1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Percy
During the first week of April, the typical northeasterly trades clashed with a Southern Hemisphere Westerly wind burst, creating an area of low pressure near the Caroline Islands. Gradual development occurred as it tracked westward, and on April 9, the JMA upgraded the system into a tropical depression, although the JTWC did not follow suit until April 11. Following data from a hurricane hunter aircraft that indicated that the depression was much stronger than expected, both the JTWC and JMA upgraded the depression later on April 11, with the latter estimating a peak wind speed of 85 km/h (55 mph).


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Percy
Almost immediately thereafter, Percy weakened rapidly, with the storm's center becoming exposed from the deep convection. The JMA downgraded Percy into a tropical depression at 18:00 on April 11. Thirty hours later, the JTWC discontinued warnings. The JMA ceased tracking the storm while it was located near the northern tip of Luzon on April 16.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ruth
According to the JMA, a tropical depression developed on June 17 around 445 km (275 mi) southeast of Hong Kong, becoming the first tropical cyclone of the season to develop in the South China Sea. Its convective structure gradually improved as the depression tracked west-northwest under the influence of a ridge to its north, and at 00:00 UTC on June 18, the JTWC classified the system as a tropical depression. The JMA upgraded the depression into a tropical storm six hours later, while also estimating a peak wind speed of 85 km/h (55 mph). The JTWC did not follow suit until at 18:00 UTC on June 18, when satellite estimated supported tropical storm intensity. Early on June 19, both the JTWC and JMA downgraded Ruth into a depression while it interacted with the southern China coast. Ruth dissipated inland later that day.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ruth
According to media outlets, Ruth inflicted widespread damage and casualties in southwest Guangdong and southeast Guangxi. In Guangdong, about 113,000 ha (279,230 acres) of farmland were inundated and 63,000 ha (155,675 acres) of banana plantations were damaged or destroyed. Extensive irrigation works were also damaged and 17 cows were killed. There, seven people were dead and eighty-six others were injured. Over 45,000 houses collapsed while more than 210,000 dwellings were damaged. Approximately 350 bridges were destroyed. In Guangxi, three deaths and twenty-six injuries were reported. As a result of the heavy rain, 45 bridges and over 780 houses sustained damaged. In addition, over 7,000 ha (17,295 acres) of farmland were flooded. The railway service was also temporarily disrupted. In Hong Kong, damage was minimal and only one structure was demolished.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sperry (Bebeng)
The origins of Typhoon Sperry can be traced back to a weak surface circulation that formed on June 24 as part of the monsoon trough 370 km (230 mi) northwest of Truk. A second area of disturbed weather subsequently developed 400 km (250 mi) east of the Marshall Islands. The two areas consolidated into one on June 25, even though further development was initially slow to occur due to strong wind shear created by a tropical upper tropospheric trough near Wake Island.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sperry (Bebeng)
On June 25, the storm began to show signs of organization while tracking northwest; however, the JMA did not upgrade the system into a tropical depression until 00:00 UTC on June 26. On the next day, both the JTWC and JMA classified the system as Tropical Storm Sperry after the low-level center became better defined and the storm developed a central dense overcast – a large mass of deep convection. Later on June 28, Sperry was upgraded into a severe tropical storm by the JMA.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sperry (Bebeng)
On the next day, both agencies upgraded Sperry into a typhoon, the second of the season, based on reports from hurricane hunters. At noon on June 28, the JTWC and JMA reported that Sperry peaked in strength; the agencies estimated winds of 135 km/h (85 mph) and 120 km/h (75 mph) respectively at this time. By June 29, Sperry began to approach a break in the ridge as well as a cold front, causing the storm to recurve to the northeast, becoming the first storm of the season to interact with mid-latitude westerlies.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Sperry (Bebeng)
Thunderstorm activity quickly became displaced from the center due to increased wind shear, and the JMA downgraded Sperry into a severe tropical storm at 00:00 UTC on June 30. On the next day, both the JTWC and JMA declared Sperry an extratropical cyclone, although its remains later merged with a frontal zone.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Thelma (Katring)
Thelma was first designated by the JMA as a tropical depression on July 7. After moving north, Thelma turned west, while remaining poorly organized. It finally attained typhoon status on July 9, soon after developing an eye, and began to intensify at a brisker clip, and on July 10, the JTWC upgraded Thelma into the first super typhoon of the season. During the evening of July 10, Thelma attained maximum intensity while well to the east of the Philippines. It also turned sharply northward in response to a trough while also slowly weakening. On July 15, Typhoon Thelma, now greatly reduced in intensity, struck the south coast of South Korea. The next day, Thelma rapidly dissipated, shortly after emerging into the Sea of Japan.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Vernon (Diding)
On July 14, an area of disturbed weather formed while embedded in the near-equatorial monsoon trough in the eastern Caroline Islands. A well-defined low level circulation quickly developed, but convective activity remained limited until July 16, when both the JTWC and JMA upgraded the system into a tropical depression. Initially, the depression moved westwards towards the central Philippines while remaining disorganized. The JMA upgraded Vernon into a tropical storm at noon on July 18, and a severe tropical storm 12 hours later. At midday on July 1, the JTWC upgraded Vernon into a typhoon.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Vernon (Diding)
Vernon began to track northwestward in the general direction of Taiwan. On July 20, the JMA estimated that Vernon reached its peak intensity, with winds of 115 km/h (70 mph). Shortly after its peak, Typhoon Vernon began to interact with the rugged terrain of Taiwan as it skirted the eastern shore and the JTWC and JMA estimated that Vera rapidly weakened to a tropical depression on July 21. Vernon dissipated in the East China Sea on July 22 after passing the northern tip of Taiwan.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Wynne (Gening)
The initial disturbance that would become Typhoon Wynne formed east of the International Date Line on July 20. Embedded in an environment of moderate wind shear, the disturbance slowly became more organized while tracking west. On July 21, the JMA classified the system as a tropical depression. Both the JTWC and JMA upgraded the depression into Tropical Storm Wynne at 06:00 UTC on July 22. After Wynne developed a central dense overcast, a large mass of deep convection, the JMA upgraded Wynne to a severe tropical storm midday on July 23.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Wynne (Gening)
Later that day, the JTWC upgraded Wynne into a typhoon while the typhoon passed over the northern Marianas island of Alamagan. On the next day, after the storm developed an eye, the JMA followed suit and classified Wynne as a typhoon. A smaller than average typhoon, Wynne turned west-northwest. By July 26, Wynne reached its maximum intensity, with the JTWC reporting winds of 230 km/h (145 mph) and the JMA reporting winds of 185 km/h (115 mph). of 145 mph (230 km/h).


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Wynne (Gening)
As it rounded the western periphery of the subtropical ridge, the cyclone became sheared from the north, which caused the storm to weaken and its center to become exposed from the deep convection. Even so, it maintained typhoon intensity until July 30, according to both agencies. Recurving east of Honshū, Wynne continued to weaken. Both the JTWC and JMA determined that Wynne transitioned into an extratropical cyclone by the afternoon of July 31, although the JMA continued to track Wynne for five additional days.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Wynne (Gening)
Prior to the arrival of the typhoon on Alamagan, a handful of people sought shelter. All coconut trees and 90–100% of crops on islands of Alamagan and Agrihan were destroyed by the typhoon. All structures on Alamgan were destroyed, including the radio tower, which was the island's communication to the rest of Saipan. However, there were no serious injuries or deaths.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Betty (Herming)
Typhoon Betty formed from the monsoon trough that, according to the JMA, spawned a tropical depression on August 8 while around positioned well to the east of the Philippines. It drifted northwestward, becoming a tropical storm on August 9 and a typhoon on August 10. Betty turned westward, where it rapidly intensified, becoming the second super typhoon of the season, before attaining peak intensity on August 11. The next day, Typhoon Betty made landfall in the central Philippines. Betty weakened rapidly over the country, but restrengthened somewhat over the South China Sea. Land interaction weakened Betty slightly before it hit central Vietnam on August 16. The next day, Betty dissipated.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Cary (Ising)
Cary formed on the August 7th and started to move westward, the storm peaked to a Category 2 storm and struck the Philippines, this resulted in numerous casualties and tons of damage. The storm weakened by Vietnam


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Dinah (Luding)
An area of low pressure developed near Guam on August 19, and on August 21, the low reached tropical storm intensity as it moved generally west. Intensification was initially gradual, but Dinah became a typhoon early on August 24, and subsequently began to intensify at a faster pace. Dinah reached its highest strength on August 26 before turning northward on August 28 and into a less favorable conditions aloft, which prompted weakening. Dinah entered the Sea of Japan after passing near Okinawa on August 29, where Dinah leveled off in intensity.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Dinah (Luding)
The system then began to recurved towards southwestern Japan, and after passing through the area, Dinah transitioned into an extratropical cyclone on August 31, although the remnants could be traced for four more days as it approached the International Date Line. Across Okinawa, one person was killed, six more were injured, eight homes were destroyed or seriously damaged, and 13 boats sunk or were damaged. Damage exceeded $1.3 million (1987 USD). On the island of Kyushu, 250 homes were flooded and about 450,000 homeowners lost power. Throughout Japan, eight people perished, and 89 were wounded. The typhoon destroyed nearly 40,000 dwellings and an additional 600 were flooded. In South Korea, 4,372 structures were destroyed, leaving more than 11,000 people homeless. Nationwide, the typhoon was responsible for flooding 80,000 ha (197,685 acres) of crops. Property damage was estimated at $39.1 million.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression Ed
Ed formed in the middle of West Pacific. The storm only peaked as a Tropical Depression, despite its length. Tropical Depression Ed then dissipated on 29 August.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Gerald (Neneng)
On September 4 a tropical depression formed east of Luzon from the monsoon trough. It remained embedded within the trough, and moved erratically, drifting northward to become a tropical storm late on the 4th. Gerald turned more to the northwest, reached typhoon strength on the 7th, and continued to intensify to a peak of 120 mph (190 km/h) on the 8th. It passed south of Taiwan, disrupting the circulation and weakening it as it continued to the west-northwest. Gerald hit southeast China as a 65 mph (105 km/h) tropical storm on the 10th, and dissipated the next day. Mudslides and torrential flooding up to 16 inches (410 mm) in some locations resulted in $131 million in damage (1987 USD) and 127 fatalities.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Freda
Typhoon Freda developed from an active monsoon trough; the precursor disturbance to Freda was first noted on September 1. A low-level center first began evident two days later, and on September 4, the JMA classified the disturbance as a tropical depression, with the JTWC following suit at 18:00 UTc that day.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Freda
After passing Guam, Freda began to intensify at a faster clip; both the JTWC and JMA upgraded the depression into Tropical Storm Freda on the morning of September 5. Quasi-stationary, Freda steadily intensified, and following the appearance of a small eye on satellite imagery, Freda was upgraded into a typhoon by both the JTWC and JMA. After executing a small counterclockwise loop, Freda turned northeast. On September 10, the JTWC and JMA, based on Dvorak analysis, estimated that Freda reached its peak wind spreed, with winds of 235 km/h (145 mph) and 195 km/h (120 mph) respectively.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Freda
Typhoon Freda began to round the western periphery of a ridge, which caused the system to accelerate towards the north. The JTWC estimated that Freda weakened to a tropical storm during the evening hours of September 13; however, the JMA maintained the storm at typhoon intensity for several additional days. By September 16, Freda began to interact with a mid-level trough to the north, which resulted in a turn to the northeast. After bypassing Honshu, wind shear began to take toll on the system and Freda began to turn extratropical. On September 17, the JTWC declared Freda extratropical, with the JMA doing the same the following day. It was lasted noted on September 20.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Freda
Due to the storms erratic motion during its early stages, Guam received two distinct periods of heavy rainfall from the storm. On September 4, the typhoon dropped 109.3 mm (4.30 in), and four days later, 635 mm (25.0 in) was recorded on the island, along with gale-force winds. Throughout the Mariana Islands, rough seas damaged coral reefs and eroded beaches, but there were no casualties.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Holly
The final of a three storm tropical cyclone outbreak, Holly began as a poorly organized but persistent area of convection at the eastern edge of the monsoon trough, which was displaced a bit to the north of its climatological position. Tracking westward, the disturbance gradually organized due to low wind shear. Shower and thunderstorm activity developed over the center, and at 00:00 UTC on September 5, the JMA classified the system as a tropical depression, with the JTWC doing the same six hours later. Although only slight intensification was expected, the depression took advantage of the favorable conditions.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Holly
A central dense overcast quickly developed, and the JMA upgraded Holly into a severe tropical storm at noon on September 7 and a typhoon 12 hours later. The JTWC also designated Holly a typhoon on September 7. Following a 36-hour period of rapid deepening, the JMA estimated that Holly attained its peak intensity of 200 km/h (125 mph) midday on September 9. Meanwhile, the JTWC estimated winds of 255 km/h (160 mph), making Holly a super typhoon. Around this time, Holly veered from northwestward to northward caused by a weakness in the subtropical ridge.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Holly
Holly steadily weakened as its forward motion decreased. On September 14, the JMA downgraded Holly to a severe tropical storm, while the JTWC estimated that Holly transitioned into a subtropical cyclone that day. the JTWC declared Holly an extratropical cyclone on September 15, with the JMA following suit two days later. The remnants of the typhoon lost its identity late on September 17. Throughout its lifetime, Typhoon Holly had no effects on land.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ian
Typhoon Ian began as broad and poorly organized tropical disturbance situated roughly 610 km (380 mi) east-northeast of Guam. At the time, the disturbance was embedded in the Western Pacific monsoon trough, which re-established itself after being disrupted by the previous tropical cyclone outbreak. Pressures in the area gradually fell start on September 21. Based on Dvorak classifications of T2.0/55 km/h (35 mph), the JMA and JTWC both classified the disturbance as a tropical depression early on September 23. At 18:00 UTC that day, both agencies upgraded the depression into Tropical Storm Ian.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ian
Tracking westward, Ian strengthened at a climatological rate of one T number per day. After Ian turned to the northwest, the JMA upgraded Ian into a severe tropical storm at 00:00 UTC on September 25. Despite lacking an inner core, Ian was believed to have attained typhoon intensity that same day by both the JTWC and JMA, and subsequently, entered a period of rapid deepening. The JTWC estimated that Ian deepened by 50 mph (80 km/h) over the next 24 hours.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ian
Data from the JTWC indicated that Ian peaked in intensity at 00:00 UTC on September 26, with winds of 200 km/h (125 mph). The JMA suggested, however, the Ian's peak was much lower, with winds of 135 km/h (85 mph). While leveling off in intensity, Ian's forward motion decreased as it tracked northward. The storm's slow motion caused the typhoon to upwell cold water, which contributed to a decrease in cloud top temperatures around the eye. On September 29, Ian began to recurve out to sea, in response to a shortwave trough passing north of the typhoon.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ian
The JMA downgraded Ian to a severe tropical storm that evening. The JTWC estimated that Ian transitioned into a subtropical cyclone on October 1, and the next day, Ian was downgraded into a tropical storm by the JMA. On October 4, Ian finally dissipated over 2,000 km (1,245 mi) to the east of Japan.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Peke
On September 28, Hurricane Peke crossed the International Date Line and was thus re-designated as Typhoon Peke at 00:00 UTC that day. At the time of crossing, the JMA estimated winds of 145 km/h (90 mph) while the JTWC estimated winds of 135 km/h (85 mph). In response to improved circus outflow, Peke steadily intensified, and early on September 29, the JTWC estimated that Peke reached its peak velocity, with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h); however, the JMA did not observe any strengthening.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Peke
The typhoon began to encounter drier air, which prevented further intensification and caused the storm to become less organized. Midday on September 30, Ian became to decelerate as the storm started a weakening trend. After briefly becoming quasi-stationary, Peke veered to the north-northeast, only to drift back to the southeast as the storm's low- and mid-level centers diverged. The JTWC stopped tracking the system on October 3, although its remnants lingered for another three and half days due to collapsed steered currents. On October 7, the JMA ceased tracking Peke.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm June
The seventh and final tropical cyclone to form during the month of September, an area of disturbed weather developed on September 23 during the next four days, it failed to develop appreciably, but on September 28, the JMA classified the disturbance as a tropical depression. By September 30, shower and thunderstorm activity had increased considerably, prompting both the JTWC and JMA to upgrade the system into a tropical storm. However, June's close proximity to the more powerful Typhoon Ian restricted June's outflow and inhibited further strengthening.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm June
Increased vertical wind shear caused the low-level center to become detached from the shower and thunderstorm activity and the JTWC issued their final warning on system at 00:00 UTC on October 1. Despite this, the JMA estimated that June attained its peak intensity of 70 km/h (45 mph) around this time. The JMA finally downgraded June into a tropical depression on October 2. The JMA stopped tracking the system altogether that evening.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Kelly (Oniang)
A tropical disturbance formed east of the southern Philippines on October 7. Moving north-northwest for much of its life cycle, the system became a tropical depression and strengthened into a tropical storm on October 11 and a typhoon on October 12. Recurving near the 26th parallel, Kelly struck southern Japan as a typhoon early on October 17 and rapidly transitioned into an extratropical cyclone later that day in the Sea of Japan. On Shikoku Island Kelly dropped 20 inches (510 mm) of rain, resulting floods and landslides killed 8 people.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Lynn (Pepang)
Typhoon Lynn, having developed from the monsoon trough on October 15 over the open ocean, rapidly intensified to a 160 mph (260 km/h) super typhoon on the 19th and 20th. It crossed through the Mariana Islands, and steadily weakened as it continued westward. Lynn passed just north of Luzon on the 23rd, and upper-level winds weakened it to a tropical depression before it hit southern China on the 28th. Lynn's tight pressure gradient, in combination with a large high pressure area over China, caused heavy winds over Taiwan, resulting in the formation of torrential rains of up to 68 inches (1,700 mm) in Taipei. 42 people perished from the extreme flooding, the worst in Taiwan in 40 years.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Maury (Rosing)
Tropical Storm Maury first formed from an area of disturbed weather early on November 7. At the time, the disturbance had a well-defined surface circulation and persistent deep convection, but little development was expected due to strong wind shear aloft. The storm failed to develop further initially, but on November 10, the storm's convective cloud structure improved, and on November 11, the JTWC upgraded the system into a tropical depression. The depression quickly lost organization due to strong wind shear, and at 00:00 UTC on November 12, the JTWC issued its last warning on the system.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Maury (Rosing)
Early on November 13, the JTWC reported that the depression had regenerated while the JMA upgraded the depression at around this time. Tracking westward, the depression decreased in organization as it approached the Philippines. The depression maintained its intensity over the Philippines and on November 15, entered the South China Sea. Following a significant increase in the storm's deep convection, the JTWC upgraded the depression into Tropical Storm Maury midday on November 16, with the JMA doing the same six hours later. On November 17, both agencies estimated that Maury reached its peak intensity of 50 mph (80 km/h). The JMA downgraded Maury into a depression on November 18, and after moving onshore near Cam Ranh Bay at 04:00 UTC on November 19, Maury dissipated two hours later.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nina (Sisang)
Tropical Storm Nina, which began its life on November 16 in the eastern portion of the Western Pacific Ocean, slowly strengthened to a typhoon on the 21st. It continued to strengthen as it passed through the Caroline Islands, and reached super typhoon strength on the 25th just east of the Philippines. Nina continued to intensify, and reached a peak of 165 mph (266 km/h) winds just before hitting the central Philippines on the evening of the 25th. Nina exited the archipelago the next day as a 105 mph (169 km/h) typhoon.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Nina (Sisang)
Nina briefly re-strengthened to a 115 mph (185 km/h) typhoon before turning to the north. The typhoon briefly threatened Hong Kong on the 28th, but vertical shear caused the low level circulation and upper-level circulation to separate, leaving a rapidly weakening Nina to turn southward over the South China Sea. The storm finally dissipated on the 30th, but not after causing 1,036 casualties and extensive crop damage on its path of 1.12 billion Philippine Pesos (1987 pesos).


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Phyllis (Trining)
Affecting the Philippines three weeks after Typhoon Nina devastated the archipelago, Typhoon Phyllis prompted typhoon alerts for the Visayans. Offshore northern Samar Island, a ferry boat carrying 50 people sank, though 27 were rescued, the bodies of 10 drowning victims were recovered and 13 others were feared dead.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names
During the season 23 named tropical cyclones developed in the Western Pacific and were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, when it was determined that they had become tropical storms. These names were contributed to a revised list from 1979.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Philippines
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones in their area of responsibility. PAGASA assigns names to tropical depressions that form within their area of responsibility and any tropical cyclone that might move into their area of responsibility. Should the list of names for a given year prove to be insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list, the first 6 of which are published each year before the season starts. Names not retired from this list will be used again in the 1991 season. This is the same list used for the 1983 season. PAGASA uses its own naming scheme that starts in the Filipino alphabet, with names of Filipino female names ending with "ng" (A, B, K, D, etc.). Names that were not assigned/going to use are marked in gray.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Retirement
Owing to their extensive damage and death toll within the Philippines, the PAGASA later retired the names Herming and Sisang. Replaced names were selected as Helming and Sendang for the 1991 season. The name Katring, which replaced Karing in 1983 for still unknown reasons, was removed from this list (List I). It was previously included in another list (List IV) as an auxiliary name, replacing Kading which was retired after the 1978 season. Because of this, the name Karing was reinstated in this list for the 1991 season.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Season effects
This is a table of all of the storms that have formed in the 1987 Pacific typhoon season. It includes their duration, names, affected areas, damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a wave, or a low, and all of the damage figures are in 1986 USD. Names listed in parentheses were assigned by PAGASA.


1987 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1987 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played March 5–8 at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, on the UCLA campus. The champion of the tournament was host UCLA, which received the Pac-10's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Most Outstanding Player was Reggie Miller of UCLA.


1987 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
This was the inaugural Pac-10 tournament. The format ran for four years, through 1990.


1987 Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All ten schools participated; teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.


1987 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1987 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).


1987 Pan American Games
The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas competed in 30 sports, earning 1,015 medals. Events were held at 23 venues in and around Indianapolis. The official mascot for the games was Amigo, a green parrot.


1987 Pan American Games, Host city selection
Santiago, Chile, was originally named the host of the tenth Pan American Games, but it withdrew in 1983 due to political and financial problems. Quito, Ecuador, was named to replace Santiago, but it also withdrew, in late 1984. Desperate, the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) held a new election. Indianapolis was planning to bid on the 1991 Games, but, at the request of the United States Olympic Committee, submitted a bid for 1987. Since many sports facilities were already in place, PASO announced on December 18, 1984, that Indianapolis would be the host. Havana, Cuba, was also interested, but PASO appeased Fidel Castro, who had threatened to boycott the games, by agreeing to give Havana the 1991 games provided that Cuba participated at Indianapolis.


1987 Pan American Games, Organization
The city of Indianapolis created an organizing committee called Pan American Ten/Indianapolis (PAX/I). It had eighteen operating divisions, 300 paid staff, and 37,000 volunteers.


1987 Pan American Games, Organization, Symbols
The logo of the 1987 Pan Am Games consisted of five stylized X's, the Roman numeral for ten. Designed by Michael Hayes of the JMH Corporation in Indianapolis, the seven colors represented the wildlife and flags of western hemisphere countries. The mascot was Amigo, a green parrot, designed by Jerry Reynolds of Perennial Pictures in Indianapolis. He represented friendliness and festivity. The official music of the X Pan American Games was Pan American Fanfare by Lalo Schifrin.


1987 Pan American Games, Organization, Broadcasting rights
The rights for the 1987 games were won by CBS with a bid of $4,000,000, and Brent Musburger hosted. CBS aired 26 hours of coverage, all on weekend afternoons, including live coverage of the Opening Ceremony from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Additionally, CBS provided the world feed. Because these games were first since the Cuban Revolution in which Cuban athletes were competing in the United States, the ratings were boosted by their participation, providing a USA-Cuba showdown in many events.


1987 Pan American Games, Venues
The 1987 Pan Am Games were held at a total of 23 sites. The athletes village, which provided lodging and dining for the athletes, was located at Fort Benjamin Harrison.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held on the main straight of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the site of the Indianapolis 500. Crowd size reports range from 69,518, the official capacity of the stadium proper, to 80,000. The show, The Magic that is America, was produced by The Walt Disney Company at a cost of several million dollars. The 6,500 performers made it the largest outdoor live entertainment show held in the United States up to that date. It was also the largest opening ceremony of the Pan Am games to that time.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Opening ceremony
Sandi Patty was a featured singer and the show included hot air balloons and military fighter jets. Dignitaries included IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch, Indianapolis Mayor William H. Hudnut III, Indiana Governor Robert D. Orr, and PASO President Mario Vazquez Raña.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Opening ceremony
American Vice President George H. W. Bush officially opened the games, and additional security protocols for his presence led to about 5000 people being delayed in lines, with twelve people fainting.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Opening ceremony
Flag bearers in the Parade of Nations included the games' oldest athlete, 70-year-old yachtsman Durward Knowles of the Bahamas, basketball star José Ortiz of Puerto Rico, and baseball pitcher Jim Abbott of the United States. The Canadian delegation engaged with the crowd by playing frisbee with them. The final leg of the torch relay had the flame passed from Indianapolis-born basketball player Oscar Robertson to gymnast Kristie Phillips to sprinter Wilma Rudolph, also from Indianapolis, who lit the cauldron.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Opening ceremony
During the opening ceremony, a plane chartered by anti-Castro Cuban-American activists flew a banner urging Cuban athletes to defect.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Participating nations
38 nations participated in the tenth Pan American Games. Four countries competed for the first time in 1987: Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and Grenada.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Protests involving the Cuban delegation during the games
Tension between Cuba and the United States had already been an issue with the selection of Indianapolis over Havana for the site of the games, and a Cuban boycott had been avoided only when Fidel Castro received a promise that the 1991 Pan American Games would be held in Havana. After the incident with a plane flying a banner urging Cuban athletes to defect in the opening ceremony, Cuban immigrants to the United States continued to use the games as a way to confront the Castro regime, using the Cuban athletes as a proxy.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Protests involving the Cuban delegation during the games
This games marked the first time since the Cuban Revolution that Cuban athletes had participated in the United States. At a baseball game in Bush Stadium between Cuba and the Netherlands Antilles the day after the opening ceremony, Cuban-American protestors taunted the Cuban players, threw flyers at them, and mocked them with offers of cash. A fight broke out, but only one bystander was injured and hospitalized after Indianapolis police broke up the fight by preventing the Cuban players from entering the stands. At a subsequent game against Puerto Rico, some Cuban players were able to enter the stands to chase protestors before being stopped.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Protests involving the Cuban delegation during the games
During boxing events at the Indiana Convention Center, anti-Castro Cuban-American protestors mocked the Cuban boxers from the stands. The police were unable to stop the Cuban boxers from entering the stands and punching the protestors in retaliation. According to witnesses, up to a dozen Cuban boxers, including Pablo Romero, as well as a hundred spectators were involved. Two people were hospitalized. After these incidents Manuel Gonzalez Guerra, who was Cuba's top sports official, publicly demanded that organizers keep the anti-Castro protestors away from the Cuban athletes.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Protests involving the Cuban delegation during the games
In private, he also unsuccessfully asked the Indianapolis police chief to lock the activists up. Mark Miles, the president of the organizing committee, made a phone call to the Ronald Reagan administration in the White House, who subsequently pressed Cuban-American activists groups to dial down the pressure by the final week.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Medal count
To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the  icon next to the column title.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Medal count
The medal counts for the United States and Canada differ in various sources.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Indianapolis Museum of Art exhibition
Coinciding with the Pan American Games was the Indianapolis Museum of Art exhibition Art of the Fantastic: Latin America, 1920–1987. The exhibition presented 125 works by artists from a variety of nations, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Well-known artists such as Frida Kahlo and Roberto Matta were featured, as well as artists who had never exhibited outside their native country. The show was the first large-scale presentation of 20th-century Latin American art in the U.S. in over 20 years and was the museum's first contemporary exhibition to travel.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony took place in the Hoosier Dome. The headline act was Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan and her band Miami Sound Machine. The choice of Castro-critic Estefan, who had fled with her family during the Cuban Revolution while her father stayed and was imprisoned, led the Cuban delegation to again threaten to boycott.


1987 Pan American Games, Games, Closing ceremony
The organization committee defended the decision, saying that Estefan was hired because her latest album, Let It Loose, released two months before the games was a platinum hit. In the end, the Cuban delegation's protest was merely not to dance during her performance.


1987 Pan American Games, Aftermath
The Pan Am Games brought about $175 million (1988 USD, $355.1 million 2016 USD) to Indianapolis's economy. Hosting the Games cost about $30 million. Indianapolis was the first Pan American Games host city to break even financially.


1987 Pan American Games, Aftermath
Hosting the games also attracted many sports organizations to consider Indianapolis as a site for their headquarters, most notably the National Collegiate Athletic Association.


1987 Pan American Games medal table
The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, were a continental multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, United States, from August 7 to August 23, 1987. At the Games, 4,453 athletes selected from 38 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in events in 27 sports. Twenty-seven nations earned medals during the competition, and fourteen won at least one gold medal.


1987 Pan American Games medal table, Medal table
The ranking in this table is based on medal counts published by several media organizations. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals won by the athletes representing a nation. (In this context, a nation is an entity represented by a NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.


1987 Pan American Games medal table, Medal table
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1987 Pan Pacific Open
The 1987 Pan Pacific Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo in Japan and was part of the Category 4 tier of the 1987 WTA Tour. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and ran from 14 September through 20 September 1987. First-seeded Gabriela Sabatini won the singles title and earned $50,000 first-prize money.


1987 Pan Pacific Open, Finals, Doubles
Anne White /  Robin White defeated  Katerina Maleeva /  Manuela Maleeva 4–6, 6–2, 7–6


1987 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
The second edition of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in 1987 at the Chandler Aquatic Centre in Brisbane, Australia, from August 13–16.


1987 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Results, Men's events
Legend: WR – World record; CR – Championship record; CWR – Commonwealth record; NR – National record


1987 Papua New Guinean general election
General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 13 June and 4 July 1987. The Pangu Party emerged as the largest party, winning 26 of the 109 seats. Voter turnout was 76.0%.


1987 Papua New Guinean general election, Results
None of the eighteen female candidates were elected, leading to the first all-male National Parliament in Papua New Guinea's history.


1987 Papua New Guinean general election, Results
Following the elections, all 22 elected independents joined parties, while two National Party MPs defected; the People's Democratic Movement (PDM) gained nine MPs, the People's Action Party eight, the People's Progress Party (PPP) five, and the Pangu Party and United Party one. The three vacant seats were later won by the National Party, PDM and PPP.


1987 Papua New Guinean general election, Aftermath
The newly elected Parliament met on 5 August to elect the Prime Minister. Incumbent Prime Minister Paias Wingti defeated former Prime Minister Michael Somare by a vote of 54 to 51. Wingti formed a 25-member cabinet, with Minister of Education Aruru Matiabe also serving as Acting Foreign Minister due to the previous incumbent Ted Diro being accused of corruption during an ongoing inquiry. Diro was instead appointed as a minister without portfolio.


1987 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 1987 season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top category of Paraguayan football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Cerro Porteño.


1987 Paris Open
The 1987 Paris Open was a Grand Prix men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 15th edition of the Paris Open (later known as the Paris Masters). It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from 2 November through 9 November 1987.


1987 Paris Open, Finals, Singles
Tim Mayotte defeated  Brad Gilbert 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3


1987 Paris Open, Finals, Doubles
Jakob Hlasek /  Claudio Mezzadri defeated  Scott Davis /  David Pate 7–6, 6–2


1987 Paris Open – Doubles
Peter Fleming and John McEnroe were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1987 Paris Open – Doubles
Jakob Hlasek and Claudio Mezzadri won in the final 7–6, 6–2 against Scott Davis and David Pate.


1987 Paris Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1987 Paris Open – Singles
Boris Becker was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1987 Paris Open – Singles
Tim Mayotte won in the final 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3 against Brad Gilbert.


1987 Paris Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1987 Paris–Dakar Rally
1987 Dakar Rally also known as the 1987 Paris–Dakar Rally was the 9th running of the Dakar Rally event. The rally was won by 1981 world rally champion, Ari Vatanen. Cyril Neveu won his fifth motorcycle title after Hubert Auriol broke both ankles in a fall and retired. Jan de Rooy won the truck title, 11th place overall.


1987 Paris–Nice
The 1987 Paris–Nice was the 45th edition of the Paris–Nice cycle race and was held from 3 March to 9 March 1987. The race started in Paris and finished at the Col d'Èze. The race was won by Sean Kelly of the Kas team.


1987 Paris–Roubaix
The 1987 Paris–Roubaix was the 85th running of the Paris–Roubaix single-day cycling race. It was held on 12 April 1987 over a distance of 264 kilometres (164.0 miles). The race was won by Belgian Eric Vanderaerden.


1987 Pau Grand Prix
The 1987 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula 3000 motor race held on 8 June 1987 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.


1987 Penn Quakers football team
The 1987 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season.


1987 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1987 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Penn State University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1987 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, NFL Draft
Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1988 NFL Draft.


1987 Peruvian División Intermedia
The División Intermedia, the second division of Peruvian football (soccer) in 1984 until 1987. The tournament was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season
The 1987 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 55th in the National Football League (NFL). Despite the interruption of the schedule by the second strike in six seasons, the team improved upon their previous output of 5–10–1, going 7–8. However, three of those losses came during the three-game stretch during the strike when teams were staffed primarily with replacement players, or "scabs," who crossed the picket lines to suit up. Despite the improvement, the team once again failed to qualify for the playoffs.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season
Defensive lineman Reggie White nonetheless had a breakout season, establishing a new NFL record by exploding for 21 sacks in only 12 games.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season
On October 25 at Veterans Stadium, in the first game back after the strike was settled, Eagles head coach Buddy Ryan called for the infamous "fake kneel" in the final seconds with the hosts leading the Dallas Cowboys by 10 points. The fake eventually led to another late touchdown, payback for Cowboys head coach Tom Landry running up the score with starters who crossed the picket line to play two weeks earlier at Texas Stadium. One week later, Philadelphia won its final road game against the Cardinals at the old Busch Stadium, before the franchise moved to Phoenix for the 1988 season.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason, NFL draft
The 1987 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. The draft was held April 28–29, 1987, in New York City. This again would be a 12-round draft of 28 teams. The Philadelphia Eagles would get the 9th in the 12 rounds. They would make 10 selections in the draft.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason, NFL draft
The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Offseason, NFL supplemental draft
The Eagles would also use a pick in the 1987 NFL Supplemental Draft to take Cris Carter a wide receiver out of Ohio State. Prior to Carter's senior season in 1987, he secretly signed with notorious sports agent Norby Walters. When the contract was discovered, Carter was ruled ineligible to play for Ohio State.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Personnel, NFL replacement players
After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled:


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Regular season
In 1987, Mike Quick was part of NFL history. He finished second in the NFL in Touchdown receptions with 11. The leader was Jerry Rice with 23. This marked the first time in NFL history that a category leader doubled the total of his nearest competitor.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 1
Played at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium on grass playing surface in 74F degrees with wind at 11 MPH.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 2
Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 62F degrees with wind at 12 MPH.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week Canceled
Because of the NFLPA union's players strike against the NFL, all the games this week were cancelled. Replacement players were used when the season resumed the following week.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week Canceled
The Eagles would have traveled to Candlestick Park to face the host 49ers in what would have been Buddy Ryan's only trip to the Bay Area as the Eagles' head coach. The Eagles sought their second win in San Francisco since 1983 (and also since the AFL-NFL merger). Ryan's Eagles did meet the 49ers once, losing at Veterans Stadium in 1989. The Eagles did not travel to San Francisco until 1992, nor did they win in San Francisco until the final night of the 1993 season.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 3
Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface; 48 degrees with wind at 19 MPH. This was the first game of the season with replacement players. The announced attendance was 4,074, the smallest crowd at an NFL contest in almost 40 years (since October 30, 1949, when 3,678 people attended a Washington Redskins-New York Bulldogs game at the Polo Grounds).


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 4
Played at Texas Stadium on a grass playing surface in 58F degrees with wind at 16 MPH. Played with replacement players.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 5
Played at Lambeau Field on a grass playing surface in 46F degrees with wind at 11 MPH. Played with replacement players.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 6
Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 56F degrees with wind at 15 MPH. This was the first week the Eagles played after the NFLPA strike ended.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 6
This was the revenge game for Week 4, where the Cowboys ran up the score against an Eagles replacement squad. Despite the game being effectively over, with the Eagles leading and having possession of the ball, the Eagles performed a fake spike into a pass. Pass interference was called, and the Eagles successfully scored from the 1-yard line on the next play as time expired.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 7
Played at Busch Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 68F degrees with wind at 10 MPH.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 8
Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 52F degrees with wind at 10 MPH.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 9
Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 50F degrees with wind at 8 MPH.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 10
Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 26 °F (−3 °C) with wind at 19 MPH with a wind chill of 12 °F (−11 °C).


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 11
Played at Sullivan Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 38F degrees with wind at 11 MPH.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 12
Played at The Meadowlands on an AstroTurf playing surface in 38F degrees with wind at 22 MPH and a wind chill of 27F.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 13
Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 43F degrees with wind at 15 MPH.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 14
Played at The Meadowlands on an Astroturf playing surface in 42F degrees with wind at 11 MPH.


1987 Philadelphia Eagles season, Games summaries, Week 15
Played at Veterans Stadium on an Astroturf playing surface in 35F degrees with wind at 10 MPH with a wind chill of 28.


1987 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season
After getting off to a dismal 1–8 start, the season began to turn when Mike Schmidt hit his 500th career home run in Pittsburgh on April 18. Schmidt cracked the milestone long ball on a 3–0 count off the Pirates' Don Robinson with two men on base in the ninth inning, which rallied the club from a one-run deficit to an eventual 8–6 victory.


1987 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season
Schmidt slammed three home runs in an 11–6 victory over the Expos on June 14 in Montreal, eventually finishing the season with 35 and 530 career homers.


1987 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season
Phillies pitcher Kevin Gross was pitching against the Chicago Cubs on August 10, 1987. Gross was caught with sandpaper in his glove and suspended for 10 games.


1987 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season
After going as high as six games over .500 in late August, the team crashed to a 13–21 finish and tied for fourth place in the NL East with the Pirates.


1987 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1987 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1987 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1987 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1987 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1987 Philadelphia Wings season
The Philadelphia Wings were one of the original four franchises in the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League, joining the New Jersey Saints, Washington Wave, and Baltimore Thunder in 1987. While the Wings went only 3-4 that first season including a loss in the playoffs, they drew an average of almost 12,000 fans to their three 1987 regular season games.


1987 Philadelphia Wings season
Some of the early stars of those teams included Mike French, Hall of Fame college player at Cornell and a current team executive, as well as John Grant Sr., father of current NLL star John Grant Jr.


1987 Philadelphia mayoral election
The Philadelphia mayoral election of 1987 saw the reelection of Wilson Goode over former mayor Frank Rizzo, who had switched to the Republican Party.


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season
The 1987 PABL season is the fifth season of the Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL).


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season, International Invitational Cup
The First Conference opens on March 7. The participating teams were Filipino Cup champion YCO Shine Masters, Magnolia Juice Drinks, RFM-Swifts, Lhuillier-Converse, Purefoods, Sta.Lucia Realty, Philips Sardines and newcomer Lady's Choice. The format is a one-round eliminations among eight teams with the top four making it to the semifinals at the end of preliminary round. YCO took the first semifinals berth with a 5-2 won-loss record, five other teams ended up with a 4-3 card. Purefoods, Philips and Swift Hotdogs made it to the next round by way of superior quotient over Magnolia and Lhuillier-Converse.


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season, International Invitational Cup
Three foreign clubs were guest teams seeded into the semifinal round, they are the Hyundai Motors of South Korea, led by hotshot Lee Chung Hee, Golden Dragon of Taiwan and the Pacific All-stars, a tall team featuring top American servicemen in the Asia-Pacific region. Local teams beef up their roster by adding reinforcements from the ousted squads. RFM-Swifts and YCO arranged a best-of-three championship showdown by topping the semifinal round with identical 5-1 won-loss slates, Philips Sardines (4-2) and Golden Dragon of Taiwan (3-3 in a tie with Hyundai) dispute third place honors, Purefoods was 1-5 and winless Clark (Pacific) All-stars at 0-6.


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season, International Invitational Cup
RFM-Swifts under coach Yeng Guiao, who called the shots for the hotdogs only for this tournament, won their first PABL title with a two-game sweep off YCO Shine Masters. Golden Dragon of Taiwan won third place via higher point difference following a victory over Philips that tied their series at one game apiece. Jojo Lastimosa of Lhuillier-Converse, who was a guest player of Swifts in the semifinals, won the Most Outstanding Local Player Award. Also cited as Most Outstanding Foreign Player was Korean Lee Chung Hee of Hyundai, he scored a tournament-high of 66 points in Hyundai's 110-111 loss to Philips Sardines on March 23.


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season, Freedom Cup
The Second Conference called Freedom Cup started on May 16 at the ULTRA. Cebu-based Mama's Love and the newly formed MIESCOR Builders from Manila Electric Company, a power in major basketball in the early 1970s before Martial Law, joined the eight other ballclubs, raising the participating teams to 10. After the one-round eliminations, RFM-Swifts with new coach Chito Afable, were on top of the team standings with seven wins and two losses, followed by Magnolia Juice Drinks (6-3), national senior's champion Lhuillier-Converse, MIESCOR and YCO were all tied with five wins and four losses. Sta.Lucia and Purefoods dispute the last quarterfinals seat, the Realtors prevail over the Food Masters, 93-89 on June 8.


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season, Freedom Cup
The six-team quarterfinal round had their carry-over records minus the results of their games against the other four teams eliminated. RFM-Swifts will have a 4-1 card, MIESCOR with three wins and two losses, Magnolia, Lhuillier, YCO and Sta. Lucia with two wins and three losses. Swifts and MIESCOR, both with six wins and four losses, makes it to the four-team semifinal round, along with YCO (tied with Magnolia and Sta. Lucia at 5-5 but made it via quotient system), Lhuillier-Converse were eliminated at 3-7. The Juice Drink Makers completed the cast with a 92-83 win over the Realtors in their playoff on June 24.


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season, Freedom Cup
In the two-round semifinals, RFM-Swifts and YCO finish with identical 4-2 won-loss slates and will have a repeat title-clash. Magnolia (3-3) and MIESCOR (1-5) will play for third place. The YCO Shine Masters exact revenge over RFM-Swifts, which had no outside help this time, via 3-0 sweep in their best-of-five finals series. Magnolia won third place despite losing the third game against the Builders as they led their own series, two games to one.


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season, Philippine Cup
A special tournament called Philippine Cup was held from August 3 to 10, featuring the Philippine men's national team, coach by Joe Lipa and sponsored by Philips Sardines, a PABL selection carrying the brand Rebisco, the US NCAA Selection sponsored by Swifts, Shanghai from Chinese-Taipei and a team from Egypt.


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season, Philippine Cup
The US NCAA all-stars and the PABL-Philips played in the best-of-three finals following the nationals' 95-83 win over the Americans. Swift's-USA, PABL-Philips and Egypt ended the round with similar 3-1 slates but the Filipinos took the second finals slot over the Egyptians via a better FIBA goal average. Swift's-USA won the Philippine Cup title with a 2-1 series victory over PABL-Philips. After losing Game One in a fight-marred game, the Americans won the next two games by a big margin over the RP nationals.


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season, Maharlika Cup
Following the disbandment of YCO Shine Masters and Lady's Choice and with Mama's Love not taking part of the league's last offering of the season, seven teams were left to play in the Maharlika Cup which opens on October 10. After the two-round eliminations, the team standings were Converse-Lhuillier (9-3), Swift Hotdogs (8-4), Magnolia Ice Cream (7-5), Philips (6-6), Sta.Lucia and Purefoods (5-7), and MIESCOR (2-10).


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season, Maharlika Cup
The last four lower-seeded teams played in a two-round quarterfinals to determine three other semifinalists. Sta.Lucia finish with five wins and one loss, followed by MIESCOR with three wins and three losses, Philips and Purefoods, both with two wins and four losses, played in a sudden-death playoff on November 28, Philips won the match, 85-79.


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season, Maharlika Cup
Magnolia and Swift advances into the championship with a 4-1 won-loss record in the one-round semifinals. The rest of the standings were Converse-Lhuillier (3-2), Philips Sardines (2-3), Sta.Lucia and MIESCOR (1-4). Magnolia Ice Cream won their second league title with a 3-1 series win over RFM-Swift Hotdogs, which had new acquisitions Alvin Patrimonio and Glenn Capacio from the disbanded YCO ballclub. Converse-Lhuillier placed third with a similar 3-1 win over Philips Sardines in their own series.


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season, Occurrences
Game One of the Philippine Cup Finals between the USA Selection (Swift) and the RP Men's National team (PABL-Philips) were triggered by a melee that spilled all over the court with only 30 seconds left in the ballgame, the nationals on top, 83-81, both benches emptied in a five-minute player fight with spectators joining the free-for-all. USA coach Jerry Webber call for a walkout and the nationals were awarded the win by forfeiture.


1987 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season, Occurrences
Game four of the Maharlika Cup finals between Magnolia and Swift was halted for 15 minutes and with only 1:52 left in the ballgame. The Hotdogs walkout because they felt short-changed by the game officials, irate fans pelted the hardcourt with debris and softdrink bottles, it took a while before Swift coach Arturo Valenzona and his boys were persuaded to finish the game.


1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Elections for the House of Representatives in the Philippines were held on May 11, 1987. This was the first legislative election since 1984, the first House of Representatives elections since 1969, and the first election since the People Power Revolution that overthrew president Ferdinand Marcos and brought Corazon Aquino to power after alleged election fraud by the former during the 1986 presidential election against the latter.


1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Although no party surpassed 20% of the popular vote, candidates that ran under two or more parties won a quarter of the seats, followed by PDP–Laban and Lakas ng Bansa of subsequent speaker Ramon Mitra, Jr. that would later be the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino after some of the members of PDP–Laban defected. The Ferdinand Marcos loyalists either ran under the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, as independents, or found their way into the pro-Corazon Aquino parties. The pro-Aquino parties won majority of the seats in the House of Representatives.


1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections
Under the provisions of the Constitution, the 8th Congress spanned for an unprecedented five years, from June 30, 1987 until June 30, 1992.


1987 Philippine House of Representatives elections, Results
The top bar represents seats won, while the bottom bar represents the proportion of votes received.


1987 Philippine Senate election
The 1987 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 23rd election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 11, 1987. The Philippine Senate was re-instituted following the approval of a new constitution in 1987 restoring the bicameral Congress of the Philippines; earlier, a constitution was approved in 1973 that created a unicameral Batasang Pambansa (parliament) that replaced the bicameral Congress. The last Senate election prior to this was the 1971 election.


1987 Philippine Senate election
The Lakas ng Bayan Coalition (LABAN) got 64.9% of the vote but won 22 out of 24 seats in the Senate; only two candidates from the Grand Alliance for Democracy won: former Secretary of National Defense Juan Ponce Enrile and San Juan Mayor Joseph Estrada, despite getting 26.6% of the vote.


1987 Philippine Senate election, Background
After Marcos was ousted in the People Power Revolution in 1986, his political party, the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, was fragmented. Almost all its members including Assemblymen Arturo Tolentino, Jose Rono, Nicanor Yniquez, Cesar Virata who were coming from the Nacionalista Party among others were orphaned.


1987 Philippine Senate election, Background
On the other hand, the Aquino coalition took all positions in the Ministry/Cabinet. Most notable were Prime Minister Salvador Laurel, Local Government Minister Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and Executive Secretary Joker Arroyo


1987 Philippine Senate election, Background
The Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) consists of the PDP–Laban headed by Local Government Minister Pimentel, the Lakas ng Bansa party headed by Assemblyman Ramon Mitra, the UNIDO, the Liberal Party headed by Senator Jovito Salonga, the National Union of Christian Democrats headed by Raul Manglapus, the Bayang Nagkakaisa sa Diwa at Layunin headed by Butz Aquino, Panaghusia and other pro-Cory regional parties


1987 Philippine Senate election, Background
The GAD consists of the faction of the KBL headed by Assemblyman Arturo Tolentino, the Jose Roy faction of the Nacionalista Party headed by Renato Cayetano, the pre-1986 opposition leaders who defected from Aquino headed by Senator Eva Estrada-Kalaw, the Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas headed by Former Labor Minister Blas Ople, the Mindanao Alliance, the Muslim Federal Party and the Christian Social Democratic Party.


1987 Philippine Senate election, Background
UPP-KBL coalition is composed of Pro-Marcos forces. This coalition included some GAD candidates as guest candidates, and is considered to be the loyalist politicians of the Marcos government.


1987 Philippine Senate election, Background
The Left also put up a seven-man slate, under the Partido ng Bayan banner. These includes the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and its allied organizations.


1987 Philippine Senate election, Results
The Lakas ng Bayan (LABAN) coalition won 22 seats, while the Grand Alliance for Democracy (GAD) won two.


1987 Philippine Senate election, Results
Winners who had served in the 1935 constitution Senate are LABAN's Raul Manglapus, Ernesto Maceda, John Henry Osmeña, Jovito Salonga and Mamintal A.J. Tamano.


1987 Philippine Senate election, Results
Winners who had served in the Batasang Pambansa are LABAN's Neptali Gonzales, Orlando S. Mercado, Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Alberto Romulo, and Victor ZIga, and GAD's Juan Ponce Enrile.


1987 Philippine Senate election, Results
Winners who had neither served in the 1935 constitution Senate and in the 1973 constitution Batasang Pambansa are LABAN's Heherson Alvarez, Edgardo Angara, Butz Aquino, Teofisto Guingona Jr., Ernesto Herrera, Sotero Laurel, Joey Lina, Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Nina Rasul, Rene Saguisag and Wigberto Tañada, and GAD's Joseph Estrada.


1987 Philippine Senate election, Results
The first 21 proclaimed winners were all seated on June 30, the day the terms start. The 22nd and 23rd senators were proclaimed a few days after June 30. Finally, the Commission on Elections, due to the tight race between GAD's Juan Ponce Enrile and LABAN's Augusto Sanchez, only declared the 24th winner by August.


1987 Philippine constitutional plebiscite
A constitutional plebiscite was held in the Philippines on 2 February 1987. The plebiscite is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 3 which was issued on 25 March 1986 by President Corazon Aquino. It abolished the Office of the Prime Minister and the Regular Batasang Pambansa (English: National Assembly). Multi-party elections were held accordingly in 1987.


1987 Philippine constitutional plebiscite, Background of the new constitution
In 1986, following the People Power Revolution which ousted Ferdinand Marcos as president, and following her own inauguration, Corazon Aquino issued Proclamation No. 3, declaring a national policy to implement the reforms mandated by the people, protecting their basic rights, adopting a provisional constitution, and providing for an orderly transition to a government under a new constitution. President Aquino later issued Proclamation No. 9, creating a Constitutional Commission (popularly abbreviated as "ConCom" in the Philippines) to frame a new constitution to replace the 1973 Constitution, which took effect during the martial law regime of her predecessor.


1987 Philippine constitutional plebiscite, Background of the new constitution
President Aquino appointed 50 members to the Commission. The members of the Commission were drawn from varied backgrounds, including several former senators and congressmen, a former Supreme Court Chief Justice (Roberto Concepcion), a Catholic bishop (Teodoro Bacani), and a noted film director (Lino Brocka). President Aquino also deliberately appointed five members, including former Labor Minister Blas Ople, who had been allied with President Marcos until the latter's ouster. After the Commission had convened, it elected as its president Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, who had emerged as a leading figure in the anti-Marcos opposition following her retirement as  the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.


1987 Philippine constitutional plebiscite, Background of the new constitution
The Commission finished the draft charter within four months after it was convened. Several issues were heatedly debated during the sessions, including on the form of government to adopt, the abolition of the death penalty, the continued retention of the Clark and Subic American military bases, and the integration of economic policies into the Constitution. Brocka walked out of the Commission before its completion (formally resigning on August 28, 1986), and two other delegates dissented from the final draft. The ConCom completed their task on October 12, 1986 and presented the draft constitution to President Aquino on October 15, 1986.


1987 Philippine constitutional plebiscite, Background of the new constitution
After a period of nationwide information campaign, a plebiscite for its ratification was held on February 2, 1987. More than three-fourths of all votes cast were for ratification. Thus, it was on February 2, 1987 that the 1987 Constitution took effect. On February 11, 1987, President Aquino, other government officials, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, pledged allegiance to the Constitution. Since then, February 2 has been celebrated as Constitution Day, the date of the plebiscite.


1987 Philippine legislative election
Elections to the Congress of the Philippines was held on May 11, 1987. Voters elected the members of Congress in the following elections:


1987 Pilkington Glass Championships
The 1987 Pilkington Glass Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom and was part of Category 4 tier of the 1987 WTA Tour. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and ran from 15 June until 20 June 1987. Third-seeded Helena Suková won the singles title.


1987 Pilkington Glass Championships, Finals, Doubles
Svetlana Parkhomenko /  Larisa Savchenko defeated  Rosalyn Fairbank /  Elizabeth Smylie 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–5


1987 Pilot Pen Classic
The 1987 Pilot Pen Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the Indian Wells Masters and was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was played at the Grand Champions Resort in Indian Wells, California in the United States from February 16 through February 23, 1987. Boris Becker won the singles title.


1987 Pilot Pen Classic, Finals, Doubles
Guy Forget /  Yannick Noah defeated  Boris Becker /  Eric Jelen 6–4, 7–6


1987 Pilot Pen Classic – Doubles
Peter Fleming and Guy Forget were the defending champions but only Forget competed that year with Yannick Noah.


1987 Pilot Pen Classic – Doubles
Forget and Noah won in the final 6–4, 7–6 against Boris Becker and Eric Jelen.


1987 Pilot Pen Classic – Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1987 Pilot Pen Classic – Singles
Joakim Nyström was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Jakob Hlasek.


1987 Pilot Pen Classic – Singles
Boris Becker won in the final 6–4, 6–4, 7–5 against Stefan Edberg.


1987 Pilot Pen Classic – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.


1987 Pittsburgh Gladiators season
The 1987 Pittsburgh Gladiators season was the first season for the Gladiators. They finished 4–2 and lost a 45–16 game against the Denver Dynamite in ArenaBowl I.


1987 Pittsburgh Gladiators season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated February 4, 201320 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS


1987 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 1987 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the sport of American football during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1987 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1987 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 106th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; and their 101st season in the National League. This was their 18th season at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pirates finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 80–82.


1987 Pittsburgh Steelers season
The 1987 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 55th season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League. The team improved from a 6-10 record from 1986 and finishing 8-7 record and fail to reach the playoffs for a third straight season. Noll was renowned as a stoic character, but in complete contrast was his reaction to Jerry Glanville, the head coach of the Oilers. After the Steelers second meeting, Noll in the postgame handshake grabbed Glanville and told him he'd better watch out or he'd get jumped on. This was in reaction to Glanville's earlier comments on how the Oilers field was the 'house of pain' and his prediction that his players would intentionally hurt the Steelers.


1987 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Personnel, NFL replacement players
After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled:


1987 Player's Canadian Open
The 1987 Player's International Canadian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The men's tournament was held at the du Maurier Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, in Canada and was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix while the women's tournament was held at the National Tennis Centre in Toronto, Ontario, and was part of the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The men's tournament was held from August 10 through August 16, 1987, while the women's tournament was held from August 17 through August 23, 1987.


1987 Player's Canadian Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
Pat Cash /  Stefan Edberg defeated  Peter Doohan /  Laurie Warder 6–7, 6–3, 6–4


1987 Player's Canadian Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Zina Garrison /  Lori McNeil defeated  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch /  Helena Suková 6–1, 6–2


1987 Player's Canadian Open – Men's Singles
Boris Becker was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals this year.


1987 Player's Canadian Open – Men's Singles
Ivan Lendl won the title, defeating Stefan Edberg 6–4, 7–6 in the final.


1987 Plymouth City Council election
The 1987 Plymouth City Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservative Party retained control of the council, which it had held since its creation in 1973.


1987 Polish political and economic reforms referendum
A referendum on political and economic reforms was held by Poland's communist regime on 29 November 1987. The government's aim in holding the referendum was to obtain a mandate for difficult economic and political reforms. Around a third of eligible voters did not participate, defying the regime. Only 44% of Poland's 26 million eligible voters voted yes to the question on economic reform, and 46% voted yes to the second question on "democratisation" in Poland.


1987 Polish political and economic reforms referendum
Even though a majority of the votes cast supported the propositions, according to the rules of the referendum the majority of eligible voters had to vote yes in order for the referendum to pass. The resulting failure of the referendum was unprecedented, as it was the first time that Communist authorities in Eastern Europe had lost a vote.


1987 Polish political and economic reforms referendum, Questions
The first proposal would allow the government to carry out the "full government program for radical economic recovery," aimed at "improving living conditions," on the understanding that this would require a "difficult" two-to-three-year period of "rapid changes." The second would lead to the introduction a new "Polish model" for "democratising political life, aimed at strengthening self-government, extending the rights of citizens and increasing their participation" in running the country.


1987 Pontins Professional
The 1987 Pontins Professional was the fourteenth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in May 1987 in Prestatyn, Wales.


1987 Pontins Professional
The tournament featured eight professional players. The quarter-final matches were contested over the best of 9 frames, the semi-final matches over the best of 11 frames, and the final over the best of 17 frames.


1987 Pontins Professional
Neal Foulds won the event for the first time, beating Willie Thorne 9–8 in the final.


1987 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
The 1987 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Filderstadt Tennis Centre in Filderstadt in West Germany and was part of Category 3 tier of the 1987 WTA Tour. It was the 10th edition of the tournament and was held from 12 October to 18 October 1987. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title, her second consecutive and fourth in total.


1987 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Pam Shriver  defeated  Zina Garrison /  Lori McNeil 6–1, 6–2


1987 Portuguese Grand Prix
The 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Estoril on 20 September 1987. It was the twelfth round of the 1987 Formula One season. It was the 16th Portuguese Grand Prix and the fourth to be held at Estoril. The race was held over 70 laps of the 4.35-kilometre (2.7 mi) circuit for a race distance of 304.5 kilometres (189.2 mi).


1987 Portuguese Grand Prix
The race was won by the reigning world champion, Frenchman Alain Prost driving a McLaren MP4/3. Prost finished 20 seconds ahead of Austrian driver Gerhard Berger driving a Ferrari F1/87. Nelson Piquet finished third driving a Williams FW11B. The win was Prost's 28th Grand Prix victory, eclipsing Jackie Stewart's all-time record. He also tied former McLaren teammate Niki Lauda's record with his 54th podium finish.


1987 Portuguese Grand Prix
The race was marred by a multi-car collision on the opening lap. Piquet and Michele Alboreto (Ferrari F1/87) collided at the start, with Derek Warwick (Arrows A10), Satoru Nakajima (Lotus 99T), Martin Brundle (Zakspeed 871), Christian Danner (Zakspeed 871), Philippe Alliot (Lola LC87), René Arnoux (Ligier JS29C) and Adrián Campos (Minardi M186) all involved in the ensuing accident. Only Danner was unable to restart as the Zakspeed team had only one usable car which went to Brundle.


1987 Portuguese Grand Prix
With Piquet finishing third ahead of both Mansell and Senna, Piquet expanded his championship points lead to 18 points over Senna and 24 over Mansell.


1987 Portuguese Grand Prix, Classification, Race
Numbers in brackets refer to positions of normally aspirated entrants competing for the Jim Clark Trophy.


1987 Portuguese legislative election
The Portuguese legislative election of 1987 took place on 19 July. The election renewed all 250 members of the Assembly of the Republic.


1987 Portuguese legislative election
In the previous election, in 1985, the Social Democratic Party had won a minority government managing to survive in coalition with the Democratic and Social Center and the Democratic Renewal Party, and after the approval of a no-confidence motion from the left-wing parties, with the aid of the Democratic Renewal Party, the government fell. The PS tried to form a new government with the support of the PRD and CDU, but Mário Soares, the President at the time, rejected the idea and called for a new election.


1987 Portuguese legislative election
The PSD was reelected in a landslide, winning a majority government with 50% of the votes and almost 60% of the seats, the biggest that a Portuguese party had ever won in a free election and the first time since the Carnation Revolution that a single party won an absolute majority. Although the PSD was very popular going into the election, the size of its victory far exceeded the party's most optimistic expectations. The PSD won every district with the exception of Setúbal, Évora and Beja, which voted for the CDU.


1987 Portuguese legislative election
The Socialist Party gained a few seats and got a slightly higher share of the vote, 22% compared with the almost 21% in 1985, but the scale of the PSD victory made the party lose most of its influence. Like in 1979, 1980 and 1985, the PS failed to win a single district. The left-wing Democratic Unity Coalition lost some of its MPs to the Socialist Party and the Democratic Renovator Party, now led by former President António Ramalho Eanes, lost almost all of its influence, mainly due to its responsibility in the fall of the former PSD minority government. The right-wing Democratic and Social Center lost almost half of its vote share, due to the effect of tactical voting for the also right-wing, Social Democratic Party.


1987 Portuguese legislative election, Electoral system
The Assembly of the Republic has 250 members elected to four-year terms. Governments do not require absolute majority support of the Assembly to hold office, as even if the number of opposers of government is larger than that of the supporters, the number of opposers still needs to be equal or greater than 126 (absolute majority) for both the Government's Programme to be rejected or for a motion of no confidence to be approved.


1987 Portuguese legislative election, Electoral system
The number of seats assigned to each district depends on the district magnitude. The use of the d'Hondt method makes for a higher effective threshold than certain other allocation methods such as the Hare quota or Sainte-Laguë method, which are more generous to small parties.


1987 Portuguese legislative election, Electoral system
For these elections, and compared with the 1985 elections, the MPs distributed by districts were the following:


1987 Portuguese legislative election, Parties
The table below lists the parties represented in the Assembly of the Republic during the 4th legislature (1985-1987) and that also partook in the election:


1987 Portuguese legislative election, Campaign period, Candidates' debates
No debates between the main parties were held as the PSD leader and Prime Minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, refused to take part in any debate.


1987 Portuguese legislative election, Opinion Polling
The following table shows the opinion polls of voting intention of the Portuguese voters before the election. Those parties that are listed were represented in parliament (1985-1987). Included is also the result of the Portuguese general elections in 1985 and 1987 for reference.


1987 Portuguese legislative election, National summary of votes and seats, Maps
Most voted political force by district (Azores and Madeira not shown).


1987 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1987 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–13 September 1987 at the Circuito Permanente Del Jarama.


1987 Prague Skate
The 1987 Prague Skate was held November 1987. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating.


1987 Preakness Stakes
The 1987 Preakness Stakes was the 112th running of the Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 16, 1987, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network. Alysheba, who was jockeyed by Chris McCarron, won the race by a half length over runner-up Bet Twice. Approximate post time was 5:34 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run over a fast track in a final time of 1:55-4/5. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 87,945, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1987.


1987 Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council election
An election to Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council was held in May 1987. It was preceded by the 1983 election and followed by the 1991 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.


1987 Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council election, Boundary Changes
There was a slight reduction in the number of seats. Those abolished included Nevern, Steynton, and one of the three seats in both Fishguard and Milford North and West. Other wards were realigned or renamed.


1987 Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council election, Results, Milford Haven, Central and East (three seats)
Stan Hudson stood as a Conservative, having not been affiliated to any party at the 1983 election.


1987 Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council election, Results, Milford Haven, Hakin and Hubberston (three seats)
Labour had held one of the three seats in 1983 but it had been subsequently lost at a by-election. Basil Woodruff, the sitting county councillor, won a seat at the expense of another Independent.


1987 Preseli Pembrokeshire District Council election, Results, Milford Haven, North and West (two seats)
The number of seats was reduced from three to two.


1987 President's Cup Football Tournament
The 1987 President's Cup International Football Tournament (Korean: 제16회 대통령배 국제축구대회) was the 16th competition of Korea Cup. The competition was held from 8 to 21 June 1987, and was won by South Korea for the tenth time, who defeated Australia in the final.


1987 President's Cup Football Tournament, Group stage, Group A
The match was ceased in the 29th minute, because tear gas fired to disperse protesters by the police was spread into the stadium. It was finished without a rematch on demand of Egypt national team.


1987 Primera División de Chile
The 1987 Campeonato Nacional was Chilean football league top tier's 57th season. Universidad Católica was the tournament's champion, winning its sixth title.


1987 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1987 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Princeton tied for fourth in the Ivy League.


1987 Princeton Tigers football team
In their first year under head coach Steve Tosches, the Tigers compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 230 to 155. Matthew B. Whalen was the team captain.


1987 Princeton Tigers football team
Princeton's 4–3 conference record tied for fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 157 to 95.


1987 Princeton Tigers football team
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.


1987 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The 1987 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 4 October 1987. It was the 66th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.


1987 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The winner was Trempolino, a three-year-old colt trained in France by André Fabre. The winning jockey was Pat Eddery.


1987 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The winning time of 2m 26.3s set a new record for the race. The previous record of 2m 27.7s was achieved by Dancing Brave in 1986.


1987 Prize of Moscow News
The 1987 Prize of Moscow News was the 22nd edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held November 11–15, 1987. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. The men's title went to World champion Alexandre Fadeev,  winning the Prize of Moscow News for the fourth time. Cindy Bortz, moving up to the senior level after winning the world junior title, won the ladies' category.


1987 Prize of Moscow News
Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov, who would win the Olympic gold medal later in the season, took the pairs' title ahead of 1984 Olympic champions Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev. The ice dancing title was won by Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko, who would end their season with an Olympic silver medal.


1987 Pro Bowl
The 1987 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 37th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1986 season. The game was played on Sunday, February 1, 1987, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii before a crowd of 50,101. The final score was AFC 10, NFC 6.


1987 Pro Bowl
Marty Schottenheimer of the Cleveland Browns led the AFC team against an NFC team coached by Washington Redskins head coach Joe Gibbs. The referee was Dick Jorgensen.


1987 Pro Bowl
Reggie White of the Philadelphia Eagles was named the game's MVP. Players on the winning AFC team received $10,000 apiece while the NFC participants each took home $5,000.


1987 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team
The 1987 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team was a baseball team that represented Purdue University in the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Boilermakers were members of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Lambert Field in West Lafayette, Indiana. They were led by 10th-year head coach Dave Alexander.


1987 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team
Their berth in the 1987 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was the first trip to the NCAA Tournament in Purdue's history.


1987 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team, Previous season
The Boilermakers finished the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball season 37–27 overall (9–7 conference) and second place in East division of the conference standings, qualifying for the 1986 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament, where they were swept out in the first round.


1987 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team, Previous season, MLB Draft
The following Boilermakers on the 1986 roster were selected in the 1986 Major League Baseball draft:


1987 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1987 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1987 Quebec municipal elections
Several Quebec municipalities held elections on November 1, 1987 to elect mayors and councillors.


1987 Quebec municipal elections, Results, Gatineau
Source: "Cousineau wins, Luck continues to contest result," Ottawa Citizen, 16 November 1987, C1.


1987 Quebec municipal elections, Results, Gatineau
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1987 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours for Australia were announced on Monday 8 June 1987 by the office of the Governor-General.


1987 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)
The Birthday Honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's Official Birthday celebrations during the month of June.


1987 RAC Tourist Trophy
The 1987 RAC Tourist Trophy was the seventh round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship. The race was held for cars eligible for Group A touring car regulations. It was held on 6 September 1987 at the Silverstone Circuit, in Silverstone, United Kingdom.


1987 RAC Tourist Trophy
The race was won by Enzo Calderari and Fabio Mancini, driving a BMW M3. The leading car eligible for championship points was another M3, driven by Emanuele Pirro, Roberto Ravaglia and Roland Ratzenberger, who finished in second place.


1987 RAC Tourist Trophy, Class structure
Cars were divided into three classes based on engine capacity:


1987 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards
The 1987 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards (Chinese: 1987年度十大中文金曲得獎) was held in 1987 for the 1986 music season.


1987 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, Top 10 song awards
The top 10 songs (十大中文金曲) of 1987 are as follows.


1987 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
The 1987 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 61st staging of the Railway Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927. The cup began on 3 October 1987 and ended on 4 October 1987.


1987 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
On 4 October 1987, Connacht won the cup after a 2-14 to 1-14 defeat of Leinster in the final at Cusack Park. This was their sixth Railway Cup title overall and their second title in succession.


1987 Refuge Assurance League
The 1987 Refuge Assurance League was the nineteenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the second time by Worcestershire County Cricket Club.


1987 Refuge Assurance League
The Worcestershire team included stars such as Ian Botham, Graeme Hick and Graham Dilley. Two other Worcs players got the batting and bowling plaudits. Opener Tim Curtis scored the most runs and fast bowler Neal Radford took the most wickets in the competition.


1987 Republic of the Congo coup d'état attempt
From July to September 1987 forces loyal to Denis Sassou Nguesso defeated Kouyous forces which attempted to overthrow his regime. Pierre Anga, one of the coup leaders, fled to Owando where he was killed on September 6, 1987 ending the coup.


1987 Rheindahlen bombing
The 1987 Rheindahlen bombing was a car bomb attack on 23 March 1987 at JHQ Rheindahlen military barracks, the British Army headquarters in West Germany, injuring thirty-one. The large 300 lb (140 kg) car bomb exploded near the visitors officers' mess of the barracks. The Provisional IRA later stated it had carried out the bombing. It was the start of the IRA's campaign on mainland Europe from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. Although British soldiers were targeted, most of the injured were actually German officers and their wives.


1987 Rheindahlen bombing, Background
Other than attacks in Northern Ireland and mainland Britain the Provisional IRA also carried out attacks in other countries such as West Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, where British soldiers were based. Between 1979 and 1990, eight unarmed soldiers and six civilians died in these attacks. It was the first IRA attack in West Germany since a British Army officer, Colonel Mark Coe, was shot dead by an IRA unit outside his home in, Bielefeld in February 1980. Coe's assassination was one of the first high-profile killings by the IRA in Germany and on mainland Europe.


1987 Rheindahlen bombing, Background
A year before, British Ambassador to the Netherlands Sir Richard Sykes was assassinated, whilst four British soldiers were hurt in the 1979 Brussels bombing in Belgium, just one day after the killing of Lord Mountbatten and the Warrenpoint ambush, which killed 18 British soldiers. In November 1981 the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) bombed a British Army base in Herford, West Germany. There were no injuries in the attack. There was also a mortar attack on British Army base in Germany in 1996.


1987 Rheindahlen bombing, Background
According to author Ed Moloney's "The Secret History of the IRA", IRA Chief of Staff Kevin McKenna before the capture of the Eksund (a ship that was to ship heavy weaponry to the IRA from Libya) envisaged a three-pronged offensive that would start in Northern Ireland and then spread to British targets in mainland Europe.


1987 Rheindahlen bombing, The bombing
The IRA planted a 300-pound car bomb inside JHQ Rheindahlen, near the officers' mess. When the large car bomb exploded 31 people were injured, some of them badly. Twenty-seven West Germans and four Britons were hurt in the bombing at 22:30 local time. Rhenidahlen was a major British military base in West Germany, with more than 12,000 service personnel being stationed there. It was the headquarters of both the British Army of the Rhine and Royal Air Force Germany (RAF Rheindahlen).


1987 Rheindahlen bombing, The bombing
The force of the blast ripped up the road and caused extensive damage to parked cars and surrounding buildings. The injured were taken to the RAF hospital at Wegberg, a few miles south of Rheindahlen, near the Dutch border. The bomb caused parts of the ceiling to collapse and doors were ripped from their frames. A police spokesman said the blast blew out windows in buildings several hundred yards away.


1987 Rheindahlen bombing, The bombing
It looked like it was a reasonably successful attack from the IRA's point of view but the IRA actually had a close escape. The only reason people had not been killed was that the IRA ASU was unable to position the car bomb closer to the mess, because the car park was full of vehicles. Unknown to the IRA unit, most of the vehicles were owned by West German military officers who had been invited to spend a social evening with their British counterparts. Had the IRA's operation plan been carried out fully many of these German officers could have been killed and the start of the IRA's Europe campaign would have been a diplomatic and military disaster and a big blow to any of the IRA's international support.


1987 Rheindahlen bombing, Aftermath
The IRA later said it had carried out the bombing of the Rheindahlen barracks. A statement from the IRA said: "Our unit's brief was to inflict a devastating blow but was ordered to be careful to avoid civilian casualties."


1987 Rheindahlen bombing, Aftermath
The National Democratic Front for the Liberation of West Germany, a previously unheard of group, also claimed to have been behind the attack, but this was dismissed by police investigators.


1987 Rheindahlen bombing, Aftermath
The British Army of the Rhine was renamed British Forces Germany (BFG) in 1994.


1987 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
The Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1987 was conducted on 17 May 1987 to elect members to the Landtag, the state legislature of Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany.


1987 Rhineland-Palatinate state election
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1987 Rhode Island Rams football team
The 1987 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rhode Island in the Yankee Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 12th season under head coach Bob Griffin, the Rams compiled a 1–10 record (1–6 against conference opponents) and finished last out of eight teams in the conference.


1987 Rice Owls football team
The 1987 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University in the Southwest Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Jerry Berndt, the team compiled a 2–9 record.