1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying
There were four rounds of qualifying, with higher ranked players seeded into the later rounds, and 104 entrants. The 16 winners in the fourth round progressed to play the tournament's top 16 seeds at the Crucible. All qualifying matches were best-of-19 frames held over two sessions. There were 24 matches scheduled in the first qualifying round, but Frank Jonik, Eddie McLaughlin, Sakchai Sim Ngam and Omprakesh Agrawal all withdrew, meaning that their opponents received walkovers. The 11-time pool world champion, Jim Rempe, made a break of 104 in defeating Martin Smith 10–9. Veteran professional Bernard Bennett suffered the only whitewash of the first round, failing to win a frame against Billy Kelly.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying
In the second round, there were 32 matches. The youngest player in the competition, Stephen Hendry, made a break of 108 during his 10–7 defeat of Mike Darrington. Eight-times champion Fred Davis lost 5–10 to Ken Owers. Another former champion, John Spencer, who had won the title three times, eliminated Roger Bales 10–3. Trailing after the first session of his qualifying match 3–5, Jimmy van Rensberg was taken to hospital with a suspected heart attack. However, he was later discharged and went on to win 10–6.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying
The third round consisted of 16 matches between winners from the second round. Hendry led 8–1 against Rempe at the end of their first session, with Rempe winning three consecutive frames in their second session before Hendry won the match 10–4. Gino Rigitano conceded the 11th frame of his match against Steve Newbury when there were still enough balls on the table for him to win, and when 4–9 down decided not to play the next frame, thereby losing 4–10. There were two 10–0 whitewashes: by Jon Wright over Mark Wildman and by Tony Jones over van Rensberg.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying
The fourth round also featured 16 matches, with 16 players seeded into the round each meeting one of the third round winners. For the first time since turning professional, John Spencer failed to qualify for the event, as he was defeated 5–10 by Barry West. Bill Werbeniuk and Eddie Charlton also failed to qualify for the competition for the first time. Werbeniuk lost 8–10 to Mark Bennett and Charlton was defeated 4–10 by Warren King. The only match to go to a deciding frame in round four was John Virgo's 10–9 win over Tony Jones. Dene O'Kane scored five century breaks across his three matches, a new record, including a  132. He received £2,000 for this break, the highest during qualifying.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
The first round of the main tournament was held from 18 to 23 April with matches played as the best-of-19 frames over two sessions. Defending champion Joe Johnson played Eugene Hughes, with the match going to a deciding frame and Johnson winning 10–9. Steve Davis was 7–1 ahead of Warren King at the end of their first session, but King then won six of the next seven frames to reduce Davis's lead to one frame at 8–7. Davis narrowly won frame 16 with a break of 63, then completed a 10–7 victory in frame 17, where he successfully gained enough foul points from King, despite requiring snookers.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Murdo MacLeod defeated Rex Williams 10–5, despite Williams making the highest break of the first round, a 112. The win made MacLeod the first Scottish player to secure a victory at the Crucible Theatre. Stephen Hendry met veteran player Willie Thorne, led 5–4 at the end of their first session, and then took the first four frames in the second, before Thorne won three in a row. Hendry took the 17th frame to achieve a 10–7 win. At age 18 years and 97 days, Hendry became the youngest-ever player to win a world championship match at the Crucible.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Steve Longworth led 5–4 after the first session of his match, and won five successive frames to defeat Kirk Stevens 10–5. Terry Griffiths also progressed from a 5–4 interval lead to a 10–4 win, against Jim Wych. Alex Higgins, due to start a six-month ban after the Championship, eliminated first-year professional Jon Wright 10–6.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Jimmy White led Dean Reynolds 5–4 at the end of their first session. Reynolds won the first two frames of the second session both on respotted blacks, before White went on to win 10–8. From 7–8, White made breaks of 70, 75 and 59 to win the three frames he needed to progress. O'Kane, 39th in the rankings, won nine frames in a row against second-ranked player Cliff Thorburn to win 10–5. Thorburn's cue tip split during the sixth frame and was not replaced until after the end of the first session. He was unable to win a frame after the tip was broken. Six-time champion Ray Reardon defeated debutant Barry West 10–5. Fourth seed Tony Knowles lost 6–10 to Mike Hallett, having led 6–5, and 11th seed Tony Meo lost 8–10 to John Parrott.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Silvino Francisco and John Campbell played only eight of their scheduled nine frames in the first session, due to slow play, with Francisco leading 5–3 when they started the following session. Franciso won five consecutive frames at the start of the second session to complete a 10–3 win. Doug Mountjoy led David Taylor 6–3 after their first session, and won 10–6. The 1985 champion Dennis Taylor led Bennett 8–1 before winning 10–4. Neal Foulds led John Virgo 7–2 after their first session and won 10–4.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
The second round was played from 23 to 27 April with matches as the best-of-25 frames held over three sessions. Johnson led MacLeod 6–2 and 10–6 after the first two sessions, winning 13–7. Hendry and Longworth were level at 4–4 after their first session, with Hendry then opening up a 7–4 lead with breaks of 96, 54 and 89, and finishing the second session 10–6 ahead after winning the 16th frame on a re-spotted black. Later trailing by six frames, Longworth won the 19th with a 103 break, before Hendry completed a 13–7 victory.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
Francisco and Hallett were at 8–8 after their second session before Hallett won three frames in a row, with breaks of 84, 47, 35 and 93. He also won the 20th frame, after requiring foul shots from Francisco, to lead 12–8, and clinched victory at 13–9 to reach his first world championship quarter-final. Foulds led Taylor 5–3 after their first session, and won the match 13–10.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
O'Kane eliminated another top-16 player with a victory over Mountjoy. Mountjoy led 3–0, but O'Kane then won the next six frames, and won 13–5. White made a break of 114 in his match against Parrott, the highest in that year's championship to that point, and won 13–11. Five of the frames had been decided on the black, with White winning four of them. Higgins led Griffiths 6–3 after the first session but Griffiths won four frames in a row and the match was tied at 8–8. Griffiths went on to defeat Higgins 13–10. Six-times winner of the event Reardon led 3–1 but lost 12 of the next 13 frames as he was eliminated 4–13 by Davis. After the tournament, Reardon dropped out of the top 16 in the end-of-season world rankings, moving down from 15 to 38.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
The quarter-final matches were played over three sessions, in best-of-25 frames, on 28 and 29 April. Johnson led Hendry 8–1 and 12–8, before Hendry won four frames in a row to take the match to a deciding frame at 12–12. In the final frame, after Hendry failed to pot a red ball, Johnson made a break of 46 to take the frame and match 13–12. Hallett compiled two century breaks in the first session of his match against Foulds, who also constructed a century break, with their first session ending at 4–4. Foulds then opened up a lead, leading 10–6 and 12–7 before winning at 13–9.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Davis was 4–3 ahead of Griffiths after their first session, and 10–5 ahead by the end of the second. He wrapped up a 13–5 win and with breaks of 62, 86 and 51 in three frames in the final session. It was the fifth time that Davis had defeated Griffiths at the world championship, and the largest winning margin of those encounters. White won all eight frames in the first session in his match against O'Kane, and after winning the first frame of the second session, led 9–0. O'Kane then won five consecutive frames, before White took four of the following five frames to win 13–6.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played as the best-of-31 frames, held over four sessions, from 30 April to 2 May. Johnson met Foulds in the first semi-final. The pair were tied at 3–3, but Foulds missed a pot on the black ball in frame seven allowing Johnson to take a one-frame lead after the first session. In frame eight, Foulds made a break of 48 to win the frame, and won frame nine, despite requiring foul shots. Johnson made breaks of 47 in each of the next two frames to lead 6–5.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Foulds took the next before Johnson, with his fourth break of 47 in four frames, took the lead again. Foulds won the last frame of the session with a break of 45 to leave them all square at 7–7 after two sessions, and made a break of 114 in the 15th frame to go one ahead before Johnson won seven frames in a row to lead 14–8. After this, Foulds won frame 23, but Johnson won the next two frames to win the match 16–9 to reach his second final.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Davis and White had been level at 4–4 after their first session, with Davis winning the first four of their second session to lead 8–4 and finishing that session 9–6 ahead. In the first frame of the third session, White was on course to make a maximum break, having potted ten reds and nine blacks, but missed the tenth black. After this, Davis required White to make foul shots in order to gain the necessary penalty points from them for Davis to win the frame.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Aided by a fluked black, and by a free ball following a foul by White, Davis eventually won the frame by one point. John Hennessey in Pot Black magazine wrote that "at that moment White lost the chance of claiming his first world title," adding that White's father later said that losing the frame affected White badly during the following three. However, White later compiled a 119 break, the new highest in the competition, overtaking his earlier 114 in the second round, and ended the third session 9–13 behind. White took the first frame of the fourth session, but lost three of the following four frame as Davis won the match 16–11, concluding with a 74 break in the 27th frame.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The final was played as a best-of-35 frames match held over four sessions between Davis and Johnson on 3 and 4 May 1987. It was the first time that the same two players had met in the final at the Crucible for the second year in a row. The last time that two players had met in consecutive finals at the World Championship was when Fred Davis and John Pulman had both reached the final in 1955 and 1956, played at the Tower Circus, Blackpool.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The next time it would happen was when Hendry and White met in three consecutive finals between 1992 and 1994. This was also the first time that the final had been contested by the top two seeds of the tournament. The final was refereed by Len Ganley, the second time he had taken charge of the world championship final.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
In frame one, Davis compiled a 127 break, which remained the highest break of that year's tournament. Johnson responded winning three frames in a row followed by Davis taking two to level at 3-3. Johnson was 4–3 ahead at the end of the first session. Davis added three successive frames to lead 6–4 at the start of the second session, then Johnson won the 11th frame with a break of 101 before falling three behind as Davis won the next two frames. Johnson was behind in the 14th frame but won it with a break of 73.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The last two frames of the session were both won with the aid of fluked reds: the 15th frame by Davis, and the last of the day by Johnson, the day finishing with Davis leading 9–7. On the second day, Johnson won the first frame of the third session to reduce Davis's lead to one frame. Davis then took four consecutive frames to lead 13–8, but missed the last red ball when on a break of 52. Johnson then cleared up to the black, which Davis would have required to level the scores in the frame. However, Davis left the black in a position that it could be potted from, and Johnson won the frame. Davis won the next frame, to lead 14–9 at the end of the third session.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
Johnson made a break of 52 in the first frame of the fourth session, but failed on an attempt to pot a red, which gave Davis an opportunity. Davis then made a break of 35, but left an easy green ball for Johnson, who cleared to the pink ball to win. In the next frame, Johnson made a break of 62, and then Davis attempted a clearance, but missed the yellow ball. Johnson potted the yellow from distance and cleared to the blue, with Davis then conceding the frame.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
Johnson led 50–0 in the next frame, and with both players making a number of errors Davis left him an easy brown that allowed Johnson in to win his fourth consecutive frame to move to one behind at 13–14. Davis had breaks of 64 and 40 to lead 15–13, a break of 73 to help make it 16–13, and 17–13 winning frame 30, decided on the final colours. Johnson won another frame, with a break of 67, before Davis clinched victory with a break of 73 to make it 18–14, achieving his fourth World Championship title. After the match, Davis said: "Winning this is better than 1981 because I've experienced getting beat in the final and its horrible."


1987 World Snooker Championship, Aftermath
During the tournament, there were reports that Foulds and WPBSA chairman Williams were taking beta blockers. These were banned under International Olympic Committee rules, but not prohibited in snooker. Colin Moynihan, a Member of the British Parliament, called for Williams to resign and any players using beta blockers to withdraw from competing. In November 1987, the WPBSA was suspended from using the Sports Council's drug-testing facilities until the use of beta blockers was banned from the sport. Moynihan wrote to Williams supporting the ban that had been proposed by the Sports Council's Drug Advisory Group.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Aftermath
Williams resigned as WPBSA chairman in November 1987, having received criticism over the drug testing issue as well as over his personal business connections with promoters Barry Hearn and Frank Warren. The WPBSA voted to ban the use of beta blockers, other than cardioselective types, in January 1988, with the ban to come into effect from the start of the 1988–89 snooker season.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Main draw
Shown below are the results for the tournament. The numbers in brackets denote players seedings, whilst players in bold are match winners.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying
Results from the qualification event is shown below. Players shown in bold denote match winners.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks
There were 18 century breaks at the championship. The highest was a 127 made by Steve Davis in the first frame of the final. This was the lowest world championship high break since the event moved to the Crucible Theatre in 1977. The highest break in 1977 was 135 by John Spencer, which was the lowest to be the highest break at the world championship until 1986, when Davis's 134 was the highest.


1987 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Qualifying
There were 17 century breaks during the qualifying competition, the highest of which was 132 made by Dene O'Kane.


1987 World Sportscar Championship
The 1987 World Sportscar Championship season was the 35th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the 1987 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship which was contested over a ten race series that commenced on 22 March and ended on 27 September. The championship was open to FIA Group C Sports Prototypes, FIA Group C2 Sports Prototypes and IMSA GTP cars. Raul Boesel won the Drivers Championship, Fermin Velez  was awarded the FIA Cup for Group C2 Drivers, Silk Cut Jaguar won the Teams Championship and the FIA Cup for Group C2 Teams was awarded to Spice Engineering. Jaguar won 8 out of the 10 races and Porsche 2.


1987 World Sportscar Championship, Season results, Races
In order to be classified for points, a team had to complete 90% of the winner's distance. Further, drivers were required to complete at least 30% of their car's total race distance to qualify for championship points. Drivers forfeited points if they drove in more than one car during the race. Group C2 drivers earned extra championship points for any finish within the overall top ten positions.


1987 World Sportscar Championship, Season results, Drivers championships
The respective driver championships only counted each driver's seven highest scores toward the final championship total. Points not counted toward the driver's tally are marked with parenthesis.


1987 World Sportscar Championship, Season results, 1987 FIA Cup for Group C2 Teams
Points towards the 1987 FIA Cup for Group C2 Sports-Prototypes Teams were awarded to the top 10 Group C2 class finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.


1987 World Sportscar Championship, Season results, 1987 FIA Cup for Group C2 Teams
Only the best seven round results could be retained towards a Team's total.


1987 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1987 World Table Tennis Championships were held in New Delhi. the event was held from 19 February to 1 March 1987.


1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
The 1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles was the 39th edition of the men's doubles championship. Wei Qingguang and Chen Longcan won the title after defeating Ilija Lupulesku and Zoran Primorac in the final by two sets to one.


1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
The 1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles was the 39th edition of the men's singles championship.


1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Jiang Jialiang defeated Jan-Ove Waldner in the final, winning three sets to one to secure the title.


1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team
The 1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 39th edition of the men's team championship.


1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team
China won the gold medal defeating Sweden 5–0 in the final. Jan-Ove Waldner and Mikael Appelgren were both missing from the final due to stomach complaints. North Korea won the bronze medal.


1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
The 1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles was the 39th edition of the mixed doubles championship.


1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
Hui Jun and Geng Lijuan defeated Jiang Jialiang and Jiao Zhimin in the final by two sets to one.


1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
The 1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles was the 38th edition of the women's doubles championship. Hyun Jung-hwa and Yang Young-ja defeated Dai Lili and Li Huifen in the final by two sets to one.


1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
The 1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles was the 39th edition of the women's singles championship. He Zhili defeated Yang Young-ja in the final by three sets to nil, to win the title.


1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team
The 1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (Women's Team) was the 32nd edition of the women's team championship.


1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team
China won the gold medal defeating South Korea in the final 3-0. Hungary won the bronze medal.


1987 World Taekwondo Championships
The 1987 World Taekwondo Championships were the 8th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Barcelona, Spain from October 7 to October 11, 1987, with 434 athletes participating from 62 countries.


1987 World Touring Car Championship
The 1987 World Touring Car Championship season was the inaugural World Touring Car Championship season. It commenced on 22 March 1987 and ended on 15 November after eleven races. The championship was open to Touring Cars complying with FIA Group A regulations. The Drivers title was won by Roberto Ravaglia in a BMW M3 and the Entrants title by Eggenberger Motorsport in a Ford Sierra Cosworth No 7.


1987 World Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers
Fifteen registered entries were received for the championship. Regulations imposed by last minute series promoter Bernie Ecclestone dictated that for teams to receive official points and prize money they must have paid the US$60,000 registration fee. This in fact saw a number of the top teams, most notably Tom Walkinshaw Racing who had been the team to beat in the 1984, 1985 and 1986 European Touring Car Championships, refuse to pay and virtually ignore the championship.


1987 World Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers
Among those who did commit to the championship were the Ford Europe backed Eggenberger Motorsport with their Texaco sponsored Ford Sierra turbo's, Andy Rouse's team who ran their own Ford Sierra Cosworth, the factory backed BMW teams of West Germany's Schnitzer Motorsport and the Italian CiBiEmme and Bigazzi teams racing the new BMW M3 which had replaced the old 635 CSi as BMW's main challenger, and the Alfa Corse team with their factory Alfa Romeo 75 turbo's.


1987 World Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers
Although numerous other entries competed in races during the season only the following were eligible to score championship points. Ironically, two outright race winning teams in the championship were not eligible for championship points. Cars competed in three engine capacity divisions:


1987 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar
Drivers in Italics were listed as a driver in the car but did not actually drive that car in the race.


1987 World Touring Car Championship, Calendar
Note: "Overall winner" in the above table refers to the overall race winner and "Winner championship" refers to the highest placed entry which had been registered for the championship.


1987 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship
Note: Race placings in the above table refer to the relative placings gained by registered championship entries and does not include other competitors.


1987 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Drivers' Championship
Point system: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 awarded to the top ten finishers for both outright and divisional results. Therefore, a driver could be awarded up to 40 points in a race. Points were only allocated to drivers of cars registered for the World Championship.


1987 World Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Standings, Entrants Championship
Point system: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 awarded to the top ten finishers for both outright and divisional results. Therefore, an entry could be awarded up to 40 points in a race. Points were allocated only to entries which were registered for the World Championship.


1987 World Weightlifting Championships
The following is the final results of the 1987 World Weightlifting Championships. The men's competition was held in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia and the women's competition was held in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. The women's competition was the first women’s world championship in weightlifting.


1987 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


1987 World Women's Curling Championship
The 1987 World Women's Curling Championship was held in Chicago, Illinois from March 22–28, 1987.


1987 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Pat Sanders Third: Georgina Hawkes Second: Louise Herlinveaux Lead: Deb Massullo


1987 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Jette Olsen Skip: Helena Blach Second: Malene Krause Lead: Lone Kristoffersen


1987 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Taru Kivinen Skip: Jaana Jokela Second: Nina Ahvenainen Lead: Kirsi Jeskanen


1987 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Annick Mercier Skip: Agnes Mercier Second: Andrée Dupont-RocLead: Catherine Lefebvre


1987 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andrea Schöpp Third: Almut Hege Second: Monika Wagner Lead: Elinore Schöpp


1987 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Anne Jøtun Bakke Third: Hilde Jøtun Second: Ingvill Githmark Lead: Billie Sørum


1987 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Marion Miller Third: Janice Miller Second: Jane McConnell Lead: Moira McConnell


1987 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Elisabeth HögströmThird: Birgitta SewikSecond: Eva AnderssonLead: Bitte BergAlternate: Inga Arfwidsson


1987 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Marianne Flotron Third: Gisela Peter Second: Beatrice Frei Lead: Caroline Rück


1987 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Sharon Good Third: Joan Fish Second: Beth Bronger-Jones Lead: Aija Edwards


1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament
The 1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament was held April 21–26, 1987, in North York, Toronto, Ontario. It was the first major world tournament for national women's ice hockey teams and was the first unofficial tournament before the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) launched the Women's World Championship in 1990. The Ontario Women's Hockey Association (OWHA) hosted the tournament and director Fran Rider is credited as the driving force behind the event’s success.


1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament
Delegates from the participating nations and five additional countries met during the tournament to establish a strategy to lobby the International Ice Hockey Federation for the creation of a Women's World Championship. The success of the tournament and the positive reports presented to the IIHF gave women's ice hockey the legitimacy needed to pave the way for the creation of the modern Women's World Championship.


1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament
The six-day tournament was held at the North York Centennial Arena


1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament
Team Canada won the tournament defeating Team Ontario by 4–0 in the final game. The championship trophy was named the Hazel McCallion World Cup, in honor of Mississauga mayor and women's ice hockey advocate Hazel McCallion.


1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament, Teams
The following teams played at the tournament. It is assumed that these teams were selected on an invitational basis, but that is not confirmed.


1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament, Teams
West Germany was scheduled to participate but pulled out shortly before the tournament, possibly due to displeasure with the choice to not allow body checking.


1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament, Teams
The Swedish team was able to travel to and participate in the tournament because of the sponsorship of Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Börje Salming.


1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament, Format
The seven participating teams played in a single round robin tournament format. The top four teams from the group proceeded to the Medal Round, while the remaining teams played in the placement games.


1987 World Women's Hockey Tournament, Format
Games were 45 minutes long, three periods of fifteen minutes each.


1987 World Wrestling Championships
The following is the final results of the 1987 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Competition were held in Clermont-Ferrand, France and Women's Competition were held in Lørenskog, Norway.


1987 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 1987 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Cowboys' 92nd season and they competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The team was led by head coach Paul Roach, in his first year, and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished with a record of ten wins and three losses (10–3, 8–0 WAC), as WAC Champions and with a loss against Iowa in the Holiday Bowl. The Cowboys offense scored 426 points, while the defense allowed 271 points.


1987 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1987 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 23rd-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in third place in the Ivy League with a 5–2 record, 7–3 overall.


1987 Ykkönen – Finnish League Division 1
League table for teams participating in Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish Soccer League system, in 1987.


1987 Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300
The 1987 Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300 was an endurance race for Group A touring cars held at the Calder Park Raceway in Melbourne, Australia on the rarely used combined circuit which incorporated both the recently redeveloped road course and the newly completed NASCAR-style “Thunderdome” oval. The combined oval/road course was 4.216 km (2.620 mi) long and the race was run over 70 laps.


1987 Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300
The race, which attracted 20 starters and was the first ever run on the combined road course / oval circuit, was won by the Peter Jackson Nissan Racing turbo Skyline DR30 RS of John Bowe and Terry Sheil.


1987 Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300
For Bowe, the 1984 and 1985 CAMS Gold Star winner and the 1986 Australian Sports Car Champion, it was his first touring car victory after coming close numerous times in the 1986 Australian Touring Car Championship in the Volvo Dealer Teams Volvo 240T. Bowe started the race in the Nissan and later joined the Channel 7 commentary team for the concluding stages, unashamedly cheering "You beauty" when Sheil took the lead on the last lap.


1987 Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300
The Skyline used for the event was actually the team's spare car that had rarely seen any racing and in fact had spent the majority of its time as a static display car in various shopping centres throughout the country. Second was Larry Perkins and Canberra's Bill O'Brien in O'Brien's brand new Perkins Engineering built Holden VL Commodore SS Group A. After a tangle while lapping the New Zealand BMW M3 of Graham Lorimer which damaged the Commodore's steering, Perkins drove all but the last 2 laps of the race. The car was passed by Sheil soon after O'Brien exited the pits on the last lap through the Thunderdome and had to settle for second place. Finishing in third were Australian sprintcar stars Tony Noske and Garry Rush in Noske's ex-Perkins Holden VK Commodore SS Group A.


1987 Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300
The race was missing some of the big names in Australian touring car racing, namely Peter Brock's Melbourne based Holden Dealer Team who now being privateers and not backed by Holden were saving money by not attending, and Dick Johnson's Brisbane based Shell team who were busy converting their 1987 ATCC Ford Sierra RS Cosworth's into the newly homologated Ford Sierra RS500 in readiness for the Castrol 500 at Sandown just over a month later as well as the all important James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst which in 1987 was a round of the World Touring Car Championship.


1987 Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300
The race was attended however by the Peter Jackson Nissan team who fronted with one car for their endurance co-drivers Bowe and Sheil, Roadways Racing with their VL Commodore for Allan Grice and wise-cracking Kiwi Graeme Crosby, while the JPS Team BMW also raced and looked likely winners until a late race mishap between Tony Longhurst and Perkins when Longhurst locked his brakes coming off the Thunderdome and hit the back of the Commodore. While Perkins was able to continue with only minor body damage, Longhurst was forced to park the black and gold BMW M3 with a broken ball joint.


1987 Yokohama/Bob Jane T-Marts 300
The race was broadcast by Channel 7 with commentary from Mike Raymond, Neil Crompton, John Harvey and Brad Jones.


1987 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1987 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 June 1987 at the Automotodrom Rijeka.


1987 Zairean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Zaire on 6 September 1987. The Popular Movement of the Revolution was the sole political party at the time, with all candidates running for election to the Legislative Council required to be party members. In total, 1,075 candidates ran for the 210 seats (reduced from 310 in the previous election).


1987 Zairean parliamentary election, Results
Of the 210 elected candidates, 198 were men and 12 were women.


1987 du Maurier Classic
The 1987 du Maurier Classic was contested from July 9–12 at Islesmere Golf Club in Laval, Quebec. It was the edition 15th of the du Maurier Classic, and the ninth edition as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament
The 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament is an attack that took place on August 18, 1987, when an assailant hurled two grenades into a room where Members of Parliament were meeting. The grenades bounced off the table at which Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene and Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa were sitting, and rolled away. A Member of Parliament and a ministry secretary were killed by the explosions.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament
A subsequent police investigation concluded that the grenades had been thrown by a member of the banned Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) organization, which was staging a rebellion in the country at the time. Five members of the JVP were eventually put on trial for the attack, but were acquitted due to lack of evidence. It is believed the attack targeted President Jayawardene for his signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord a few weeks earlier. The initial responsibility for the attack was claimed by an organization named Patriotic People's Movement better known as the DJV.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Background
Beginning in 1983, Tamil militants began a war of insurrection with the objective of establishing an independent Tamil nation in the north and east of Sri Lanka. 6,000 people had died as a result of the conflict by 1987. In May 1987, the Sri Lanka Army launched a major offensive to defeat the Tamil rebels; the operation was a success, and the rebels were cornered in a small part of the Jaffna Peninsula. Sri Lankan military commanders believed that they would be able to totally defeat the militants within a few weeks.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Background
However, the Indian government became increasingly involved in the conflict, because southern India was the home of 50 million Tamils. As the Sri Lankan army was closing in on the rebels, India Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi ordered an airdrop of materials to the besieged rebels, which Sri Lankan president J. R. Jayawardene termed a “naked act of aggression” by India.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Background
Faced with the prospect of Indian military involvement to support the militants, Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene was pressured into signing the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on July 29, 1987. It called for Tamil rebels to lay down their arms, in exchange for limited autonomy in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Jayawardene also agreed to have India send troops to Sri Lanka to enforce the accord. The accord proved highly unpopular amongst both the Sinhalese groups and the Tamil groups in the country, who saw it as a sellout to India, and the Indian troops as an expansionist force.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Background
As Rajiv Gandhi was leaving Sri Lanka following the signing of the accord, a member of the honor guard stuck him in the head with a rifle butt. Gandhi was not hurt in the incident. The guard was later found to be a member of the outlawed Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, a far-left organisation that was staging a rebellion in mostly south of the country, still there were also members in the north.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Background
The JVP secondly attacked a government-broadcasting center and stole a radio set.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Grenade attack
The first session of Parliament after the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord was due to be held on August 18, 1987. Before the convening of Parliament, the bi-weekly Government Parliamentary Group meeting was held in Committee Room A of the Parliament Complex. Approximately 120 legislators were at the meeting, which started at 8.40am. The group initially observed two minutes of silence in memory of Jinadasa Weerasinghe, the Member of Parliament for Tangalle, who had been assassinated a few days earlier by the JVP.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Grenade attack
As MP A. D. B. Ekanayake was speaking to the group, an assailant in the adjoining room hurled two grenades at the head table where the President J. R. Jayawardene and Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa were sitting. The grenades bounced off the table, and rolled close to the table where National Security Advisor Lalith Athulathmudali and Matara District Minister Keerthisena Abeywickrama were seated, and exploded in front of them.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Grenade attack
According to a government press officer who was at the meeting, pandemonium reigned following the explosions. He said some legislators thought Parliament was under attack. Using wooden chairs, they broke the thin plate glass overlooking the Parliament lawn to escape the room, and were immediately bundled into cars and driven away.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Grenade attack
Member of Parliament for the Matara District Keerthisena Abeywickrama, whose face was blown off due to the explosion, was carried outside and rushed to hospital, but died on the way there. Norbert Senadeera, an official with the Parliament staff, died later of a shrapnel wound to the head. Sixteen others were injured in the attack, including National Security Advisor Lalith Athulathmudali, Prime Minister Premadasa and Ministers Gamini Jayasuriya, Montague Jayawickrama, and E. L. B. Hurulle. President J. R. Jayewardene escaped injury.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Grenade attack
Although initial reports indicated that gunfire had preceded the attack, no shots were fired during the incident.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Aftermath of attack
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene blamed "terrorists" among the Sinhalese population for the incident. He also appealed for calm in the country, and called the attack an "attempt to destroy the parliamentary democratic system of the country".


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Aftermath of attack
A day after the attack, the BBC reported that the Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya (DJV), which would later be identified as the military wing of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, claimed responsibility. They also distributed leaflets in Colombo, calling on "patriotic people in the armed forces" to resist "Indian expansionism", and calling President Jayewardene "a traitor whose death would be welcome". They also told the BBC they were seeking revenge for Jayewardene's "betrayal of Sinhalese interests in granting greater political autonomy to ethnic Tamil areas".


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Investigation
Although the Police sealed off the Parliament building following the attack, initial reports stated that the assailant fled in the panic that followed the explosions. No arrests were made immediately following the attack.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Investigation
Subsequent investigations suggested that Ajith Kumara, an activist of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna who was working for a private catering service inside parliament, had thrown the grenades into the committee room. He was friendly with most of those working in the complex and had access to the room from where the bombs were flung. Kumara disappeared immediately after the incident. A Million LKR ($35,000) bounty was placed on his head, but he evaded arrest for several months. He was however subsequently arrested on April 8, 1988, when he tried to flee from police who were conducting an unrelated search for illegal liquor in Naula. The Police did not realize who he was until they conducted further investigations.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Trial
After his arrest, Ajith Kumara, along with four others, were charged with carrying out the grenade attack. They were indicted on ten counts, including conspiracy to commit the murder of President J. R. Jayawardene; and attempting to commit the murder of Lalith Athulathmudali. In court, State Counsel Palitha Fernando claimed Kumara was a member of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), which was a banned organization at the time, and that the  JVP ordered the attack as a result of President Jayawardene’s decision to deploy the Indian Army in the north and east of Sri Lanka. Kumara held in the maximum security Welikada Prison throughout his trial.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Trial
On October 12, 1990, the Colombo High Court at Bar delivered a unanimous verdict acquitting Kumara, the first accused, and M. Jayasiri Gunawardena, the fifth accused, due to lack of evidence. Delivering the verdict, High court judge Ananda Grero said the prosecution had not proved the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. The three other suspects had previously been acquitted on October 4. During the trails, the defendants were represented by future Minister Susil Premjayanth and diplomat Mangala Moonesinghe.


1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, Trial
Ajith Kumara was ultimately released on August 6, 1993. He entered politics afterwards, becoming an active member of the JVP, which had since been decriminalized. He later became a JVP politbureau member, Pradeshiya Sabha member and unsuccessful Chief Ministerial candidate of the JVP for the 1999 Sabaragamuva Provincial Council elections.


1987 in Afghanistan
The following lists events that happened during 1987 in Afghanistan.


1987 in Afghanistan
The war continues, with no agreement on a timetable for withdrawal of the estimated 115,000 Soviet troops. There are conflicting reports on the military successes of both the resistance movements and the Soviet-backed Afghan forces. Western diplomats report fighting in all the major provinces, with heavy casualties on both sides. Widespread violations of human rights continue and attract the notice of the UN Commission on Human Rights.


1987 in Afghanistan
At year's end some of the fiercest fighting of the war is reported from the garrison town of Khost, eastern Afghanistan, where Soviet-backed government forces are attempting to end a guerrilla siege of the town. Morale in the Afghan military is low. Men are drafted only to desert at the earliest opportunity, and the Afghan military has dropped from its 1978 strength of 105,000 to about 20,000-30,000 by 1987. The Soviets attempt new tactics, but the resistance always devises countertactics. For example, the use of the Spetsnaz (special forces) is met by counter-ambushes. The only weapons systems that solidly continue to bedevil the resistance are combat helicopter gunships and jet bombers.


1987 in Afghanistan, March and September 1987
Two rounds of UN-sponsored talks are held in Geneva, with the UN mediator, Cordovez, acting as liaison between the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan continues to refuse to have direct negotiations with Afghanistan since it does not recognize the Soviet-backed Afghan government. Pakistan rejects the Soviet-Afghan offer of a 16-month timetable for withdrawal of the Soviet troops, maintaining that it should be reduced to 8 months.


1987 in Afghanistan, July 1987
PDPA general secretary Najibullah makes an unexpected visit to Moscow for talks with the Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev.


1987 in Afghanistan, July 1987
A law permitting the formation of other political parties (according to certain provisions) is introduced.


1987 in Afghanistan, July 15, 1987
The extension of a unilateral government offer of a cease-fire until January 15, 1988, brings no response, and by August even Kabul, the capital, is threatened as resistance is stepped up.


1987 in Afghanistan, August 1987
A round of local elections throughout the country begins. A considerable number of those elected are reported to be non-PDPA members.


1987 in Afghanistan, September 30, 1987
Najibullah is elected chairman of the Revolutionary Council (head of state). Chamkani resumes his former post as first vice-chairman.


1987 in Afghanistan, October 1987
Najibullah ousts the remaining supporters of former General Secretary Karmal from the Central Committee and the Politburo of the PDPA.


1987 in Afghanistan, Late November 1987
At a meeting of the loya jirga (grand national assembly), Najibullah announces that he will present a revised timetable for the withdrawal of Soviet troops, reduced from 16 months to one year, at UN-sponsored talks scheduled for February 1988. The assembly ratifies a new constitution under which the post of President of Afghanistan is created; Najibullah, the sole candidate, is elected to the post on November 30. The constitution also changes the name of the country back to the Republic of Afghanistan and embodies a call for other parties to partake in government alongside the ruling PDPA in an effort to promote national reconciliation.


1987 in American television
The year 1987 in television involved some significant events. This is a list of notable events in the United States.


1987 in Armenia
The following lists events that happened during 1987 in Armenia.


1987 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1987 in Australia.


1987 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1987.


1987 in Australian literature, Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1987 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.


1987 in Australian television, Events
The following quote came from Seven National News reporter Alan Murrell on the 27 December 1987 edition regarding the move:


1987 in Australian television, New International Programming, Changes to network affiliation
This is a list of programs which made their premiere on an Australian television network that had previously premiered on another Australian television network. The networks involved in the switch of allegiances are predominantly both free-to-air networks or both subscription television networks. Programs that have their free-to-air/subscription television premiere, after previously premiering on the opposite platform (free-to air to subscription/subscription to free-to air) are not included. In some cases, programs may still air on the original television network. This occurs predominantly with programs shared between subscription television networks.


1987 in Bangladesh
1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1987th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 987th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th  year of the 20th century, and the  8th   year of the 1980s decade.


1987 in Bangladesh
The year 1987 was the 16th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the sixth year of the Government of Hussain Muhammad Ershad.


1987 in Bangladesh, Economy
Note: For the year 1987 average official exchange rate for BDT was 30.95 per US$.


1987 in Belgian television
This is a list of Belgian television related events from 1987.


1987 in Brazilian football
The following article presents a summary of the 1987 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 86th season of competitive football in the country.


1987 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro Yellow Module
The 1987 Campeonato Brasileiro Yellow Module was organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation, and did not count with the participation of the most traditional and most popular clubs, which were competing in the Copa União.


1987 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro Yellow Module
Both clubs decided to share the title, but Sport was declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Yellow Module champions by aggregate score of 3-2, after Guarani withdrew the title on January 22, 1988.


1987 in Brazilian football, Copa União
The Copa União was organized by the Clube dos 13, but even counting with the most traditional and the most popular Brazilian clubs it is not officially recognized by the Brazilian Football Confederation.


1987 in Brazilian football, Copa União
Flamengo declared as the Copa União champions by aggregate score of 2-1.


1987 in Brazilian football, National Championship Playoff
This playoff was organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation, and consisted of single matches between the champion and runner-up of the Yellow Module (Sport and Guarani) against the champion and runner-up of Copa União (Flamengo and Internacional). Flamengo and Internacional refused to play the competition. As Flamengo and Internacional refused, Sport and Guarani played against each other twice.


1987 in Brazilian football, National Championship Playoff
Sport declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions by the Brazilian Football Confederation by aggregate score of 2-1..


1987 in Brazilian football, Brazil national team
The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1987.


1987 in Brazilian football, Women's football, National team
The Brazil women's national football team did not play any matches in 1987.


1987 in Brazilian television
This is a list of Brazilian television related events from 1987.


1987 in British music
This is a summary of 1987 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.


1987 in British music, Summary
The start of the year saw an important milestone in electronic dance music, when Steve "Silk" Hurley's song "Jack Your Body" became the first house music track to reach number 1 in the UK charts. This was despite Hurley refusing to promote the song, and the 12-inch single technically breaking chart rules as it was longer than the allowed 25-minute play time. House music had been steadily growing in popularity since it started underground in the early 1980s, and another number 1 would follow in September, the huge selling "Pump Up The Volume" by British act M|A|R|R|S which was one of the top ten biggest selling songs of the year.


1987 in British music, Summary
For most of the 1980s, the main musical format in the charts was the gramophone record, with songs being released on both 7-inch and 12-inch vinyl singles. However, in 1987 two new formats started to appear. The first was the digital CD single, where songs are put on a Compact Disc. These were first made eligible for the UK Singles Chart this year, and the first number 1 to be released as a CD single was Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" released in May. The second was the cassette single where the song is released on an audio tape - the BPI began recording their sales this year, but they would not become eligible until 1989. Both formats would dominate the chart throughout the 1990s.


1987 in British music, Summary
Synthpop bands Pet Shop Boys and Erasure continued their success from their breakthrough year in 1986, with the Pet Shop Boys achieving their second number 1 single ("It's a Sin") in the summer, and two more top ten singles with "What Have I Done to Deserve This? ", a collaboration with Dusty Springfield, which peaked at number 2, and "Rent", which peaked at number 8.


1987 in British music, Summary
Their album "Actually" also sold well and peaked at number 2. Erasure's album The Circus was their first charting album and peaked at number 6, and had two top 10 hits this year with the eponymous title track and "Victim of Love", as well as the number 12 charting "It Doesn't Have to Be" and their big hit from the previous year, "Sometimes". Both bands would continue to have huge success into the early 1990s.


1987 in British music, Summary
The sound of producers Stock Aitken Waterman continued to grow in popularity, as they moved from their previous Hi-NRG sound to one more pop-based. It gave them big hits with girl group Bananarama, with their song "Love in the First Degree" becoming their biggest hit ever when it peaked at number 3, and American singer Sinitta with "Toy Boy", the successful No.4 followup to the big selling song "So Macho" from 1986. They also achieved two number one's, one being girl duo Mel and Kim's "Respectable", and created a huge star with the baritone-voiced singer Rick Astley. In 1987 he had a number one album with "Whenever You Need Somebody", and several high charting singles including the title track and the biggest selling single of the year, his number 1 breakthrough song "Never Gonna Give You Up".


1987 in British music, Summary
Madonna continued her long run of Top Ten hits throughout the year, scoring two number one's, "La Isla Bonita" in April and "Who's That Girl" in July; the former was her third number one single from the multi-million selling album True Blue and the latter was taken from the film of the same name in which Madonna herself starred. Although the film was critically panned, the soundtrack album hit a respectable No.4 and generated two more Top 10 hits for Madonna; "Causing a Commotion" (No.4, September) and "The Look of Love" (No.9, December).


1987 in British music, Summary
Soul singer Ben E. King got a surprise number 1 with a re-release of 1961's "Stand by Me", which was used in an advert for Levi Jeans. Long running band The Bee Gees also got their first number 1 of the decade with "You Win Again", their fifth overall in a 20-year career, and Michael Jackson released the multi-million selling "Bad" which as of 2008 is one of the top ten highest selling albums in UK chart history.


1987 in British music, Summary
It spawned the number 1 single "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (a duet with Siedah Garrett), the number 3 title track and the number 3 "The Way You Make Me Feel". The year also saw George Michael launch his solo career post-Wham! with the album "Faith" and its title track, which reached number 2.


1987 in British music, Summary
The race for the Christmas number one single had many contenders this year. Rick Astley released a cover of "When I Fall In Love", and the 1956 Nat King Cole version was re-released at the same time, while 'Mel & Kim' released a cover of "Rocking Around The Christmas Tree" - however, this referred to comedian Mel Smith and singer Kim Wilde rather than the girl group of the same name; proceeds went to the charity Comic Relief. A very popular Christmas song released this year was a collaboration with Irish band The Pogues and singer Kirsty MacColl, with the song "Fairytale of New York". With its bitter tale about the breakup of two lovers, it was very different from other Christmas songs around.


1987 in British music, Summary
In the end, it was the Pet Shop Boys who had the Christmas number one of 1987, with their cover of Elvis Presley's "Always on My Mind". The Pogues peaked at number 2 and has been re-issued several times since, reaching the top 10 in 2005, 2006 and 2007.


1987 in British music, Summary
In the world of classical music, Nicholas Maw's new work Odyssey made an impact, and veteran composer Malcolm Arnold produced his Salute to Thomas Merritt, Op. 98, whilst Michael Nyman and Judith Weir both brought new operas to the stage. The BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition was won by Italian soprano Valeria Esposito, and the Lieder prize was introduced into the competition for the first time.


1987 in British radio
This is a list of events in British radio during 1987.


1987 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1987.


1987 in Canadian television
This is a list of Canadian television related events from 1987.


1987 in Cape Verde
The following is a list of events that happened during 1987 in Cape Verde.


1987 in Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1987 in Chile.


1987 in Danish television
This is a list of Danish television related events from 1987.


1987 in Dutch television
This is a list of Dutch television related events from 1987.


1987 in Estonia
This article lists events that occurred during 1987 in Estonia.


1987 in Estonian television
This is a list of Estonian television related events from 1987.


1987 in French television
This is a list of French television related events from 1987.


1987 in German television
This is a list of German television related events from 1987.


1987 in German television, Deaths
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1987 in Hong Kong, Events, October
The October 1987 crash hit stock markets around the world, but Hong Kong was hammered especially hard. On Monday, October 19, the city's benchmark Hang Seng index fell 11 per cent, a slump that prompted stock exchange chairman Ronald Li to suspend trading for the rest of the week “to protect the investor”


1987 in Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1987 in Iceland.


1987 in India
Events in the year 1987 in the Republic of India.


1987 in India, Births
Nisargadatta Maharaj (Maruti Shivrampant Kambli), Advaita Vedanta philosopher, spiritual leader


1987 in Irish television
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1987.


1987 in Israel, Events, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1987 include:


1987 in Israel, Events, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israeli targets during 1987 include:


1987 in Israel, Events, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1987 include:


1987 in Italian television
This is a list of Italian television related events from 1987.


1987 in Italian television, Television shows, RAI, Miniseries
The success of La piovra pushes RAI to exploit the vein of the stories about organized crime, with three miniseries in a year.


1987 in Japan
1987 was the second year of the Japanese asset price bubble: land values in Tokyo rose more than 85 percent between July 1986 and July 1987.


1987 in LGBT rights
This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1987.


1987 in Laos
The following lists events that happened during 1987 in Laos.


1987 in Latin music
This is a list of notable events in Latin music (music from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas of Latin America, Latin Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1987.


1987 in Latin music, Best-selling records, Best-selling albums
The following is a list of the top 5 best-selling Latin albums of 1987 in the United States divided into the categories of Latin pop, Regional Mexican, and Tropical/salsa, according to Billboard.


1987 in Latin music, Best-selling records, Best-performing songs
The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1987, according to Billboard.


1987 in Libya
The following lists events that happened in 1987 in Libya.


1987 in Luxembourg
The following lists events that happened during 1987 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.


1987 in Malaysia
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1987, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.


1987 in Michigan, Top Michigan news stories
The Associated Press (AP) selected the top stories in Michigan for 1987 as follows:


1987 in Michigan, Top Michigan news stories
The AP also separately suggested the state's top sports stories as follows:


1987 in Michigan, Population
In the 1980 United States Census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 9,259,000 persons, ranking as the eighth most populous state in the country. By 1990, the state's population had grown only marginally by 0.4% to 9,259,000 persons.


1987 in Michigan, Population, Cities
The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 50,000 based on 1980 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1970 and 1990 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Cities that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.


1987 in Michigan, Population, Counties
The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 100,000 based on 1980 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1970 and 1990 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Counties that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.


1987 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1987 in New Zealand.


1987 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government
The 41st New Zealand Parliament, led by the Labour Party, concluded, and in the general election the party was re-elected in the 42nd New Zealand Parliament. The election also saw the elimination of the Democratic Party (formerly known as the Social Credit Party) from Parliament, leaving Labour and National as the only parties with representation.


1987 in New Zealand, Arts and literature, Radio and television
See : 1987 in New Zealand television, 1987 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand


1987 in New Zealand, Arts and literature, Film
See : Category:1987 film awards, 1987 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1987 films


1987 in Norwegian football
The 1987 season was the 82nd season of competitive football in Norway.


1987 in Norwegian football, Men's football, League season, 1. divisjon
For the first time in the Norwegian top flight, three rather than two points were given for wins. There was also another, more controversial new rule for points: if a match was drawn, two points would be given to the winner of a penalty shootout, and one point to the loser of the shootout. This rule, suggested by Tom A. Schanke and appointed by the Norwegian Football Association in February 1987, was highly controversial and liquidated after the 1987 season. Note that if draws would end as draws with one point to each, as usual, Tromsø IL would have been placed 10th with a possibility of being relegated.


1987 in Norwegian football, Men's football, League season, 1. divisjon
Moss FK, coached by Nils Arne Eggen, won the league for the first and, as of the 2019 season, last time. The victory was not settled until the final round of the league, with Moss beating runners-up Molde FK (who would have grabbed the gold if they defeated Moss) 2–0 at away grounds.


1987 in Norwegian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1987 in Norwegian music.


1987 in Norwegian television
This is a list of Norwegian television related events from 1987.


1987 in Philippine television
The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 1987. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.


1987 in Scottish television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1987.


1987 in Singapore
The following lists events that happened during 1987 in Singapore.


1987 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1987 in South Africa.


1987 in Sri Lanka
The following lists events that happened during 1987 in Sri Lanka.


1987 in Swedish football
The 1987 season in Swedish football, starting January 1987 and ending December 1987:


1987 in Taiwan
Events from the year 1987 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 76 according to the official Republic of China calendar.


1987 in Thailand
The year 1987 was the 206th year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 42nd year in the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2530 in the Buddhist Era.


1987 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1987 to Wales and its people.


1987 in Zaire
The following lists events that happened during 1987 in the Republic of Zaire.


1987 in Zaire, Sources
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1987 in architecture
The year 1987 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.


1987 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1987 throughout the world.


1987 in aviation, Entered service
April – Tu-160 in Soviet Air Forces (184th Guards Heavy Bomber Regiment in Pryluki)


1987 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1987  throughout the world.


1987 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1987  throughout the world.


1987 in comics
Notable events of 1987 in comics. See also List of years in comics.


1987 in comics, Awards, Eagle Awards
Presented in 1988 for comics published in 1987. Distributed on Saturday, September 24, 1988, at UKCAK88, The Institute of Education, London WC1.


1987 in comics, Awards, Harvey Awards
Presented in 1988 at the Chicago Comicon for comics published in 1987:


1987 in comics, First issues by title, Other publishers
Release: December by Arnoldo Mondadori editore; Italian version of the Carl Barks Library. :


1987 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1987.


1987 in film
The following is an overview of events in 1987 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Paramount Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1987.


1987 in film, Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1987 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:


1987 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
The year 1987 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.


1987 in games
This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1987. For video games, see 1987 in video gaming.


1987 in hammer throw
This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1987 in the Men's hammer throw. One of the main events during this season were the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, where the final of the men's competition was held on Tuesday September 1, 1987. (The women did not compete in the hammer throw until the early 1990s.)


1987 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal music in the year 1987.


1987 in hip hop music
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1987.


1987 in home video, Movie Home Video releases
The following movies were released on video on the following dates:


1987 in jazz
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1987 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1987.


1987 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1987.


1987 in motoring
1987 in motoring includes developments in the automotive industry throughout the year 1987 by various automobile manufacturers, grouped by country. The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells motor vehicles.


1987 in motoring, United Kingdom
The Rover Group's Leyland Bus division became the independent Leyland Bus company as the result of a management buyout.


1987 in motoring, United Kingdom
Ford released a facelifted version of the Sierra in February, updating the styling and adding a saloon version - the Sierra Sapphire. The 1.3 petrol engine was replaced with a 1.8 petrol engine, while the Peugeot 2.3 diesel was replaced by Ford's own 1.8 diesel.


1987 in motoring, United Kingdom
The old style Sierra was briefly maintained - and the three-door version reintroduced - for a limited run of high performance Sierra Cosworths capable of 150 mph.


1987 in motoring, United Kingdom
The MK2 Fiesta enjoyed its best sales year in the UK with over 150,000 sold.


1987 in motoring, United Kingdom
Jaguar brought out a redesigned version of its XJ Series saloon range, which included a new "Sovereign" version.


1987 in motoring, France
PSA made two car launches during 1987. The first was the 5-door version of the Citroën AX, a small hatchback based around the running gear of the Peugeot 205. It went on sale across Europe in the Summer replacing the Visa. At the end of the year, PSA launched its Peugeot 405 family saloon, which replaced the long-running 305. With its Pininfarina-styled bodyshell, the new car won the European Car of the Year award by a record margin. The saloon version was assembled at the Ryton plant near Coventry, while the forthcoming estate was to be assembled in France. UK sales began in January 1988.


1987 in motoring, Italy
In the "Type Four" platform a fourth and final car was launched, the Alfa Romeo 164. Powered by a 3.0 V6 engine, the new four-door saloon was launched in the same sector as the BMW 5 Series and Audi 100. Its Pininfarina-designed body bore a resemblance to Peugeot's new 405, with a redesigned interior. A smaller-engined version was also planned.


1987 in motoring, Eastern Europe
Three years after it was launched in the USSR, the Lada Samara was imported to Western Europe. With 1.1 and 1.3 engines initially, (a 1.5 version came in 1988), the range included three- and five-door hatchback bodystyles.


1987 in motoring, Japan
In Japan Honda launch of a redesigned Honda Prelude. The current version debuted in 1983, and the latest version had a VTEC engine.


1987 in motoring, Japan
Toyota brought out the latest version of their Corolla family car.


1987 in motoring, Japan
Mazda launched a new entrant into the mini-car market - the 121. Similar in size to the Ford Fiesta, it offered more headroom and legroom within a redesigned high-roofed body. Three and five-door hatchback bodystyles were on offer.


1987 in motorsport
The following is an overview of the events of 1987 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.


1987 in motorsport, Annual events
The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.


1987 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1987.


1987 in music, Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest in the charts of 1987.


1987 in music, Awards, Country Music Association Awards
Gary P. Blueyes Walker – CMA Air Personality of the Year / KYKX


1987 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1987.


1987 in paleontology, Plants, Newly described angiosperms
Oldest Acer sp in Alaska; Only species of the section Alaskana


1987 in paleontology, Plants, Newly described angiosperms
described from one of the oldest rodent nut caches known


1987 in paleontology, Plants, Newly described angiosperms
An incertae sedis angiospermpossibly of Hamamelididae affiliations Type species R. hickeyi, also includes R. kummerensis & R. litseafolia


1987 in paleontology, Arthropods, Newly described insects
A sphecomyrmine ant. Two species B. mandibularis and B. mirabilis


1987 in paleontology, Vertebrates, Newly named birds
An Ameghinornithidae, jr synonym of Strigogyps sapea. it is the type species of the genus Aenigmavis Peters, 1987.


1987 in paleontology, Vertebrates, Newly named birds
Monotypic with C. junnei. Originally classified as a member of Ardeidae; this interpretation was rejected by Mayr, Gingerich & Smith (2019), who considered this bird to be a member of Telluraves, and claimed that it resembled parrot-like taxon Vastanavis.


1987 in paleontology, Vertebrates, Newly named birds
Monotypic with P. austriaca. Originally though to be an auk; Göhlich & Mayr (2018) reinterpreted it as a member of Gaviiformes.


1987 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).


1987 in poetry, Works published in English
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:


1987 in poetry, Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1987 in professional wrestling
1987 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.


1987 in race walking
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1987 in both the men's and the women's race walking distances: 10 km, 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy.


1987 in rail transport
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1987.


1987 in science
The year 1987 in science and technology involved many significant events, some listed below.


1987 in sports
1987 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.


1987 in sumo
The following are the events in professional sumo during 1987.


1987 in the Israeli Civil Administration area
Events in the year 1987 in the Israeli Civil Administration area.


1987 in the Netherlands
This article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 1987.


1987 in the Philippines
1987 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1987.


1987 in the United Arab Emirates
Events from the year 1987 in the United Arab Emirates.


1987 in the United Kingdom
The major political event of this year is the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in June's general election, making her the longest continuously-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since Lord Liverpool in the early 19th century. The year is also marked by a number of disasters: the sinking of the ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise, the Hungerford massacre, the "Great Storm", the Glanrhyd Bridge collapse, the Remembrance Day Bombing and the King's Cross fire.


1987 in the environment
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1987. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.


1987 in the sport of athletics
This article contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics.


1987 in the sport of athletics, World records, Men
Carl Lewis (USA) equalled the world record in the men's 100 metres held by countryman Calvin Smith since 1983-07-03, clocking 9.93 seconds on 1987-08-30 at the World Championships in Rome, Italy.


1987 in the sport of athletics, World records, Women
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) equalled the world record in the women's long jump held by East Germany's Heike Drechsler since 1986-06-21, jumping 7.45 metres on 1987-08-13 at a meet in Indianapolis.


1987 in video games
1987 has seen many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Dragon Quest II, along with new titles such as Contra, Double Dragon, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, Phantasy Star, Street Fighter, The Last Ninja, After Burner and R-Type. The Legend of Zelda was also introduced outside of Japan.


1987 in video games, Financial performance, Highest-grossing arcade games, Japan
The following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1987 in Japan, according to the annual Gamest and Game Machine charts.


1987 in video games, Financial performance, Highest-grossing arcade games, United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the top-grossing games on the monthly arcade charts in 1987.


1987 in video games, Financial performance, United States
In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1987.


1987 in video games, Financial performance, United States
The following titles were the top-grossing games on the monthly RePlay arcade charts in 1987.


1987 in video games, Financial performance, Best-selling home video games, Japan
In Japan, according to Famicom Tsūshin (Famitsu) magazine, the following titles were the top ten best-selling 1987 releases, including later sales up until mid-1989.


1987 in video games, Financial performance, Best-selling home video games, Japan
The following titles were the best-selling home video games on the Japan game charts published by Famicom Tsūshin (Famitsu) and Family Computer Magazine (Famimaga) in 1987.


1987 in video games, Financial performance, Best-selling home video games, United Kingdom and United States
In the United States, The Legend of Zelda was the best-selling home video game of 1987, becoming the first third-generation video game (non-bundled) to cross a million US sales that year, followed by Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! In the United Kingdom, Out Run was the best-selling home video game of 1987, with its 8-bit home computer ports becoming the fastest-selling games in the UK up until then.


1987 in video games, Financial performance, Best-selling home video games, United Kingdom and United States
The following titles were the top-selling home video games on the monthly charts in the United Kingdom and United States during 1987.


1987 in video games, Top-rated games, Famitsu Platinum Hall of Fame
The following 1987 video game releases entered Famitsu magazine's "Platinum Hall of Fame" for receiving Famitsu scores of at least 35 out of 40.


1987 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada
The list below consists of the reasons delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 1987. This list, however, does not include decisions on motions.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González
A motion of no confidence in the Spanish government of Felipe González was debated and voted in the Congress of Deputies between 26 and 30 March 1987. It was brought by People's Alliance (AP) leader Antonio Hernández Mancha, motivated on the "deteriorating situation of the country" as a result of the social conflict sparked throughout the 1986–87 winter.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González
However, the motion's true motives were attributed to Mancha's need for public promotion as both AP and opposition leader after his recent election to the post, as well as to his party's perceived urge to vindicate its primacy within the centre-right political spectrum in Spain amid the internal crisis that had been beleaguering it in the previous months.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González
It was soundly defeated, never having had any real prospects of succeeding as a result of the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) commanding an absolute majority of seats in the Congress. It secured the support of only AP and Valencian Union (UV)—67 votes at the time—and the opposition of the PSOE, United Left (IU), the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), Basque Country Left (EE) and Canarian Independent Groups (AIC)—194 votes—with most other parties abstaining and many deputies not attending the vote at all.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González
Having been unable to secure any significant support outside of his group, harshly criticized by other opposition parties and seeing some notorious gaffes during his speech, political commentators promptly came to regard the motion as a huge political blow for Hernández Mancha's career, who ultimately ended up retiring from politics in 1989.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Background
The conservative People's Coalition had broken up following disappointing results in the 1986 Spanish general election: first with the splitting of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in July 1986, then with the Liberal Party (PL) following suit in January 1987. Dissensions within the People's Alliance had also seen the splitting of Jorge Verstrynge and Carlos Manglano in October to form the Democratic Renewal party (RD), and of Gabriel Camuñas and Carlos Ruiz Soto into the Democratic Party (PD) in December.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Background
Concurrently, following the electoral defeat in the Basque regional election held in November that same year, Manuel Fraga resigned as AP leader on 1 December, being replaced by Antonio Hernández Mancha—until then the leader of the party in Andalusia—on 7 February. However, by the time of Mancha's election his party's parliamentary group in the Congress of Deputies had been reduced to 67 members out of the 105 that the People's Coalition had secured in the 1986 election.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Background
Coupled to this was the fact that Hernández Mancha was not a deputy himself but a senator—preventing him, among other things, from engaging Felipe González directly in the State of the Nation Debate of 1987—meaning that he was having difficulties in reaching out to the general public as leader of the opposition.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Background
Finally, Fraga's resignation had prompted former prime minister Adolfo Suárez and his Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) party to attempt an electoral expansion at the expense of AP in the upcoming 1987 local, regional and European Parliament elections, ultimately envisaging the former overcoming the latter as the main opposition party in Spain.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Legal provisions
The Spanish Constitution of 1978 required for motions of no confidence to be proposed by at least one-tenth of the Congress of Deputies—35 out of 350. Following the German model, votes of no confidence in Spain were constructive, so the motion was required to include an alternative candidate for prime minister. For a motion of no confidence to be successful, it had to be passed by an absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies. A minimum period of five days from the motion's registration (dubbed as "cooling period") was required to pass before it could come up for a vote, but no maximum was established. Other parties were entitled to submit alternative motions within the first two days from the registration.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Legal provisions
1. The Congress of Deputies may challenge Government policy by passing a motion of censure by an absolute majority of its members.2. The motion of censure must be proposed by at least one tenth of the Deputies, including a candidate for the office of President of the Government.3. The motion of censure may not be voted on until five days after it has been submitted. During the first two days of this period, alternative motions may be submitted.4. If the motion of censure is not passed by the Congress, its signatories may not submit another during the same session.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Legal provisions
Concurrently, the Prime Minister was barred from dissolving the Cortes Generales and calling a general election while a motion of no confidence was pending. If the motion was successful, the incumbent prime minister and his/her government were required to submit their resignation to the Monarch, while the candidate proposed in the motion was automatically considered to have the confidence of the Congress of Deputies and immediately appointed as prime minister. If unsuccessful, the signatories of the motion were barred from submitting another during the same session.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Legal provisions
The procedure for motions of no confidence was regulated within Articles 175 to 179 of the Standing Orders of the Congress of Deputies, which provided for the debate on the motion starting with its defence by one of the signatory members without any time limitations, to be followed by an also time-unlimited speech by the nominated candidate to explain his/her political programme. Subsequently, spokespeople from the different parliamentary groups in Congress were allowed to speak for thirty minutes, with an opportunity to reply or rectify themselves for ten minutes. Members of the government were allowed to take the floor and speak at any time of their request during the debate.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Events, Prelude and debate
The motion was officially registered on 23 March 1987 by fifty-one People's Alliance (AP) deputies and with Antonio Hernández Mancha as the proposed candidate, based on the following six motives: "poor functioning of state services", "ineffective economic management", "ineffectiveness and inadequacy of the Central Administration", "erratic foreign and defense policy", "hegemonic and interventionist attitude of the State" and "absence of proper channels for dialogue with social movements"; the latter was attributed to the ongoing social conflict between González's government and trade unions—including the Workers' General Union (UGT)—since the end of 1986 and into the spring of 1987.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Events, Prelude and debate
The initiative was criticized by several parties, including the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), because of the motion's mathematical impossibility of succeeding as a result of the latter commanding an absolute majority in the Congress of Deputies, while also being dubbed as an opportunistic exercise of political self-promotion because of the close proximity of the 1987 local and regional elections.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Events, Prelude and debate
The debate's schedule was set for 26–27 March, whereas the vote itself was not expected to take place until after the weekend, on 30 March, in order to respect the five-day timetable set down by the Constitution. This was the first and—to date—only time that the vote on a motion of no confidence in Spain would not be held immediately after the debate.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Events, Prelude and debate
AP's spokesperson in Congress Juan Ramón Calero had advocated for the debate to be postponed to next week so as not to interrupt the "unity of act" between the debate and the vote, but the government pushed through its own schedule thanks to its parliamentary majority. This led Calero to claim that this had been done "so as to cast off the feeling of censorship that our initiative implies", but he reluctantly accepted it so as to not give the impression that Hernández Mancha needed more time for preparation.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Events, Prelude and debate
The CDS, the PDP, United Left (IU) and the Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) supported the view that the debate and the vote should respect the unity of act of the parliamentary meeting, whereas Convergence and Union (CiU) had been favourable to the debate being held as early as possible, with the latter stance being the one that prevailed.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Events, Prelude and debate
In his defense of the motion previous to Mancha's speech as candidate on 26 March, Calero argued on the motion's motives that "in the case of a single-party with an absolute majority in the chamber, the motion of no confidence fulfills other subsidiary purposes which were the ones aimed for by this group [...] what we were trying to show with this motion was the Government's inability to deal with the serious problems facing our country".


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Events, Prelude and debate
After laying out his programme, Hernández Mancha was received with widespread criticism from other parties: those in opposition condemned AP's attitude of not having reached out to them previously to ask for their support to the motion, whereas González's government remained mostly silent in the first day of debate—except for the formal reply to the speeches by Calero and Mancha, which was borne to deputy prime minister Alfonso Guerra—allegedly "out of respect for the other spokespeople", but in reality because of considering that the one being examined was Hernández Mancha and not themselves. In his reply, Guerra mocked Mancha by dubbing his speech as "the discourse of the old, reactionary right, clothed in populism".


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Events, Prelude and debate
In the second day of debate, Prime Minister Felipe González took the floor to disapprove of Mancha's performance and criticize his alleged contradictions, the "lack of consistency" of his programme and "the insufficient information" that he had collected on the issues addressed in his speeches.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Events, Prelude and debate
The replies from AP's leader were notorious because of a number of gaffes: a first one in which he erroneusly claimed that then-foreign minister Francisco Fernández Ordóñez had been a cabinet member under Adolfo Suárez during the censure motion of May 1980—Fernández Ordóñez had not been appointed to the cabinet until September that year—and another one when he mistakenly attributed to Saint Teresa of Jesus a quote from Lope de Vega when addressing the CDS parliamentary group and Suárez himself, which forced the latter—who had initially rejected to participate in the debate—to take the floor himself to refute it, as well as to reject the alleged political motivation of the motion.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Events, Prelude and debate
The motion was defeated by an overwhelming margin, with just 67 votes in favour—those of AP and Valencian Union (UV)—194 against and 71 abstentions, with 18 absentees (including the 5 members of Herri Batasuna who had not taken their seats). Several of the opposition parties were in disagreement with the government's policy and González's management of the country, but their level of dissatisfaction was not such so as to openly support Mancha's investiture as alternative prime minister, prompting many of these parties to abstain instead.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Events, Prelude and debate
The supportive stance of UV's only member in Congress also led to discomfort setting among the more moderate and centrist sectors within the party, which had unsuccessfully advocated for an abstention in the vote. The refusal of the PDP and PL to support the motion—the latter of which had taken the decision that same day, on the grounds that it had been tabled untimely and unilaterally—prompted a AP to break up all relations with these two parties in the short term.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Aftermath
Antonio Hernández Mancha regarded the motion and the vote as a success in "consolidating [AP] as the sole alternative of government", even not ruling out the tabling of future, similar motions in each parliamentary session. However, the opportunity of it, Mancha's lackluster performance in the debate and his oversized defeat—including the refusal from AP's erstwhile allies (PDP and PL) or that of its split members (RD and PD) to back him—would go down in history as a massive political blunder that, ultimately, would cost him his political career.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Aftermath
Among the factors said to contribute to Hernández Mancha's failing to secure any political gain from the debate were that he was a newcomer to national politics—having been appointed as AP leader barely two months earlier—the fact that the ruling PSOE rushed the debate on the motion to the earliest possible date allowed under law (meaning that Mancha had little time to prepare himself), leading to the well-experienced Felipe González and Alfonso Guerra to—in the words of some media—"toy" with him, and that the prime minister himself chose to not intervene until the second day of debating, leaving Mancha isolated and his speech exposed to the panning of other parties while depriving him of the parliamentary duel he sought. From that point, movements were set in motion within his party to replace him as leader, ultimately seeing Manuel Fraga forcing him out of politics in January 1989 and prompting the refoundation of AP—together with the PDP and PL—into the People's Party (PP) that same month.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Aftermath
However, another of the interpretations on the motion's consequences was that it was partly successful in allowing AP to recover the political initiative ahead of the June 1987 local and regional elections, where the party held out as the main opposition force in Spain despite the electoral growth of the CDS.


1987 vote of no confidence in the government of Felipe González, Aftermath
Later on, Hernández Mancha would reveal that he had not tabled the motion against González, but against Suárez, weary that the right-wing electorate could succumb to tactical voting in favour of the latter—much more widely known and popular than himself—as a result of the political vacuum left by Fraga's resignation. In any case, the 1987 motion has come to go down in the recent history of Spain in contraposition to the 1980 one, as the exemplification of the political risks than an ill-fated vote of no confidence can entail for the candidate tabling it.


1987 Ålandic legislative election
Legislative elections were held in the Åland Islands on 18 October 1987 to elect members of the Landstinget. The 30 members were elected for a four-year term by proportional representation.


1987 Ålandic legislative election
Three new parties participated in the elections;  the conservative Non-aligned Coalition, the separatist Free Åland and the environmentalist Greens on Åland. After the next election in 1991, only the Non-Aligned Rally would still be active.


1987 Ålandic legislative election
Following the elections, a change in the constitution provided for the establishment of a majority government. As a result, the Åland Centre, Liberals for Åland and Freeminded Co-operation parties formed a coalition government.


1987 Úrvalsdeild, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Valur won the championship. Fram's Pétur Ormslev was the top scorer with 12 goals.


1987: When the Day Comes
1987: When the Day Comes is a 2017 South Korean political thriller film directed by Jang Joon-hwan and written by Kim Kyung-chan. The film stars Kim Yoon-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Yoo Hae-jin, Kim Tae-ri, Park Hee-soon and Lee Hee-joon. Set in 1987 and based on a true story, the film focuses on the events that led up to the June Democratic Uprising in Korea, triggered by the death of a student protester during police interrogation which the authorities conspire to cover up. Jang has compared the overall structure of the film to a relay race, with the focus of the story shifting between several characters to convey the collective effort of the political resistance. The film was released in theaters on December 27, 2017.


1987: When the Day Comes, Plot
Under the military regime of President Chun Doo-hwan, a student activist named Park Jong-chul dies during interrogation. Park Cheo-won, a ruthless commissioner in charge of investigating suspected communists, has oversight of the interrogation, and opts to cover it up, quickly cremating the body before an autopsy can be carried out and reporting the death as a heart attack. Commissioner Park's men approach a drunken Prosecutor Choi to approve the hasty cremation, but he refuses and resists their efforts to strong-arm him.


1987: When the Day Comes, Plot
The autopsy takes place despite Commissioner Park's efforts, with Jong-chul's uncle present as it is made evident the student's death was the result of foul play. The uncle declares this outside the hospital building, and Prosecutor Choi, after being fired, leaves evidence from the autopsy to Yoon Sang-sam, a reporter hoping to investigate the story despite a country-wide regulation against reporting on the death. Yoon's findings reveal to the public that Park Jong-chul died by asphyxiation, rather than the official police report of a cardiac arrest.