - ABC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series
15th - Karlstad skates world record 10km (14:03,92)
15th - Nikolai Guljajev becomes world champion skater
15th - Craig Stadler disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot
16th - John Demjanjuk, accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" trial begins
17th - Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year)
17th - Michelle Renee Royer, 21, (Texas), crowned 36th Miss USA
19th - "Stardust" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 102 performances
19th - Anti-smoking ad airs for 1st time on TV, featuring Yul Brynner
19th - Less than a month after re-signing, A's pitcher Vida Blue retires
19th - Minn sheriff office arrest FBI most wanted, Thomas G Harrelson
19th - Reagan lifts trade boycott against Poland
20th - Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City
20th - David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America," after 11 years
21st - Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Tsumura Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
21st - Syrian army marches into Beirut
22nd - Bruno Marie-Rose runs world record 200m indoor (20.36 sec)
23rd - Dick Howser retires from managing KC Royals, due to brain tumor
23rd - Russian Writers Union accepts Boris Pasternak posthumous as member
23rd - Supernova 1987A in LMC 1st seen; 1st naked-eye supernova since 1604
24th - 29th Grammy Awards: Higher Love, Graceland, Bruce Hornsby wins
24th - LA Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 36,000th NBA point
24th - Radio personality Larry King suffers a heart attack
25th - LaMarr Hoyt is banned from baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse
Basketball Superstar Michael Jordan 25th - Michael Jordan, scores Chicago Bull record 58 points in a game
25th - US Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action
26th - 1st release of Beatles compact discs
26th - NASA launches GEOS-H
26th - NBA's Michael Jordan's 58 points is a Chicago Bull record
26th - Tower Commission probes Iran-Contra affair
26th - USSR resumes nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
26th - Wash blocks 20 Indiana shots tying NBA regulation game record
27th - "Washington Week In Review," 20th anniversary on PBS
27th - Donald Regan resigned as White House chief of staff
27th - Mike Conley triple jumps world indoor record (17.76m)
27th - NCAA cancels SMU's entire 1987 football schedule for gross violations of NCAA rules regarding athletic corruption

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 21 of 21

1st - Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
2nd - Gerard Piqué, Spanish football player
2nd - Martin Spanjers, American actor
4th - Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player
8th - Carolina Kostner, Italian European champion figure skater
9th - Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
9th - Joe O'Cearuill, Irish footballer
10th - Choi Si Won, Korean singer (Super Junior)
14th - Joseph Pichler, American actor
14th - Julia Savicheva, Russian singer
14th - David Wheater, English footballer
16th - Theresa Goh, Singaporean Paralympic swimmer
21st - Ellen Page, Canadian actress
21st - Burgess Abernethy, Australian Actor
21st - Ashley Greene, American model and actress
24th - Daniel Reilly, British entrepreneur
24th - Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model
24th - Chieko Kawabe, Japanese singer, model and actress
25th - Eva Avila, Canadian singer
26th - Juliet Simms, Guitarist and vocals for the band Automatic Loveletter
28th - Kerrea Gilbert, English footballer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 33 of 33

1st - Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at 82
1st - Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (b. 1900)
2nd - Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78
2nd - Patrick "Spike" Hughes, Brit jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78
2nd - Castilho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1927)
2nd - Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (b. 1922)
4th - Liberace, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies at 67
4th - Carl Rogers, American psychologist (b. 1902)
8th - Bronislawa Wajs [Papuscha], writer, dies
8th - Harriet MacGibbon, actress (Mrs Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies
8th - Hendrik Koekoek, founder (Dutch Boer party), dies at 74
10th - Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Pakistani painter, calligrapher and artist (b. 1930)
11th - Sadequain, famous Pakistani painter and artist. (b. 1930)
12th - Lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55
13th - M L "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies
14th - Bola Sete, guitarist, dies at 63
14th - Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82
14th - Karolos Koun, Greek theater director (b. 1908)
15th - Jimmy Holiday, US singer (Baby I Love You), dies at 42
Pianist Liberace (4th) 15th - Osmo Uolevi Lindeman, composer, dies at 57
16th - Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82
17th - Hal K Dawson, actor (Another Language, Wells Fargo), dies
17th - Verree Teasdale, actress (Skyscraper Souls), dies
20th - Ivan Brkanovic, composer, dies at 80
22nd - Andy Warhol, pop artist, dies of a heart attack at 58
22nd - David Susskind, TV host (Open End, David Susskind Show), dies at 66
22nd - Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens), dies at 85
23rd - Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80
24th - Jim Connors, Legendary Radio personality (b. 1940)
25th - James Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58
27th - Joan Greenwood, English actress (Gentle Sex, Bad Sister), dies at 65
28th - Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83
28th - Nora Kaye, US ballet dancer, dies at 67