1987 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1987 New Zealand rugby league season was the 80th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the Interdistricts Series competition that was run by the New Zealand Rugby League. Auckland won the series, defeating the other three inter-district teams.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The New Zealand national rugby league team began the season poorly when a domestic based side lost to the touring Queensland side 18-14 in May. Queensland then finished their tour undefeated by thrashing Bay of Plenty 72-6.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The Kiwis then toured Papua New Guinea and Australia later in the year. Coached by Tony Gordon the side was George Lajpold, Joe Ropati, Kevin Iro, Mark Elia, Dean Bell, Shane Horo, Gary Mercer, Sam Panapa, Gary Freeman, Peter Brown, Ross Taylor, Adrian Shelford, Barry Harvey, Wayne Wallace, Dean Lonergan, Mark Horo, Sam Stewart and captain Ron O'Regan. However O'Regan had to withdraw due to injury before the touring party left New Zealand. Dean Bell replaced him as captain while Shane Cooper was called into the squad.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The team defeated Northern Rivers 44-12 and Queensland 22-16 before there two test matches. Before the Queensland game the squad was joined by four Australian based professionals; Hugh McGahan, Brent Todd, Clayton Friend and Darrell Williams. As a result, four players were sent home after the Queensland game; Peter Brown and George Lajpold due to injury and Sam Panapa and Joe Ropati due to form. The Kiwis then travelled for Port Moresby and defeated Papua New Guinea 36-22 before returning to Brisbane and upsetting the Australian Kangaroos 13-6. The Kiwis had originally planned to host France in 1987 but the French withdrew from their planned tour of Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand due to financial reasons.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The New Zealand XIII that played against Queensland was George Lajpold, Warren Mann, Kevin Iro, Tea Ropati, Gary Mercer, Sam Panapa, Gary Freeman, Adrian Shelford, Barry Harvey, Peter Brown, captain Sam Stewart, Peter Ropati and Mark Horo. Bench: Paddy Tuimavave and Wayne Wallace. Kiwis coach Tony Gordon coached the side. New South Wales Country conducted a two match tour of New Zealand before their annual City vs Country Origin match. They defeated Waikato 18-0 before losing to Auckland 6-44.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The Junior Kiwis made their first ever tour of Great Britain. The side was coached by Bob Bailey and included Jason Lowrie, Jason Palmada, Tony Tuimavave, Mike Steafano, Jarrod McCracken, Kevin Iro, David Bailey, Dean Clark, Mark Nixon, Terry Cuthbert Todd Price, Justin Wallace and Tony Kemp. The Junior Kiwis won all seven games on tour, including two "Tests" against British Amateur Rugby League Association.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The under 17-year old national side included Ken McIntosh, Hitro Okesene, Blair Harding and Tukere Barlow. Maea David, Mark Bourneville (as captain) and Stephen Kearney was included in the under 15-year old side.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Auckland also toured Great Britain. They were coached by Bob Bailey, who had already announced his retirement from the position at the end of the year. The side defeated Leeds, 29-25, and Warrington, 22-16, before losing to St. Helens 52-26. They then lost to Hull F.C. 26-24 before defeating the champion Wigan club 10-6 in front of 10,743 fans at Central Park. They then lost to a Chairman's XIII 12-6 to finish the tour.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The squad was: John Ropati, Warren Mann, Shane Cooper, Marty Crequer, Shane Horo, Gary Freeman, Kevin Iro, Paddy Tuimavave, Sam Panapa, Michael Patton, Tea Ropati, Clayton Friend, Peter Brown, Steve Kaiser, Mark Horo, captain Ron O'Regan, Rene Nordmeyer, George Mann, Lindsay Hooker, James Goulding, Dean Lonergan, Peter Ropati and referee Bill Shrimpton.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Dean Bell was the New Zealand Rugby League's player of the year.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Rugby League Cup
Auckland successfully defended the Rugby League Cup three times at Carlaw Park over the year. They defeated the Bay of Plenty 40-8, Wellington 40-0 and Waikato 82-4.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, National Provincial Competition
Wellington won the inter-zone final, defeating Bay of Plenty in the final. They then lost to Auckland in the National Provincial final.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, National Provincial Competition, North Island Second Division
The Wellington Emerging players side won the Second Division title for the third successive year. Midlands defeated Northland at the end of the season to earn promotion into the First Division.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, National Provincial Competition, South Island Second Division
West Coast B won the Second Division, ending Canterbury B's nine-year domination of the division. They defeated Canterbury B, Otago and Southland on the way to the title. Glen Gibb and Bernie Green both played for West Coast B.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, National Club Competition
The national club competition, called the Lion Red League Nationals for sponsorship reasons, was won by the Northcote Tigers who defeated the Mangere East Hawks 14-12 in the final. The final was held at Carlaw Park.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, National Club Competition
In a qualifying match, He Tauaa (Southland) defeated St Kilda (Otago) 33-14.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
The Northcote Tigers won their first ever Fox Memorial when they defeated minor premiers, the Mangere East Hawks, 12-8 in front of 14,000 fans at Carlaw Park. It was the first time a North Shore club had won the Fox since 1941. The Te Atatu Roosters won the pre-season tournament, defeating the Mount Albert Lions 24-20. The Otahuhu Leopards won the knock out Roope Rooster, defeating the Glenora Bears 24-8 in the final.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Jason Lowrie, Marty Crequer, Gary Freeman and Shane Horo and Todd Price Junior Kiwi played for Northcote. Tom Conroy served as the Tigers trainer. Paddy Tuimavave, Tony Tuimavave and Kevin Iro played for Mount Albert while Mike Steafano played for the Marist Saints and Fred Ah Kuoi and James Goulding played for the Richmond Bulldogs.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Jarrod McCracken, Dean Lonergan, Michael Patton and David Bailey played for Glenora Bears. At the end of the season the Glenora Bears played the North Sydney Bears in front of 12,000 fans at Carlaw Park, losing 8-11. Dean Clark, Francis Leota and Tea, Peter and Iva Ropati played for Otahuhu Leopards while Ron O'Regan, Peter Brown, Mark Horo and Sam Panapa played for Te Atatu Roosters. Shane Cooper, who had joined from Mount Albert after 21 years with the Lions, and George Mann played for Mangere East Hawks. David Watson played for the Manukau Magpies.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Wellington
The Upper Hutt Tigers won their second grand final in a row, defeating the Randwick Kingfishers 20-12. Tony Kemp, Barry Harvey, Sam Stewart and George Lajpold played for Randwick while Sonny Whakarau, Mike Kuiti and Adrian Shelford played for Upper Hutt. Robert Piva played for St. George while James Leuluai joined the Petone club mid-season.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Minor premiers Halswell defeated Hornby 15-14 in the Canterbury Rugby League grand final. Hornby won the pre-season tournament.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Brendon Tuuta, who had signed from Hornby, and Phil Bancroft played for Halswell, who were coached by Phil Prescott in his debut year. Ross Taylor, Barry Edkins and Mark Nixon played for Hornby, who were coached by Frank Endacott. Logan Edwards played for Marist-Western while Mark Broadhurst played for Papanui.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
The Portland Panthers dominated the Northland Rugby League competition, winning 21 matches in a row.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
The Frankton Albions won the Waikato Rugby League title, defeating Huntly South in the final. Vaun O'Callaghan played for Huntly South while Frankton included Jason Donnelly. Turangi won the Midlands grand final 5-4 while Kaiti dominated in the Gisborne-East Coast competition.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
In the Bay of Plenty Rugby League grand final the two form teams of the competition met, Ngongotaha and Pikiao. Ngongotaha, who included Mark Woods won 8-7. The Waitara Bears won the Taranaki Rugby League grand final, defeating Western Suburbs 26-12. The Omahu Huias defeated the Hastings City Tigers in the Hawke's Bay Rugby League grand final.


1987 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
Runanga won its ninth consecutive West Coast Rugby League title, defeating Marist 12-8. Wayne Dwyer played for Marist while Jason Palmada, Glen Gibb and Bernie Green played for Runanga.


1987 New Zealand rugby union tour of Japan
The 1987 New Zealand rugby union tour of Japan was a series of five matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) in Japan in October and November 1987. The All Blacks won all five matches; two of them were test matches against the Japan national rugby union team.


1987 Nice International Open
The 1987 Nice International Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club in Nice, France, and was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and was held from 13 April through 19 April 1987. First-seeded Kent Carlsson won the singles title.


1987 Nice International Open, Finals, Doubles
Sergio Casal /  Emilio Sánchez defeated  Claudio Mezzadri /  Gianni Ocleppo 6–3, 6–3


1987 Nicholls State Colonels football team
The 1987 Nicholls State Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Colonels were led by first-year head coach Phil Greco. They played their home games at John L. Guidry Stadium and were an NCAA Division I-AA Independent. They finished the season 5–5–1.


1987 Nigerien National Charter referendum
A referendum on the National Charter was held in Niger on 16 June 1987. In the first national vote since the military coup in 1974, voters were asked whether they approved of the Charter, which would establish non-elective, consultative institutions at both national and local levels. It was approved by 99.58% of voters with a 96.8% turnout.


1987 Nippon Professional Baseball season
The 1987 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 38th season of operation for the league.


1987 Nordic Figure Skating Championships
The 1987 Nordic Figure Skating Championships were held from February 27 through March 1, 1987 in Upplands Väsby, Sweden. The competition was open to elite figure skaters from Nordic countries. Skaters competed in three disciplines, men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing across two levels: senior (Olympic-level) and junior.


1987 Nordic Indoor Athletics Championships
The 1987 Nordic Indoor Athletics Championships was the second and final edition of the international indoor athletics competition between Nordic countries and was held in Oslo, Norway. It consisted of 22 individual track and field events, 12 for men and 10 for women.


1987 Nordic Indoor Athletics Championships
Finland won the most golds for a second year, at nine. Sweden won the most medals overall at 23. The hosts Norway had the second highest medal haul at 21, while Denmark managed only two medals. Two women won medals in two events: Ringa Ropo of Finland won minor medals in the women's jumps and 800 metres champion Maiken Sørum also won a 1500 metres bronze.


1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1987 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tar Heels were led by tenth-year head coach Dick Crum and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing in sixth. Coach Dick Crum resigned at the end of the season, leaving as the school's all-time winningest coach.


1987 North Dakota State Bison football team
The 1987 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1987 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their first year under head coach Rocky Hager, the team compiled a 6–4 record.


1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was part of the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India.


1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) releases unofficial advisories. An average of five tropical cyclones form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November. Cyclones occurring between the meridians 45°E and 100°E are included in the season by the IMD.


1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
Prior to 1992, this season had the most tropical storms in North Indian recorded history, with 8 storms forming.


1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm One (1B)
Tropical Storm One, which developed in the central Bay of Bengal on January 30, turned to the north and reached a peak of 65 mph winds on the 2nd. Vertical shear weakened it to a tropical depression before it hit northern Myanmar on the 4th.


1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Two (2B)
On June 4 65 mph Tropical Storm Two hit Bangladesh, causing little damage or loss of life.


1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Three (3A)
The monsoon trough spawned a tropical depression on June 4 in the Arabian Sea. It tracked due eastward, becoming a tropical storm later that day and reaching a peak of 60 mph winds on the 6th. The storm turned abruptly northward, turned westward and executed an anticyclonic loop. Vertical shear caused the system to dissipate on the 12th.


1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Four (4B)
A monsoon depression became more tropical on October 14 in the Bay of Bengal. It traveled northwestward, becoming a tropical storm on the 15th and hitting southeastern India as a 50 mph storm that night. It rapidly dissipated over land.


1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Five (5B)
65 mph Tropical Storm Five, which developed on October 30 in the Bay of Bengal, made landfall at Nellore on the 2nd, dissipating shortly thereafter. 50 people and 26,000 cattle were reported to be died and 7 lakh people were affected due to the storm.


1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Six (6B)
The monsoon trough spawned a tropical depression on November 8 in the southeastern Bay of Bengal. It tracked northward, then turned westward, strengthening to a 60 mph tropical storm before hitting eastern India on the 12th.


1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Seven (7A)
Tropical Storm Seven, which developed in the western Bay of Bengal on December 2, strengthened in the eastern Arabian Sea to a 50 mph storm. It turned to the northeast, where upper-level winds weakened it to a tropical depression. The depression hit western India, 90 miles south of Bombay, on the 12th, and dissipated the next day without causing any damage.


1987 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Storm Eight (8B)
The eighth and final storm of the season formed on December 17 northeast of Sri Lanka. It moved westward, and executed an elongated loop lasting 4 days. It briefly reached tropical storm strength before vertical shear weakened it again, and the system hit eastern India on the 23rd.


1987 North Korean local elections
Elections to city, county and district people's assemblies were held in North Korea on November 15, 1987.


1987 North Korean local elections
26,539 city, county and district people's assembly deputies were elected.


1987 North Korean local elections
Voter turnout was reported as 100%, with candidates receiving a 100% approval rate.


1987 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team
The 1987 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team represented Northeast Louisiana University (now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe) in NCAA Division I-AA college football during the 1987 season. Northeast Louisiana competed as a member of the Southland Conference, and played their home games on-campus at Malone Stadium. This Indians squad won the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.


1987 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team
The Indians were led by seventh-year head coach Pat Collins, and were led by first team All-America Stan Humphries. The squad completed the regular season with an overall record of 9–2 and finished 6–0 to capture their first outright Southland Conference championship. En route to the championship game, NLU defeated North Texas, Eastern Kentucky and Northern Iowa. The Indians faced off against the Marshall Thundering Herd for the I-AA National Championship. In the championship game, Marshall took a 42–28 lead into the fourth quarter only to have Humphries lead the Indians to a pair of late touchdowns and captured the championship with their 43–42 victory.


1987 Northeast Louisiana Indians football team, Further reading
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1987 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The 1987 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football, Division I-A. They were led by third year head coach Jerry Pettibone and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.


1987 Northern Mariana Islands local government reorganisation referendum
A referendum on a reorganisation of local government was held in the Northern Mariana Islands on 7 November 1987. The proposal was approved by voters.


1987 Northern Mariana Islands local government reorganisation referendum, Background
The proposed reorganisation of local government was a legislative initiative passed by a 75% majority in both houses of the Legislature. As a result, only a simply majority of votes was required for the proposals to pass.


1987 Northern Mariana Islands local government reorganisation referendum, Background
The proposals involved a complete rewrite of Chapter VI of the constitution, which defined the rights, duties and electoral system for local government.


1987 Northern Tablelands state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Northern Tablelands on 23 May 1987. The by-election was triggered by the resignation due to ill health of sitting Labor party member, Bill McCarthy, who died 3 days later. McCathy's widow Thelma was the Labor candidate at the by-election.


1987 Northern Territory general election
A general election was held in the Northern Territory, Australia on Saturday 7 March 1987. Although the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP) won a majority under new leader Stephen Hatton, the party's vote was down almost 20 percentage points.


1987 Northern Territory general election
At the 1987 election, the CLP faced a challenge from the Northern Territory Nationals, a rebel conservative party led by former CLP Chief Minister Ian Tuxworth that was aligned with then-Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen, but not affiliated with the federal National Party of Australia. The NT Nationals took 17.79% of the primary vote, mostly from the CLP, but finished with only one member in the assembly. Hatton, despite a loss of three seats, retained a working majority.


1987 Northern Territory general election
Labor's vote remained virtually unchanged. As in 1983, its assembly tally was six.


1987 Northern Territory general election
Two former-CLP independents were re-elected in their seats. Noel Padgham-Purich was re-elected to Koolpinyah, while Denis Collins was re-elected to Sadadeen as an independent. Former Chief Minister Ian Tuxworth was also re-elected as a member of the NT Nationals.


1987 Northern Territory general election
Ian Tuxworth's election to the seat of Barkly was declared void after independent candidate Maggie Hickey challenged the result on the basis that the Labor candidate, Keith Hallet, held British nationality and was not an Australian citizen. Due to the close result (Tuxworth had won by only 19 votes), Justice John Nader voided the election on 30 July 1987, and a by-election was held on 5 September 1987, at which Tuxworth regained the seat.


1987 Northern Territory general election, Results
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1987 Northern Territory general election, Candidates
Sitting members are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.


1987 Northern Territory general election, Post-election pendulum
The following pendulum is known as the Mackerras Pendulum, invented by psephologist Malcolm Mackerras. The pendulum works by lining up all of the seats held in the Legislative Assembly according to the percentage point margin they are held by on a two-party-preferred basis. This is also known as the swing required for the seat to change hands. Given a uniform swing to the opposition or government parties, the number of seats that change hands can be predicted.


1987 Northwest Territories general election
The 1987 Northwest Territories general election was held on October 5, 1987.


1987 Northwest Territories general election
This was the last election in which Elections Canada would administer the elections.


1987 Northwest Territories general election, Election Results
The election was held in 24 constituencies with 15,901 ballots cast, a turnout of 71.56%.


1987 Northwest Territories general election, Election Results
Outgoing Premier Nick Sibbeston ran for re-election but was replaced by Dennis Patterson who served out the entire term.


1987 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 1987 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Francis Peay, the Wildcats compiled a 2–8–1 record (2–6 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference.


1987 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Greenfield with 1,265 passing yards, Byron Sanders with 778 rushing yards, and George Jones with 668 receiving yards.


1987 Norwegian Football Cup
Bryne won the Norwegian Cup after beating Brann 1-0. The goal scorer for Bryne was Kolbjørn Ekker, who scored in the 104th minute. Knut Arild Løberg of Brann got the only yellow card. 23080 spectators attended the game at Ullevaal Stadion. This was the first Norwegian Cup in Bryne's history. Bjarne Berntsen captained Bryne to the victory against Brann. Before the match, he said: "I hope the best team win... against Brann!" Kjell Nordby of Rygge was the referee.


1987 Norwegian Football Cup
Bryne's winning team: Lars Gaute Bø, Kolbjørn Ekker, Bjørn Gulden (Geir Giljarhus 100), Leif Rune Salte, Roar Pedersen, Hugo Hansen, Tor Fosse, Paal Fjeldstad, Arne Larsen Økland, Børre Meinseth, Jan Madsen and (Paul Folkvord 115).


1987 Norwegian Football Cup
Brann's team: Bjarni Sigurdsson, Hans Brandtun, Per Egil Ahlsen, Jan Halvor Halvorsen, Redouane Drici (Per Hilmar Nybø 91), Erik Solér, Arne Møller, Lars Moldestad (Knut Arild Løberg 64), Odd Johnsen, Halvor Storskogen and Trond Nordeide.


1987 Norwegian local elections
Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway in 1987. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently.


1987 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1987 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Tony Rice became the starting quarterback for Notre Dame following an injury to Terry Andrysiak. The Irish would finish the season 8–4 and earn a berth to the Cotton Bowl Classic.


1987 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, at Michigan
Terry Andrysiak completed 11 of 15 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown while Notre Dame converted four of Michigan's seven turnovers into scores.


1987 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Team players drafted into the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.


1987 Nutri-Metics Open
The 1987 Nutri-Metics Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland in New Zealand and was part of the Category 1 tier of the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the second edition of the tournament and ran from 26 January until 1 February 1987. Gretchen Magers won the singles title.


1987 Nutri-Metics Open, Finals, Doubles
Anna-Maria Fernandez /  Julie Richardson defeated  Gretchen Magers /  Elizabeth Minter 4–6, 6–4, 6–2


1987 Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix
The 1987 Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix was the fourth 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 July 12, 1987, at the Nürburgring, in Nürburg, West Germany.


1987 Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix
The race was won by Klaus Ludwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz, driving a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth.


1987 Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix, Class structure
Cars were divided into three classes based on engine capacity:


1987 Nürburgring Touring Car Grand Prix, Official results
Results were as follows:| Entered: 39| Started: 39| Finished: 19


1987 Oakland Athletics season
The Oakland Athletics' 1987 season involved the A's finishing 3rd in the American League West with a record of 81 wins and 81 losses. Mark McGwire set a rookie record by hitting 49 home runs. At the beginning of the season, the word "Athletics" returned, in script lettering, to the front of the team's jerseys. Former A's owner, Charles O. Finley banned the word "Athletics" from the club's name in the past because he felt that name was too closely associated with former Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack.


1987 Oakland Athletics season
In his first full Major League season, Mark McGwire hit 49 home runs, a single-season record for a rookie; he was named the American League Rookie of the Year. McGwire would be the first American League rookie since Al Rosen of the Cleveland Indians in 1950 to lead the American League in home runs. The 1987 season also saw the return of Reggie Jackson to Oakland.


1987 Oakland Athletics season, Regular season, All-Star Game
The 1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 58th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 14, 1987, at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, the home of the Oakland Athletics of the American League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 2-0 in 13 innings. Montreal Expos outfielder Tim Raines was named the Most Valuable Player.


1987 Oakland Athletics 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; SB = Stolen bases


1987 Oakland Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases


1987 Oakland Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L= Losses; ERA = Earned run average; CG = Complete games; SO = Strikeouts


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


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


1987 Oceania Club Championship
The 1987 Oceania Club Championship (known as the Qantas Pacific Champions' Cup at the time) was held in March 1987 in Adelaide, Australia.


1987 Oceania Club Championship, Teams
A total of 9 teams from 9 OFC member associations enter the competition.


1987 October Revolution Parade
The 1987 October Revolution Parade was a parade on Red Square to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution of 1917. It took place in Moscow on November 7, 1987. Marshal of the Soviet Union and the Minister of Defence Dmitry Yazov inspected the parade. Commanding the parade was the commander of the Moscow Garrison Vladimir Arkhipov. Music was performed by the head of Moscow Garrison's central band, Major General Nikolai Mikhailov. General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and other members of the Politburo were on the grandstand of Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square.


1987 October Revolution Parade, Parade Units, Ground Column
Leading the column was the limousine carrying the parade commander, Col. General Vladimir Arkhipov, the commanding general of the Moscow Military District.


1987 Ohio Bobcats football team
The 1987 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Cleve Bryant, the Bobcats compiled a 1–10 record (0–8 against MAC opponents), finished in last place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 271 to 127.


1987 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1987 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–4–1 record.


1987 Okinawan Tu-16 airspace violation
The 1987 Okinawan Tu-16 airspace violation (対ソ連軍領空侵犯機警告射撃事件, Tai Soren-gun ryōkū shinpan-ki keikoku shageki jiken) was an incident on December 9, 1987 in which a Tupolev Tu-16P Badger J1 (an electronic warfare version of the Tu-16 bomber) of the Soviet Air Force repeatedly entered Japanese airspace over Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures. This prompted a F-4EJ Phantom fighter of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) to fire warning shots on two occasions. It was the first time aircraft of the JASDF had done so in response to an aircraft intruding in Japanese airspace. The Soviet Union apologized, claiming that the intrusion was accidental and due to meteorological conditions.


1987 Okinawan Tu-16 airspace violation, Background
Throughout the Cold War the USSR flew Tokyo Express flights nearby Japan. From 1967 to 1987, Soviet aircraft had violated Japanese airspace 20 times. On September 6, 1976 Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko had flown his MiG-25 to Hokkaido in order to defect to the United States. Japanese radar had been unable to adequately track him, and the F-4EJ fighters of the 302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron launched from Chitose Air Base had been unable to intercept him. This was a major embarrassment and led to changes in the Japanese air defense system.


1987 Okinawan Tu-16 airspace violation, Background
In the mid-1980s, the Soviet Union had air and naval forces based at Cam Ranh Base in Vietnam. These forces included MiG-23 fighters and around 16 Tupolev Tu-16 bombers. Long-ranged Tu-16 aircraft regularly passed Japanese territory traveling between Vladivostok in the Soviet Union to Vietnam. JASDF fighters had previously intercepted them as they neared or entered Japanese airspace.


1987 Okinawan Tu-16 airspace violation, Background
On August 27, 1987 a Soviet aircraft had entered Japanese airspace near Rebun island in Hokkaido.


1987 Okinawan Tu-16 airspace violation, Aftermath
On the evening of December 9, the Japanese ministry of foreign affairs announced that they would protest the airspace violation to the Soviet government. The Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita stated that it was regrettable that a nuclear capable bomber had violated Japan's airspace the day after the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed between the USSR and the USA.


1987 Okinawan Tu-16 airspace violation, Aftermath
On December 10, Kazuyoshi Hasegawa of the ministry of foreign affairs summoned Nikolai Soloviev, Soviet ambassador to Japan, and expressed Japan's displeasure. Hasegawa requested facts and demanded the punishment of those responsible. The Soviet side blamed poor weather and instrument failure. However, the weather at that time was sunny.


1987 Okinawan Tu-16 airspace violation, Aftermath
On December 11, a Soviet press conference announced that the responsible person would be punished, but no formal answer was made.


1987 Okinawan Tu-16 airspace violation, Aftermath
On December 17, the Japanese foreign minister Sōsuke Uno spoke to the Soviet Vice-Foreign minister Anatolii Leonidovich Adamishin.


1987 Okinawan Tu-16 airspace violation, Aftermath
On December 25 the Soviet ambassador Soloviev explained the situation.


1987 Okinawan Tu-16 airspace violation, Aftermath
At his retirement speech on January 14, 1988 Lieutenant General Edward L Tixier, the commander of the US Fifth Air Force mentioned that US aircraft had also been airborne, monitoring the situation.


1987 Okinawan Tu-16 airspace violation, Aftermath
On February 15, 1988 the Soviet embassy revealed punishments for the crew of the Tu-16.


1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Oklahomawas a member of the Big Eight Conference played its home games in Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, where it has played its home games since 1923. The team posted an 11–1 overall record and a 7–0 conference record to the Conference title outright under head coach Barry Switzer who took the helm in 1973. This was Switzer's twelfth conference title, fourth consecutive conference title and eighth undefeated conference record in fifteen seasons.


1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The team was led by All-Americans Rickey Dixon (who won the Jim Thorpe Award), Mark Hutson, Keith Jackson, Danté Jones, and Darrell Reed After going undefeated in its eleven regular season games, it earned a trip to the Orange Bowl for an appearance against the Miami Hurricanes. During the season, it faced three ranked opponents (In order, #12 Oklahoma State, #1 Nebraska, and #2 Miami). Both of its last two games were #1 vs. #2 matches with the last being a national title game in which it endured its only loss to the resulting national champion Hurricanes. The game marked the third Miami victory over Oklahoma in three seasons to former Switzer assistant coach Jimmy Johnson.


1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Jamelle Holieway led the team in rushing for the second season with 807 yards and in passing for the third of four times with 548 yards, Jackson led the team in receiving for the third straight season with 403 yards, Placekicker R. D. Lashar led the team in scoring with 91 points, Reed posted 8 quarterback sacks, Jones led the team with 125 tackles and Dixon posted 9 interceptions. Dixon established the current school record total of 9 single-season interceptions. He set the school record for single-season interception return yards with 232 that season and the career record with 303, which was broken by Derrick Strait in 2003.


1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
"Game of the Century II" The Bow - Patrick Collins


1987 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason, NFL draft
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.


1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team
The 1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team represented Oklahoma State University–Stillwater in the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cowboys played their home games at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The team was coached by Gary Ward in his tenth season at Oklahoma State.


1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team
The Cowboys reached the College World Series, finishing as the runner up to Stanford.


1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team
The Cowboys also won the Big Eight Conference championship, the seventh in a string of sixteen consecutive conference titles which lasted until the league merged with the Southwest Conference.


1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The 1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented the Oklahoma State University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A college football season. The Cowboys finished the regular season with a 9–2 record. Thurman Thomas was in his senior year for the Cowboys. In his career at Oklahoma State, Thomas had 897 rushes for 4,595 yards, 43 touchdowns, and 21 100-yard rushing games. He was also a Heisman Trophy candidate and a first team selection on the College Football All-America Team in 1987.


1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
In the 1987 Sun Bowl, Thomas ran for 157 yards and four touchdowns in the 35–33 victory over West Virginia, keeping Barry Sanders on the sidelines for the majority of the game. Thomas left OSU as the school's all-time leading rusher and his number 34 is one of only three jerseys retired at Oklahoma State. Sanders replaced Thomas as starter the next year in 1988.


1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, After the season
The 1988 NFL Draft was held on April 24–25, 1988. The following Cowboys were selected.


1987 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 1987 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi in the sport of American football during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Rebels won 3 games and lost 8. Star players included Mark Young and Willie Green. The team beat Arkansas State,  Southwestern Louisiana, and  Vanderbilt. The team was hit with a bowl ban after 1986.


1987 Omloop Het Volk
The 1987 Omloop Het Volk was the 42nd edition of the Omloop Het Volk cycle race and was held on 28 February 1987. The race started and finished in Sint-Amandsberg. 198 riders started the race, only 63 finished. The race was won by Teun van Vliet.


1987 Ontario general election
The 1987 Ontario general election was held on September 10, 1987, to elect members of the 34th Legislative Assembly of Ontario.


1987 Ontario general election
The governing Ontario Liberal Party, led by Premier David Peterson, was returned to power with their first majority government in half a century, and the second-largest majority government in the province's history. Peterson had successfully managed to govern with a minority in the Legislature by obtaining the co-operation of the Ontario New Democratic Party, led by Bob Rae, in a confidence and supply agreement. It was through the NDP's support that Peterson was able to form a government, even though the Progressive Conservative Party had won a slightly larger number of seats in the previous election.


1987 Ontario general election
The PC Party, led by Larry Grossman, campaigned on a platform of tax cuts to stimulate the economy. Its support continued to slide, however, as voters opted for the change that the Liberal-NDP arrangement provided, with even Grossman losing his own seat. The PCs fell to 16 seats and third place in the legislature, their worst showing in an election in half a century.


1987 Ontario general election
The NDP was unable to convince the bulk of voters that it should be given credit for the success of the Liberal government that it had supported. It nevertheless did receive more votes and a larger proportion of the vote than in the previous election, although the party lost six seats due to the first-past-the-post electoral system. The party became the Official Opposition for the second time in its history.


1987 Ontario general election, Byelections after 1987
Dalton McGuinty, Sr., MPP for Ottawa South, died on March 16, 1990. No byelection was held; the seat was vacant until the 1990 election in September.


1987 Open Championship
The 1987 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 116th Open Championship, held from 16–19 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, Scotland. Nick Faldo won the first of his three Open Championships, one stroke ahead of runners-up Paul Azinger and Rodger Davis. It was the first of Faldo's six major championships. It was the first win at The Open by an Englishman since Tony Jacklin in 1969.


1987 Open Championship
This was the thirteenth Open Championship held at Muirfield; the previous was in 1980 and the next in 1992.


1987 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Mayo (E), Willison (+4), Winchester (+6), Curry (+9), Hardin (+11), Bottomley (+12), Hird (+12), O'Connell (+12), Ambridge (+13), George (+13), Robinson (+13), Jones (+16), Hamer (+17).


1987 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round
After tolerable weather conditions for the first two days, the third round on Saturday was played in a storm of wind and rain.


1987 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
The final round was played in a gray mist. Azinger had a three stroke lead at the turn which was soon reduced to one, where it remained through 16 holes. Using a driver at the par-5 17th, he found a fairway bunker off the tee and bogeyed. Now tied with Faldo, Azinger's approach shot from the fairway on 18 found the left greenside bunker and led to another bogey. In the pairing just ahead, Faldo parred all 18 holes to win his first major by a stroke.


1987 Open Clarins
The 1987 Open Clarins was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Paris, France, and was part of the Category 1 tier of the 1987 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 28 September until 4 October 1987. Unseeded Sabrina Goleš won the singles title and earned $10,000 first-prize money.


1987 Open Clarins, Finals, Doubles
Isabelle Demongeot /  Nathalie Tauziat defeated  Sandra Cecchini /  Sabrina Goleš 1–6, 6–3, 6–3


1987 Opera House heist
On 19 March 1987, a group posing as Central Bureau of Investigation officers executed a fake income tax investigation raid on the Opera House branch of Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri & Sons Jewellers in Bombay (present-day Mumbai), India. The case has remained unsolved.


1987 Opera House heist, Background
The person posing himself as Mon Singh or Mohan Singh had placed a classified advertisement in the 17 March 1987 issue of The Times of India, asking for "Dynamic Graduates for Intelligence Officers Post and Security Officers Post". Applicants were told to report to the hotel Taj Intercontinental between 10 am and 5 pm the next day. He rented an office at Mittal Towers in Nariman Point to interview the candidates. Singh selected at least 26 candidates and asked them to report to the Taj the following day and were briefed about the 'mock raid' by Singh.


1987 Opera House heist, Background
They arrived at the Opera House branch of Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri & Sons Jewellers around 2:15 pm. Singh introduced himself to the owner, Pratap Zevari, and produced a 'search warrant'. He ordered the owners to turn off CCTV cameras and surrender a licensed revolver held on the premises. Singh and the fake contingent of Central Bureau of Investigation officers did not allow any phone calls and took samples of ornaments for assessment of the quality of the gold. Singh picked 'samples' of jewellery and had them sealed in polybags. Cash was also collected. After 45 minutes Singh asked two men to put the briefcases in the bus. He asked others to keep watch on the shop and left in the bus to 'supervise' another raid. After about an hour, the owners called the Bombay Police.


1987 Opera House heist, Investigation
Police investigation revealed that he booked room number 415 at the Taj on 17 March and he put an advertisement in the newspaper. Police found that Singh reached the hotel after leaving the jewellery shop and hired a taxi from there. The taxi dropped him at Vile Parle where he hired an auto. He was last seen there and there was no trail. The police put out a nationwide alert. They sent a team to Kerala as his hotel record showed that he hailed from Trivandrum. A person named George Augustine Fernandes was arrested but later found that he was not involved. They also sent a team to Dubai but no headway reported. The heist amount ranged from ₹30 lakh to ₹35 lakh (equivalent to ₹3.5 crore or US$490,000 in 2019).


1987 Orange Bowl
The 1987 Orange Bowl was the 53rd edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Thursday, January 1. Part of the 1986–87 bowl game season, it matched the ninth-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks of the Southwest Conference (SWC) and the #3 Oklahoma Sooners of the Big Eight Conference. Heavily-favored Oklahoma won 42–8.


1987 Orange Bowl, Teams, Arkansas
The Razorbacks lost twice, to Texas Tech and Baylor. This was Arkansas' first Orange Bowl appearance in nine years; that 1978 game was a 31–6 upset rout of Oklahoma.


1987 Orange Bowl, Teams, Oklahoma
The Sooners won the Big Eight Conference title for the third straight year and appeared in a third consecutive Orange Bowl. Only a 28–16 loss at Miami in late September cost them a shot at a second straight title. Standout linebacker Brian Bosworth was suspended for this game after testing positive for steroids.


1987 Orange Bowl, Game summary
The game followed the Rose Bowl on NBC, and kicked off around 8:30 p.m. EST; it was the sole game in that time slot, as the Sugar Bowl was played earlier in the day on ABC.


1987 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Following a scoreless first quarter, Spencer Tillman gave Oklahoma the lead in the second quarter with two touchdown runs, the latter occurring after an Arkansas turnover, and it was 14–0 at halftime. Quarterback Jamelle Holieway added his own two touchdown runs to make it 28–0 after three quarters. Arkansas threw five interceptions, as Anthony Stafford and Duncan Parham added touchdown runs of their own to make it 42–0 for Oklahoma. In the final half-minute, Arkansas scored on a one-yard touchdown run by fullback Derrick Thomas (and a two-point conversion) to avoid a shutout.


1987 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
While on the sidelines, Bosworth displayed a shirt referring to the NCAA as "National Communists Against Athletes." After this game, he was dismissed from the team, and later declared himself eligible for the NFL supplemental draft in June, where he was selected by the Seattle Seahawks.


1987 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
In the final AP poll, Oklahoma remained at third and Arkansas fell to fifteenth.


1987 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
Oklahoma returned to the Orange Bowl the next year for a fourth consecutive appearance, but through 2021, Arkansas has not been back.


1987 Oregon Ducks football team
The 1987 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), the team was led by head coach Rich Brooks, in his eleventh year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. They finished the season with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5 overall, 4–4 in the Pac-10).


1987 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 1987 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Dave Kragthorpe, the Beavers compiled a 2–9 record (0–7 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in last place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents, 433 to 189. The team played its home games at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.


1987 Origins Award winners
The following are the winners of the 14th annual (1987) Origins Award, presented at Origins 1988:


1987 Ottawa Rough Riders season
The 1987 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in 4th place in the East Division with a 3–15 record and failed to qualify for the post-season.


1987 Overseas Final
The 1987 Overseas Final was the seventh running of the Overseas Final as part of the qualification for the 1987 Speedway World Championship Final to be held in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The 1987 Final was held at the Odsal Stadium in Bradford, England on 5 June and was the second last qualifying round for Commonwealth and American riders.


1987 Overseas Final
The Top 9 riders qualified for the Intercontinental Final to be held in Vojens, Denmark.


1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference
The 1987 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) All-Filipino Conference was the second conference of the 1987 PBA season. It started on July 12 and ended on September 8, 1987. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.


1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference, Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:


1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals
The 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Great Taste Coffee Makers and Hills Bros. Coffee Kings played for the 37th championship contested by the league.


1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals
Great Taste Coffee Makers won their fifth PBA title and third All-Filipino crown, scoring a 3-0 sweep over Hills Bros. Coffee Kings.


1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 1
Great taste had their largest lead at 109-70, in a surprising lopsided win for the Coffee Makers.


1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 2
Great Taste leads by as much as 16 points in the final quarter but got a scare from a three-point shooting of Naning Valenciano. The Coffee Makers answered every short-lived uprising in the last two minutes with clutch hits by Ricardo Brown and Allan Caidic.


1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 3
Going into the last 12 minutes of the game with Great Taste up by five points, 80-75, a 16-4 run by the Coffee Makers open up a 17-point deficit, 96-79, and looks headed for an easy win and a victory celebration until the Coffee Kings, behind the blazing hands of Bogs Adornado and Ludovico "Naning" Valenciano, suddenly trimmed down the lead to a single margin.


1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 3
The score was 107-99 in favor of Great Taste when Naning Valenciano drained in three consecutive triples in a 9-2 burst as the Coffee Kings came within a point, 108-109, the Coffee Makers didn't call a timeout and Abe King was fouled with four seconds remaining, King muffed his two free throws that gave Hills Bros a chance to reverse the outcome of the game, unfortunately, time ran out as Marte Saldaña failed to score as the buzzer sounded.


1987 PBA Open Conference
The 1987 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the first conference of the 1987 PBA season. It started on March 22 and ended on June 23, 1987. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.


1987 PBA Open Conference, Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:


1987 PBA Open Conference Finals
The 1987 PBA Open Conference Finals was the best-of-7 series basketball championship of the 1987 PBA Open Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The Tanduay Rhum Makers and Great Taste Coffee Makers played for the 36th championship contested by the league.


1987 PBA Open Conference Finals
Tanduay Rhum Makers captured their third PBA title with a 4-1 series victory over Great Taste Coffee Makers.


1987 PBA Open Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 1
The Rhum Makers trailed by 16 points, 37-53, late in the second quarter, but were able to worked their way back into the game as David Thirdkill exploded with 61 points, 37 of them in the final half as he outperformed his counterpart Michael Young, who was limited to only 8 points in the fourth quarter. The Coffee Makers had a chance to tie the count with the score at 116-114 in favor of Tanduay. Thirdkill's two free throws off a foul by Philip Cezar with five seconds left sealed the ballgame.


1987 PBA Open Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 2
The Rhum Makers battled back from several 16-point deficits, rookie Allan Caidic's hot hands, finishing with a conference-best 48 points, and an overtime period to break Great Taste's record of not being defeated twice in a row this season. Thirdkill had the chance of wrapping the game up for Tanduay in regulation but he missed the second of two free throw shots off Michael Young's fifth foul with eight seconds left, enabling Allan Caidic to force the game into overtime at 123-all with a fastbreak lay-up as the buzzer sounded.


1987 PBA Open Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 2
The Coffee Makers led, 132-129, with two minutes left in the extension period when Thirdkill scored four straight points as the Rhum Makers regain the upper hand. Freddie Hubalde, who scored 33 points, sink a jumper to give Tanduay a 135-132 edge with 29 seconds left. After a Great Taste timeout, a quick two points by Michael Young cut the deficit to just one, 134-135, but the Coffee Makers wasted so much time not fouling to stop the clock. With seven second left and Great Taste not yet in penalty situation, the Rhum Makers just dribbled the remaining seconds away.


1987 PBA Open Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 3
Great Taste took an early 33-11 lead behind the perimeter shooting of Allan Caidic, Ricardo Brown and Michael Young. The Rhum Makers battled back and even led at halftime, 57-53. In the fourth period, the Coffee Makers went up, 115-108, with 2:10 remaining but David Thirdkill's pair of dunks closed the gap at 114-117. Ricardo Brown's three free throws, first from a technical foul on Thirdkill, and the last two on a chopping foul by Onchie Dela Cruz, sealed the win for Great Taste.


1987 PBA Open Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 4
The Rhum Makers trailed, 100-106, with barely six minutes remaining when David Thirdkill took charge, firing half of his team's next 12 points and Great Taste was limited to a solitary point as Tanduay surge ahead, 112-107. Allan Caidic buried the last of his four triples to trimmed down Tanduay's deficit to two, 110-112. Thirdkill split his free throws off Michael Young's fifth foul to place the Rhum Makers ahead by three, 113-110, with nine seconds remaining.


1987 PBA Open Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 4
Michael Young came through with his own two free throws off a foul from Thirdkill with five seconds left, after converting his first bonus shot, Young intentionally miss his second free throw but the ball bounced high up and went in. Tanduay calls a timeout and from the inbound play, the Rhum Makers dribbled out the remaining seconds.


1987 PBA Open Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 5
Tanduay took a 27-17 lead in the first quarter but the Coffee Makers came to within a point, 30-31, at the end of first 12 minutes of play. Great Taste were up, 65-60 at halftime. In the third quarter, a big 18-2 run by the Rhum Makers to start the period gave them a 78-67 lead. The Rhum Makers answered every last-ditch effort by the Coffee Makers in the final quarter as Tanduay fans began celebrating with still two minutes left in the game on a well-preserved 14-point edge.


1987 PBA Open Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 5
The predominantly Tanduay crowd were singing the song "We Will Rock You" blasting through the loud speaker. The last five points of the Rhum Makers were highlighted by a triple from Ramon Fernandez and a dunk from David Thirdkill, there was still one second left when Great Taste players left the court as confetti rained the hardcourt celebrating the Elizalde ballclub's third championship in the last four conferences.


1987 PBA Reinforced Conference
The 1987 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Conference was the third and last conference of the 1987 PBA season. It started on October 4 and ended on December 13, 1987. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with a 6'4" height limit.


1987 PBA Reinforced Conference, Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:


1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals
The 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals was the best-of-7 series basketball championship of the 1987 PBA Reinforced Conference, and the conclusion of the conference playoffs. The San Miguel Beermen and Hills Bros. Coffee Kings played for the 38th championship contested by the league.


1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals
San Miguel Beermen wins their third PBA title and its first championship in five years, defeating Hills Bros. Coffee Kings in their finals series, 4 games to 1.


1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 1
The Coffee Kings squeeze out the best from import Jose Slaughter and Yoyoy Villamin, who scored 34 points, the highest for a local in this conference, to roll back San Miguel Beermen. Slaughter refused to succumb to the pressure when the Beermen threatened at 95-98 in the closing two minutes. Four straight points from Slaughter and charities by Frankie Lim and Tim Coloso sealed the win, 105-95, with 28 seconds to go.


1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 2
Down 26-27, the Beermen immediately blazed away from all angles to open up a 50-36 lead before taking the first 24 minutes of play at 59-42. Bobby Parks and Abet Guidaben combined to stretch the lead to 22 points in the third quarter at 77-55.


1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 3
The Beermen limited the Coffee Kings to only 11 points in the second quarter en route to a 58-39 halftime lead. Hills Bros badly missed the services of Marte Saldana on a twisted left knee ligament, Ricky Relosa on a left hand bone fracture and Bogs Adornado. Coffee Kings coach Arturo Valenzona had to field in seldom used Teddy Alfarero, Dennis Abbatuan and Adonis Tierra. There was no stopping the Beermen as they led by as many as 31 points, 87-56.


1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 4
Ricky Relosa suited up for Game four but the Coffee Kings efforts were not enough in stopping the Beermen from taking a 3-1 series lead. Hills Bros was in the thick of the fight until the final minute of the ballgame.


1987 PBA Reinforced Conference Finals, Games summary, Game 5
Hector Calma, Bobby Parks and Abet Guidaben combined to open up a 30-18 lead before the Beermen took the half at 50-44. The Coffee Kings, undaunted by injuries to their key men, refused to give up easily and levelled the count five times, the last at 75-all, but the Beermen unloaded a crippling 17-2 blast to break the backs of the Coffee Kings and led, 92-77, with 2:23 to go. Bobby Parks put on the final icing of their title triumph with a buzzer-beating jumper.


1987 PBA draft
The 1987 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event in which teams drafted players from the amateur ranks. The draft was held on February 16, 1987.


1987 PBA season
The 1987 PBA season was the 13th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup
The 1987 Coca-Cola PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup was the one-week special tournament put together by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the newly formed league in the United States for players standing 6'4" and below called International Basketball Association (IBA). The one-week event took place from September 20–27 and features PBA teams along with an IBA Selection in a four-team field.


1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup, Tournament details
Sponsored by Coca-Cola Bottlers Inc., the first staging had the top three PBA teams in the All-Filipino Conference; Champion Great Taste Instant Milk (formerly Great Taste Coffee), Runner-up Hills Bros Coffee Kings and third placer San Miguel Beer (formerly Magnolia), qualified in the said tournament, together with the IBA All-Stars, coach by Ted Owens, noteworthy of that selection includes future PBA imports "Sugar" Ray Hall and Sean Chambers, Russell Brown, a backcourt star from Arizona State University, and Sam Smith. PBA teams were allowed two imports each, from Great Taste Instant Milk; Dexter Shouse, on loan to Shell, and Dwight Moody, San Miguel Beer;  Bobby Parks and Dwayne Polee, and Hills Bros. Coffee Kings; Alexander Adams and McKinley Singleton.


1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup, Results
Note: Great Taste, San Miguel and the IBA Selection finished with identical 2-1 won-loss slates, despite the Beermen's 55-point winning margin over Hills Bros, the quotient system says San Miguel has to win over the IBA stars by at least 8 points. Great Taste and IBA All-Stars played in a one-game finale.


1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup, Finals
Ray Hall of the IBA Selection was named the Most Valuable Player of the PBA/IBA Challenge Cup.


1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup, Slam Dunk contest
A sideshow event in the PBA/IBA series was the Kiwi Sneaker Champoo Slam Dunk Competition. In the final round, Sean Chambers of the IBA All-Stars, romped off with the P 50,000 top pot, outjumping the legendary Billy Ray Bates of Ginebra San Miguel, 28-25, who missed his last dunk, a two-handed reverse slam, placing third on the three judges scores was Bobby Parks of San Miguel Beer.


1987 PGA Championship
The 1987 PGA Championship was the 69th PGA Championship, held August 6–9 at the Champion Course of PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. In hot and windy conditions, Larry Nelson won his second PGA Championship in a sudden-death playoff over 1977 champion Lanny Wadkins. It was Nelson's third and final major title.


1987 PGA Championship
D.A. Weibring, a 54-hole co-leader, shot 76 (+4) and finished a stroke back at even-par 288. The other co-leader, Mark McCumber, posted 77 and finished in a tie for fifth. Two major champions in contention shot high scores and fell back: Seve Ballesteros (78) and Raymond Floyd (80).


1987 PGA Championship
In the August heat of Florida, the attendance was low. A record high temperature for the day of 97 °F (36 °C) was recorded on Sunday. It was the second major played in Florida, following the PGA Championship in 1971, played in February at the old PGA National. Through 2021, this is the last major played in the state. The purse was the last under $1 million at the PGA Championship.


1987 PGA Championship
With the win, Nelson gained an automatic bid to the Ryder Cup team in 1987, his third, bumping Don Pooley. Nelson's record in that competition in late September was 0–3–1, as the U.S. lost the Cup for the first time on home soil. He lost all three pairs matches and halved his singles match.


1987 PGA Championship
The Champion Course hosted the Ryder Cup in 1983 and the Senior PGA Championship for 19 years (1982–2000). Since 2007, it has been the venue of The Honda Classic on the PGA Tour, played in March.


1987 PGA Championship, Round summaries, Playoff
The sudden-death playoff began on the par-4 10th hole, where both missed the green. Nelson chipped to six feet (1.8 m) and Wadkins to four. First to putt, Nelson saved par but Wadkins missed his attempt to extend the playoff.


1987 PGA Tour
The 1987 PGA Tour season was played from January 7 to November 1. The season consisted of 46 official money events. The season saw the debut of the Tour Championship, then sponsored by Nabisco, with the top 30 players fighting for a US$360,000 first prize and a total US$2.0 million purse. Paul Azinger and  Curtis Strange won the most tournaments, three, and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.


1987 PGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1987 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


1987 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 1987 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates. 54 players earned their 1988 PGA Tour card through Q-School in 1987. The tournament was played over 108 holes at Pine Lakes Golf Club and Matanzas Golf Club, in Palm Coast, Florida. Those earning cards split the $100,000 purse, with the winner earning $15,000. John Huston was the medallist. Jim Hallet finished in second place. After several attempts in the mid-1980s, Hallet finally made it on to the PGA Tour.


1987 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
Several former PGA Tour winners entered the tournament trying to regain full-time status. They included Dave Eichelberger, John Fought, Barry Jaeckel, Bobby Cole, and Leonard Thompson. Eichelberger and Thompson were the only ones that were successful. Fought was disqualified in the first round for signing an incorrect scorecard.


1987 POMIS Cup
The 1987 POMIS Cup is the first championship, starting group matches on 9 January 1987 onwards at Rasmee Dhandu Stadium, Malé, Maldives.


1987 POMIS Cup, Teams
The top three teams of 1986 Dhivehi League and two invited foreign clubs.


1987 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1987 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 5–7 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.


1987 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament
Top-seeded, two-time defending champions UNLV defeated San José State in the final, 94–69, and captured their fourth PCAA/Big West championship (and fourth in five seasons).


1987 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament
The Runnin' Rebels, in turn, received a bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament, where they advanced to the Final Four.


1987 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The tournament field remained the same as 1986, with eight total teams. Again, only the top eight teams, out of ten, from the regular season standings qualified for the tournament.


1987 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All eight participating teams were placed into the first round, with teams seeded and paired based on regular-season records. After the first round, teams were re-seeded so the highest-remaining team was paired with the lowest-remaining time in one semifinal with the other two teams slotted into the other semifinal.


1987 Pacific Tigers football team
The 1987 Pacific Tigers football team represented the University of the Pacific (UOP) in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.


1987 Pacific Tigers football team
The team was led by head coach Bob Cope, in his fifth year, and played home games at Pacific Memorial Stadium in Stockton, California. They finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 3–4 PCAA). The Tigers were outscored by their opponents 174–252 over the season.


1987 Pacific Tigers football team, Team players in the NFL
No UOP players were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.


1987 Pacific hurricane season
The 1987 Pacific hurricane season was the last year in which the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center was the primary warning center for tropical cyclones in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The season officially started May 15, 1987, in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1987, in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1987. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when the vast majority of tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.


1987 Pacific hurricane season
Despite there being 20 named systems, five above the average, only four storms directly affected land. Hurricane Eugene was the first Pacific hurricane to make landfall in Mexico in July since the 1954 season and caused three deaths and $142.12 million damage. Tropical Storm Pilar and Hurricane Norma also came close to land, with the former producing record rain in Baja California Sur. The remnants of Hurricanes Ramon and Norma caused rain in the Continental United States, with the former responsible for five traffic-related deaths. Elsewhere, Peke was a central north Pacific hurricane that crossed the International Date Line and became a typhoon of the 1987 Pacific typhoon season.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
Overall, the season continued the general trend in the 1980s of well above-average seasons in the East Pacific. In 1987, there were 20 tropical storms, 10 hurricanes, and four major hurricanes, all were well above average, save the number of major hurricanes which was only slightly above normal. The former made 1987 the fifth most active season on record at that time. Today, 1987 is tied with the 1994 Pacific hurricane season and the 2009 Pacific hurricane season as the sixth most active on record. In the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility, one storm peaked at hurricane strength (Peke) and one peaked as a tropical storm (Oka). Two tropical storms entered this area of responsibility from the east by crossing 140°W.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
The season lasted a total 171 days beginning with the formation of Adrian and early June and the dissipation of Tropical Depression Twenty on November 25. There was a total of 924 storms hours and 631 hurricane hours. By comparison, the long-term averages at that time were 161 season days, 875 tropical storm hours, and 664 hurricane hours. A total of 397 advisories were issued, which was below the 1977–1987 average of 428. The hurricane hunters did not fly into any of the storms in 1987.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
This was also the first year where tropical storm watches and warnings were issued instead of gale watches and warnings for tropical cyclones. 1987 was the last season that the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center in Redwood City was responsible for forecasting in this basin, a task it had performed since circa 1972. The EPHC was folded into the National Hurricane Center, which took responsibility for the basin starting in the spring of 1988.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
Only one tropical storm developed in June. In July, six named storms formed. Out of these storms, Hilary was the only storm to reach major hurricane status. The month of August had a total of five named storms, four of which became hurricanes. However, August did not feature any major hurricanes, though Hurricane Jova came close, peaking as a moderate Category 2. The month of September held the same number of named storms as August, with five named storms.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
The month also was the carrier of the strongest hurricane on record at that time (that had its intensity estimated from satellite imagery), Hurricane Max, a strong Category 4 hurricane. Hurricane Norma was a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale, which dissipated to the south of the Baja California Peninsula. The month of October featured only two tropical cyclones. The first system, Ramon, was a Category 4 hurricane.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
Very few cyclones this season impacted land. The only landfalling hurricane of the year, Hurricane Eugene was responsible for significantly damaging about 15 sq. mi of fruit crop, where damage estimated were at $2.6 million (1987 USD) In all, damage totaled to about $142 million. Tropical Storm Irwin, paralleled the coast of Mexico, causing flooding near Acapulco. Damage there was totaled at $2.1 million (1987 USD). The remnants of Norma and Pilar produced rain over Baja California Sur. The remnants of Ramon brought extremely heavy rains to the Western United States.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
A moderate El Niño was present throughout the season, with water temperatures across the equatorial Central Pacific being 1.6 °C (34.9 °F) above normal. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) was in a warm phase during this time period, with estimates placing the PDO at +0.81 °C (33.46 °F).


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Adrian
On June 7, a tropical depression formed 400 mi (645 km) southeast of Acapulco, Mexico. It strengthened into a tropical storm immediately thereafter. After peaking with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (70 km/h) on June 8, Adrian slowly weakened. It fell to tropical depression status on June 9 and dissipated later that day. During its life, Adrian paralleled the Mexican shoreline far offshore before looping counter-clockwise over its path when it was a depression.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Beatriz
On July 3, a tropical depression formed 970 mi (1,560 km) south of Cabo San Lucas. It strengthened into a tropical storm later that day. Beatriz slowly strengthened and moved generally northwest as it stayed far offshore. On July 5, Beatriz reached its peak wind speed of 50 mph (80 km/h). It weakened thereafter, falling to a depression on July 6 and dissipating the next day.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Calvin
A tropical depression formed 310 mi (500 km) south of Mexico on July 5 and immediately strengthened into a tropical storm the next day. Calvin headed generally east. On July 8, as a strong tropical storm. It then gradually weakened, falling to a depression on July 9 and dissipated the next day while located 440 mi (710 km) southwest of Cabo San Lucas.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Dora
A tropical depression that had organized on July 15 while located 710 mi (1,140 km) south of Cabo San Lucas. The depression strengthened into a tropical storm that same day while located around 215 mi (345 km) west of Acapulco. Dora headed west-northwest and slowly strengthened. It reached its peak winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) on July 17. It then steadily weakened, becoming a depression two days later. Dora dissipated on July 20 while located 500 mi (805 km) west of Cabo San Lucas.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Eugene
A tropical disturbance developed into a tropical depression on July 22 near the coast of Mexico. It initially headed westward and strengthened into a tropical storm the same day it formed. It strengthened into a hurricane, the first of the season, on July 24 as an upper-level cyclone pulled the system north. After peaking as a low-end Category 2 hurricane on July 25, land interaction weakened the hurricane to Category 1 as it made landfall west of Manzanillo. The rough topography weakened Eugene, and the hurricane was only a depression when it emerged into the Gulf of California. It promptly dissipated on July 26.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Eugene
When the storm first posed a threat to Mexico on July 24, the port of Zinuhuatenjo was closed for small craft. Operation classes were suspended in Acapulco. In Manzanillo, the port was officially closed down. The Mexican navy was put on alert for a total distance of 945 mi (1,520 km). The weather service issued navigation warnings for three coastal states and ships were urged to maintain contact with officials. Hurricane Eugene caused extremely heavy rain in coastal parts of Mexico. The highest rain was 20.68 inches at Aquila, Michoacán.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Eugene
The system was responsible for the highest tropical cyclone caused rainfall in five Mexican states. Over 5,000 people were displaced. In Manzanillo alone, at least 60 people were rendered homeless. Most of the damage was the scattering of debris and mud. Six people were injured, and a man in Venustiano Carrazano was killed when a palm tree was blown over. In all, three fatalities were reported. The hurricane destroyed about 15 sq. mi (39 km2) of fruit crop in the country, amounting to more than $2.6 million in damage (1987 USD). Additionally, damage to eight beach houses totaled to $120,000. Total crop damage reached $142 million (1987 USD); In the aftermath of the storm, the navy and army and local government devised a cleanup plan. They worked quickly to restore water and power service, and within a few days the services had been restored for most of the impacted area.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Fernanda
At a location more westerly than typical for eastern Pacific hurricanes, Tropical Depression Nine-E formed on July 24. Heading west, the cyclone reached tropical storm intensity on July 25. Fernanda strengthened and reached its peak strength near hurricane status on July 26, the same day it crossed 140°W and entered the central north Pacific. Fernanda headed in the general direction of the Hawaiian Islands as a trough approached. The trough caused wind shear, which weakened the cyclone into a tropical depression on July 28. Fernanda dissipated three days later.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Greg
A tropical wave left the coast of Panama on July 26. It organized into Tropical Depression Ten on July 28 while located 800 mi (1,300 km) and it strengthened into a tropical storm the day after the system formed. Over 84 °F (29 °C) water, the cyclone steadily intensified as it roughly paralleled the Mexican coast while remaining far offshore. Greg became a hurricane on 1800 UTC July 31 and peaked with wind speeds of 80 mph (130 kmh) on August 1. It then weakened as it moved over cooler water, falling to tropical storm intensity later on August 1.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Greg
At this time, Greg was located 570 mi (915 km) away from Baja California. It then weakened into depression intensity on August 2, and completely dissipated the next day. Greg affected Mexico a few weeks after Eugene did, resulting in additional flooding. Due to both storms, the region registered rainfall amounts for times the average.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Hilary
A tropical wave moved through Central America on July 30 and July 31. Steered by a large deep-layer ridge that extended as far southwest as Hawaii and as far northeast as Oklahoma, the wave moved steadily west-northwest. Thunderstorm activity increased considerably after 0000 UTC on July 31. A tropical depression formed at 1800 UTC on July 31 while located 775 mi (1,245 km) south of Cabo San Lucas. The cyclone strengthened at a steady pace and reached hurricane intensity on August 1. Hilary continued strengthening, and became a hurricane on August 2.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Hilary
On August 3, the cyclone reached Category 3 status on the Saffir–Simpson scale, making it the first major hurricane of the season. At its peak strength, which it reached on August 4, Hilary attained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h). It then weakened, and had fallen to Category 1 intensity on August 5. The hurricane then restrengthened, maintaining Category 2 intensity until August 6. The system then began a terminal weakening trend. By August 7 it was only a tropical storm. After falling to depression strength, Hilary dissipated on August 9 over 21 °C (70 °F) waters. In Southern California, officials hoped that Hilary would produce a major increase in waves in time for a surfing tournament finals, though only a small increase in wave action was expected.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Irwin
A tropical depression formed on August 3 over 1,000 mi (1,610 km) south of Manzanillo. The depression quickly intensified into a tropical storm. Irwin fluctuated in strength as it closely paralleled the coast of Mexico. On August 6, Irwin reached its maximum winds of 65 mph (105 km/h); it maintained that velocity for over two days. During August 8, Irwin turned nearly due west and headed out to sea. Irwin weakened to a tropical depression on August 9 and immediately dissipated. Forecasters at one point in time noted the possibility of the storm impacting California. In addition, the storm produced heavy rainfall in Mexico, causing $2.1 million in damage. Although many businesses and homes received damage, no deaths were reported.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Jova
A tropical depression formed on August 13, while located 1,095 mi (1,760 km) south-southeast from Baja California Sur. The cyclone intensified into Tropical Storm Jova the next day. The depression initially moved to the west-southwest due to a ridge north of the system. It slowly strengthened and reached hurricane intensity on 1800 UTC August 16. The intensifying hurricane then turned west-northwest. When it peaked on August 17, Jova was a moderate Category 2 hurricane. After peaking, Jova slowly weakened as it turned westbound.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Jova
It was in a moderately declining state when it crossed 140°W and entered the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility. Jova continued to weaken, and was a depression by August 20. Jova dissipated two days later while due south of the Big Island of Hawaii over 70 °F (21 °C) water, although it remnants were still visible south of Johnston Atoll until at least August 24. Jova generated heavy surf for a few days in Southern California.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Oka
A disturbance in the Intertropical Convergence Zone organized into Tropical Depression One-C on August 26. Twelve hours later, it was upgraded to a tropical storm and named Oka, which is Hawaiian for Oscar. Oka slowly moved west-northwest and reached its peak wind speed of 60 mph (95 kmh) on August 27. The next day, a nearby trough caused wind shear, which weakened Oka to a depression on August 29 and subsequently destroyed it.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Knut
On August 28, a tropical depression formed 1,165 mi (1,875 km) west Manzanillo, Mexico. Twelve hours later, it strengthened into a tropical storm and was named Knut. Never attaining winds stronger than 40 mph (65 kmh), Knut stayed a tropical storm for one day. It weakened to a tropical depression on August 30 and dissipated later that day. The cyclone stayed out at sea for its entire life, and never threatened land.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Knut
Knut had no impact on land. However, its name was retired in 1992 for unknown reasons and was replaced by Kenneth.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Lidia
Lidia originated from a disturbance that entered the basin on August 28. It remained south of the Mexican coast in an area of warm sea surface temperatures, and at 1800 UTC August 29, Tropical Depression Fifteen formed. It intensified into a tropical storm six hours after development about 860 mi (1,385 km) away from Baja California Sur. Lidia moved northwest, paralleling the Mexican coast. It edged in a more westerly direction for a day before resuming its northwesterly path, and reached hurricane intensity on 0600 UTC September 1.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Lidia
At its strongest on September 1 based on intensity estimates via Dvorak classifications, Hurricane Lidia had a wind speed of 85 mph (135 km/h). Shortly thereafter, Lidia began weakening and lost hurricane intensity on September 2. Lidia weakened very rapidly over cold water. Early the next day, Lidia weakened to a tropical depression and dissipated over 76 °F (24 °C) waters on 1200 UTC September 3. The remnants of the storm; however, brought showers to California. One woman was injured by a lightning strike.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Max
A tropical disturbance left Central America on September 8. At 1200 UTC on September 9, a tropical depression formed over the warm waters south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. While located 935 mi (1,505 km) from Cabo San Lucas, the depression intensified into a tropical storm and was named Max. Tracking west-northwest, Max rapidly intensified and became a hurricane on September 11, over a day after it was named. Turning northwest, Max continued to intensify. By September 10, the cyclone reached Category 2  intensity, and became a major hurricane several hours later.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Max
On September 12, Hurricane Max reached Category 4 intensity. The cyclone reached its maximum windspeed of 155 mph (250 km/h) on September 13. Meanwhile, a then-record was set for the highest satellite estimates for a Pacific hurricane. At that time, Dvorak classifications, which measure a tropical cyclones intensity, were at T7.0/160 mph (255 km/h), which was then the highest ever recorded in the basin, though this was later matched by hurricanes Hernan and Trudy of the 1990 Pacific hurricane season.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Max
Max maintained its intensity for 24 hours. However, the storm crossed the 78 °F (26 °C) isotherm and began to weaken rapidly. The hurricane's track then shifted north for a time, before turning to the west on September 15. That same day, the weakened to a tropical storm. The tropical cyclone dissipated at 1200 UTC September 16 while located 865 mi (1,390 km) north-northeast of Cabo San Lucas. The hurricane was predicted to send 8 ft (2.4 m) waves to Southern California, though Max was well past its peak at that time.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Norma
A tropical disturbance developed on September 13 while located 340 mi (550 km) southwest of Acapulco. Moving northwest, a depression formed on September 14 far from land. It took over 24 hours to reach tropical storm strength. Norma paralleled the coast far offshore. The storm steadily intensified over 84 °F (29 °C) sea surface temperatures. On September 17, Norma turned to the north, and became a minimal hurricane for 12 hours as an eye became visible on infrared imagery. Norma turned northbound toward land.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Norma
However, Norma remained offshore due weak southwesterly flow from a cutoff low located west of Baja California Sur. The cyclone stalled and then edged slightly east when it weakened back into a depression on September 19. Tropical Depression Norma dissipated a mere 95 mi (155 km) south of the Baja California Peninsula; it never made landfall.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Norma
Prior to the remains of Hurricane Norma's arrival in the Southwestern United States, forecasters were anticipating cloudy skies over San Diego. Over the deserts and mountains near the area, there was also a possibility of heavy rainfall. The remnants ultimately caused rainfall and thunderstorms in California on September 22 and September 23. The rainfall totaled to .70 in (18 mm) at Lindbergh Field, and .97 in (25 mm) at Lemon Grove. There were numerous power outages, small fires, some road flooding, and some property damage. In San Diego and southern Orange County, 200,000 homes and business lost power, but the power was quickly restored. However, there are no reports of damage or flooding in Baja California from the storm; the area the tropical cyclone struck was sparsely populated.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Otis
Otis originated from the a tropical disturbance embedded in the monsoon trough. It moved over the warm waters south of the Mexican Riviera from September 17 to September 19. At 0000 UTC September 20, the disturbance was upgraded into Tropical Depression Nineteen-E while moving to the northwest. It strengthened into a tropical storm later that day while located 950 mi (1,530 km) southwest of La Paz. Eighteen hours later on September 21, Otis intensified into a hurricane. It also began to turn back to the west and began to undergo a period of rapid deepening.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Otis
On September 22, Otis reached its peak windspeed of 115 mph (185 km/h). It would oscillate irregularly between that strength and Category 2 intensity until September 24. That day, it began accelerating to the west as it lost strength due to increased wind shear and decreasing ocean temperature. Otis fell to tropical storm strength on September 25 and a depression on September 26, and dissipated shortly after that.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Peke
An area of disturbed weather southwest of Hawaii gathered enough convection and a closed circulation to become Tropical Depression Two-C on September 21. It immediately strengthened into a storm and was named Peke. Peke continued to strengthen as it tracked north just east of the International Date Line. Peke intensified into a hurricane on September 23 and reached Category 2 intensity the next day. Peke continued heading north and shortly after weakening into a Category 1 hurricane, it turned to the northwest and crossed the dateline. It re-intensified, and peaked as a 115 mph (185 km/h) typhoon on September 23.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Peke
It accelerated to the northwest and began to take in drier air, which caused weakening. On October 2, Peke re-curved to the southeast. The last advisory on this tropical cyclone was issued on October 3 as it dissipated. Peke's remnants continued drifting erratically for over three days, first heading east, then northwest, and then southeast, at which time they were finally unidentifiable.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Peke
Hurricane/Typhoon Peke caused no damages or deaths. However, was also the first tropical cyclone of hurricane strength to cross the dateline since Hurricane Sarah (1967) to cross the dateline at that strength. In addition, Peke was the third tropical cyclone in three years to exist on both sides of the dateline, after 1985's Typhoon Skip and 1986's Typhoon Georgette.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Pilar
A tropical depression formed on September 30 while located 330 mi (530 km) south of the Baja California Peninsula. It headed north and peaked as a minimal tropical storm on October 1. After being a tropical storm for a mere six hours, Pilar weakened to a depression and dissipated that same day. It never made landfall, dissipating just south of the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula. It was a tropical cyclone for a total of 24 hours.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Pilar
The system caused no known damage on land, but Pilar dropped heavy precipitation on Baja California Sur from 1200 UTC on September 30 until 0000 UTC October 2. An observer station reported 7.15 in (182 mm) of rainfall. This was the most rainfall the weather station had ever recorded since its founding in 1969.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ramon
On October 3–4 an area of disturbed weather moved into the Pacific Ocean south of a high-pressure area over Central Mexico. The storm became better organized over 84 °F (29 °C) waters. By October 5, a tropical storm had developed 490 mi (790 km) southwest of Manzanillo, bypassing the tropical depression stage. It moved generally to the west-northwest. Ramon intensified into a hurricane on October 7 and reached major hurricane status on October 8. At its most intense on October 9 and October 10, Hurricane Ramon had winds of 140 mph (225 km/h). After peaking, Ramon turned to the northwest due to interaction with subtropical jetstream winds and rapidly weakened over cooler sea surface temperatures. It became a tropical storm on October 11 and a depression on October 12. It dissipated shortly thereafter.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ramon
Torrential rains deluged Southern California, resulting in street flooding. Two people perished in separate traffic accidents. In Los Angeles, three more people perished in separate traffic incidents. Heavy rains extended west and was also reported in Hemet in Riverside County, where three people were also injured during a car accident. The rains helped dissolve a week-long forest fire 16,000 acre (65,000,000 m2) on Mt. Palomar. The Spring Creek River overflowed its banks. The tropical moisture also helped end a 37-day dry spell at Salt Lake City, marking the longest time the city went without rain since 1964. Nationwide, Ramon killed five people, all due to road-related incidents.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Selma
On October 27, a tropical depression formed and headed northwest, gradually re-curving north. It intensified into a 40 mph (65 km/h) tropical storm on October 28. Selma maintained that strength until the next day, when it weakened to a depression. Selma's re-curving continued, and on October 29, it again intensified into a 40 mph (65 km/h) tropical storm. Without further strengthening, it weakened into a tropical depression, headed north northeast, and dissipated on October 31 about 880 mi (1,415 km) east of the southern tip of Baja California.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical depressions
On June 10, a weak tropical depression, the second of the season, developed. It moved very little and did not affect land. It dissipated on 1200 UTC June 12. The season's next tropical cyclone, Tropical Depression Three formed six days after the previous one dissipated. Moving west-northwest, it peaked at 35 mph (55 km/h). On June 20, it dissipated.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical depressions
Tropical Depression Six developed on July 13 about 900 mi (1,400 km) southwest of Cabo San Lucas. The depression had same peak intensity as Three and had dissipated on July 17. According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, on July 18 a tropical depression formed east of the International Date Line, and two days later it exited CPHC's area of responsibility; however, this storm was not included into CPHC database. As it entered into western Pacific, it strengthened as a tropical storm and received the name Wynne. The final tropical cyclone developed at 1800 UTC November 24 around 1,000 mi (1,600 km) southwest of Baja California Sur. A very weak cyclone, the depression dissipated on November 25, ending the above-average season.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the eastern Pacific in 1987. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 1993 season. This is the same list used for the 1981 season. However, the names Xina, York, and Zelda were added to name lists for odd-numbered years sometime after 1985 due to that year's season threatening to exhaust the list. Storms were named Pilar and Ramon for the first time in 1987, as the name Selma had been used on the older lists.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names
Two names from the Central Pacific list were used – Oka and Peke. This was the first usage for both names.


1987 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names, Retirement
The World Meteorological Organization retired one Eastern Pacific name in the spring of 1992: Knut. It was replaced in the 1993 season by Kenneth.


1987 Pacific typhoon season
The 1987 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1987, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Tropical storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.


1987 Pacific typhoon season
A total of 25 tropical cyclones formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 24 became tropical storms. Of the 24, 17 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 6 reached super typhoon strength.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Seasonal summary
A total of 25 tropical cyclones formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 24 became tropical storms. Of the 24, 17 storms reached typhoon intensity, of which 6 reached super typhoon strength.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Orchid (Auring)
On January 3, a small and persistent area of thunderstorms near the International Date Line was first detected. During the next few days, it slowly increased in organization and thunderstorm activity after which a small and ragged central dense overcast formed and upper-level outflow improved. A Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) was issued late on January 7 for the disturbance. The JTWC then issued their first warning on Tropical Depression 01W during the afternoon of January 7.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Orchid (Auring)
The next morning, on January 8, an aircraft reconnaissance mission reported tropical storm–winds and the depression was upgraded to a tropical storm and named Orchid. Orchid continued to gradually strengthen until it reached its peak intensity of 110 mph (175 km/h) on January 11 as a small typhoon. After reaching peak intensity, Orchid weakened rather quickly and by January 14, it had degenerated into an area of low pressure.


1987 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Orchid (Auring)
Orchid caused "extensive damage" on Ulithi Atoll but no deaths were reported. In the wake of the typhoon, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency declared parts of the Federated States of Micronesia as a disaster area.