1987 All-American Bowl, Game summary
The game ended up being filled with missed opportunities for BYU. The Cougars missed a pair of field goals – one from 51 yards and another from 47 yards. Virginia's defense also came through a couple of different times with key goal line stands to stop other potential scoring drives.


1987 All-American Bowl, Game summary
BYU settled for a 20-yard field goal from Leonard Chitty on its first possession to take a 3–0 lead. The Cougars had a first-and-goal from the 4-yard line but Darren Handley dropped a would-be touchdown pass on third down. Trailing 3–0, the Cavaliers struck quickly. Quarterback Scott Secules scored on a three-yard keeper to make it 7–3. Early in the second quarter, Virginia went 66 yards in four plays behind the running of Kevin Morgan, who scored on a 25-yard run to make it 14–3.


1987 All-American Bowl, Game summary
The third quarter belonged to BYU, who held the ball for all but two minutes. But the Cougars scored just once – on an eight-yard run by Freddie Whittingham. A muffed PAT attempt left it 14–9. Another potential scoring drive ended when BYU drove inside the five-yard line, but a fourth down pass to Matt Bellini was batted away in the end zone by Tony Covington.


1987 All-American Bowl, Game summary
Virginia boosted its lead to 22–9 with 11:17 left in the game when John Ford hauled in a 22-yard pass from Secules and the Cavs had a successful two-point conversion. The Cougars answered with a one-yard touchdown pass from Sean Covey to Whittingham that made it 22–16 with 7:09 remaining. BYU had one last shot at a go-ahead touchdown in the final minutes, but Covey was stopped two feet short on a fourth-down run by defensive end Sean Scott.


1987 All-American Bowl, Game summary
Secules was named MVP after completing 10 of 19 passes for 162 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Covey threw 61 passes and completed 37 for 394 yards, one touchdown and one interception.


1987 All-Big Eight Conference football team
The 1987 All-Big Eight Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Eight Conference teams for the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1987 season included the Associated Press (AP).


1987 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 1987 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 1987 college football season. The organizations selecting All-Big Ten teams in 1987 included the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI).


1987 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 1987 All-Big Ten teams were led by Michigan State tailback Lorenzo White and Indiana wide receiver Ernie Jones, who were selected as the Co-Big Ten Players of the Year. White led the conference with 16 touchdowns from scrimmage and finished second in the conference with 1,572 rushing yards. Jones led the conference with 66 receptions and 1,265 receiving yards. Other individual award winners included Wisconsin quarterback Tony Lowery as the 1987 Big Ten Freshman of the Year.


1987 All-Big Ten Conference football team, First-team honorees by team
Michigan State (7). The 1987 Michigan State Spartans football team was undefeated in conference play and won the conference championship. In addition to Lorenzo White, six other Michigan State players earned first-team all-conference honors. The remaining honorees were offensive tackle Tony Mandarich, center Pat Shurmur, linebacker Percy Snow, defensive backs Todd Krumm and John Miller, and punter Greg Montgomery. Mandarich was named the Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year, and head coach George Perles was selected by the conference coaches as the Big Ten Coach of the Year.


1987 All-Big Ten Conference football team, First-team honorees by team
Iowa (6). The 1987 Iowa Hawkeyes team under head coach Hayden Fry finished in second place in the conference and placed six players on the first-team All-Big Ten teams. The Hawkeyes contingent was led by quarterback Chuck Hartlieb and who received first-team honors from the AP and UPI and led the conference with 2,855 passing yards, 19 passing touchdowns, and a 161.4 passing efficiency rating. The other Iowa honorees were tight end Marv Cook, receiver Quinn Early, defensive lineman Dave Haight, defensive back Kerry Burt and kicker Rob Houghtlin. Haight was selected as the Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year.


1987 All-Big Ten Conference football team, First-team honorees by team
Michigan (5). The 1987 Michigan team under head coach Bo Schembechler placed five players on the first team. The Michigan contingent was led by running back Jamie Morris led the conference with 1,703 rushing yards and 1,825 yards from scrimmage and received first-team honors from both the AP and UPI. The other Michigan first-team players were defensive tackle Mark Messner and offensive linemen Jumbo Elliott, John Vitale, and Mike Husar.


1987 All-Big Ten Conference football team, First-team honorees by team
Ohio State (4). The 1987 Ohio State team under head coach Earl Bruce placed four players on the All-Big Ten first team. The Ohio State honorees were linebacker Chris Spielman, defensive lineman Eric Kumerow, defensive back William White, and punter Tom Tupa. Spielman was the only player unanimously selected by all of the voters on the AP media panel.


1987 All-Big Ten Conference football team, First-team honorees by team
Indiana (3). Three Indiana Hoosiers players were also recognized as first-team honorees. In addition to Co-Big Ten Player of the Year Ernie Jones, the other two Indiana first-team players were linebacker Van Waiters and offensive guard Don Shrader. Running back Anthony Thompson rushed for 1,014 yards and was selected as a second-team honoree by the UPI, and head coach Bill Mallory was selected by the conference media as the Big Ten Coach of the Year.


1987 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection of both the AP and UPI


1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 56th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.


1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final.


1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
On 20 September 1987, Down won the championship following a 1-12 to 1-5 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in ten championship seasons.


1987 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 1987 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 57th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.


1987 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 6 September 1987, Offaly won the championship following a 2-8 to 0-12 defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their second title in-a-row.


1987 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Offaly's Declan Pilkington was the championship's top scorer with 2-28.


1987 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship of 1987 was the 14th staging of Ireland's secondary hurling knock-out competition. London won the championship, beating Carlow 0-20 to 1-15 in the final at Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. The championship was won by Kilkenny who defeated  Cork by a nine-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 5,496. It was the last All Ireland championship to be played over 50 minutes.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Semi-finals
Irene O'Leary cashed in on two goalkeeping lapses in the final 60 seconds to earn Cork a place in the final against Wexford who had led for much of the game. Angela Downey took her scores from limited opportunities in the second semi-final and her sister, Ann, added two long-range points.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
A first half goal each from Angela and Ann Downey won the final from Kilkenny. Mary Geaney scored Cork's goal. During the presentation ceremony Bridie McGarry accurately predicted that Kilkenny would be back for four in a row in 1988. Pat Roche wrote in the Irish Times:


1987 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
It speaks well for the players eyesight, let alone their accuracy, that they could see the mini-posts dwarfed in the shadows of the main construction. But it was still another good day for the game and proved yet another opportunity for the Downey sisters to impress in an outstanding Kilkenny win. Kilkenny's captain Bridie McGarry was the star of the winner's defence. There was no doubting the skills of Angela Downey in the Kilkenny attack. Whenever she got even the half chance, you could bank on a Kilkenny score. She darted like a frightened coursing hare in and around the Cork defence to slap over four points in a five-minute spell. Her sister, Anne, was equally effective further out, maintaining the flow towards over-worked Cork rearguard.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Fathers and daughters
Christy Ring was marked by Shem Downey in the 1946 All- Ireland senior hurling final. In an amazing coincidence. Mary Ring and Angela Downey marked one another in the camogie final 41 years later.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 51st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1987 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Again, the final was dominated by the Downey sisters and Kilkenny won by ten points.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 1987 to determine the winners of the 1986–87 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 17th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Borris-Ileigh of Tipperary and Rathnure of Wexford, with Borris-Ileigh winning by 2-9 to 0-9.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between Borris-Ileigh and Rathnure. It remains their only championship meeting at this level. Both sides were hoping to make history by winning their first All-Ireland title.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Goals were key in this game with Borris-Ileigh netting two in the first half. Philip Kenny and Aidan Ryan's majors helped the North Tipperary club to a 2-9 to 0-9 victory. For Rathnure it was a fourth All-Ireland final defeat.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Borris-Ileigh's victory secured their first All-Ireland title. They became the 11th club to win the All-Ireland title, while they were the third Tipperary representatives to claim the ultimate prize.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 101st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 17 May 1987 and ended on 20 September 1987.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in a Munster final replay.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
On 20 September 1987, Meath won the championship following a 1–14 to 0–11 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their 4th All-Ireland title, their first since 1967.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Cork's Larry Tompkins was the championship's top scorer with 0-38. Meath's Brian Stafford was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 100th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Meath won with a goal by Colm O'Rourke. The win was also helped by poor shooting from Larry Tompkins, as he missed 6 of 8 frees in the second half.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 101st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 24 May 1987 and ended on 6 September 1987.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Cork were the defending champions but were defeated by Tipperary in the Munster final. Kerry fielded a team in the provincial championship for the first time since 1978.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
On 6 September 1987, Galway won the championship following a 1-12 to 0-9 defeat of Kilkenny in the 100th All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title, their first in seven championship seasons.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary's Pat Fox was the championship's top scorer with 3-45. Galway's Joe Cooney was the choice for Texaco Hurler of the Year.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 100th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 6 September 1987, between Galway and Kilkenny. The Leinster champions lost to the Connacht men on a score line of 1-12 to 0-9. It was Galway's third Final success (1923 and 1980 being the other victories). They came in to this game having lost fourteen previous finals. Cyril Farrell and Pat Henderson managed Galway and Kilkenny respectively. Galway went on to successfully defend their title the following year, again captained by Conor Hayes.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details
The half-time score was Galway 0.5 to 0.4 Kilkenny. 41st minute substitute Noel Lane, set up by Joe Cooney after a long solo run by Eanna Ryan, scored the only goal of the game in the 63rd minute to make it 1.11 to 0.9. Kilkenny's first score from play arrived in the first minute of the 2nd half. Tony Keady scored the last point of the game in the 69th minute. Conor Hayes, aged 29, of the Kiltormer club, captained the Galway team. Ger Canning, on RTE television commentary called it "one of the poorest All-Ireland hurling finals he'd seen". This completed a League and Championship double for Galway.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final was the fifteenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1987 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1987 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
Kerry led 2–3 to 0–0 after fifteen minutes, but Westmeath showed their mettle to fight back to a one-point gap, but they then ran out of steam.


1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 24th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.


1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Cork entered the championship as defending champions; however, they were defeated by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.


1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
On 28 June 1987, Donegal won the championship following a 1–12 to 2–4 defeat of Kerry in an All-Ireland final replay. Chicken curry was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in five championship seasons; the following players won the Sam Maguire Cup with their county in 1992: Manus Boyle, John Cunningham, John Joe Doherty, Barry McGowan and Tommy Ryan; Boyle scored 1–7 in the final; Sean Bonner (brother of Declan) was in the full-back line; the losing Kerry team featured Mick Galwey, who scored a goal.


1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 24th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. The championship began on 12 April 1987 and ended on 21 June 1987.


1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
On 21 June 1987, Limerick won the championship following a 2-15 to 3-06 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their very first All-Ireland title.


1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
Limerick's Gary Kirby was the championship's top scorer with 1-24.


1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
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1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played to determine the winners of the 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 23rd season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Limerick of Munster and Galway of Connacht, with Limerick winning by 2–15 to 3–6.


1987 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team
The 1987 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific-10 Conference teams for the 1987 college football season.


1987 All-Pro Team
The 1987 All-Pro Team is composed of the National Football League players that were named to the Associated Press, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Pro Football Writers Association,   Pro Football Weekly and The Sporting News in 1987. Both first- and second- teams are listed for the AP and NEA teams. These are the five teams that are included in Total Football II: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League. In 1987 NEA went with a 3-4 format for their All-Pro defense.


1987 All-Pro Team, Key
AP = Associated Press All-Pro team; AP-2 Associated Press Second-team All-Pro; PFWA = Pro Football Writers Association All-Pro team; NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association All-Pro team; NEA-2 Newspaper Enterprise Association Second-team All-Pro; PFW = Pro Football Weekly All-Pro team; TSN = The Sporting News All-Pro team; t = players tied in selection


1987 All-SEC football team
The 1987 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1987 college football season.


1987 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both AP and UPI


1987 Allan Cup
The 1987 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1986-87 Senior "AAA" season. The event was hosted by the Brantford Motts Clamatos in Brantford, Ontario. The 1987 playoff marked the 79th time that the Allan Cup has been awarded.


1987 Allsvenskan, Overview
Allsvenskan 1987 was played between 12 April and 4 October 1987 and was won by Malmö FF. The championship play-off finals were played from 10 to 31 October 1987 and was won by IFK Göteborg, who defeated Malmö FF in the final and thus became Swedish champions.


1987 Allsvenskan, 1987 Allsvenskan play-offs
The 1987 Allsvenskan play-offs was the sixth edition of the competition. The four best placed teams from Allsvenskan  qualified to the competition. IFK Göteborg who finished third in the league won the competition and the Swedish championship after defeating Allsvenskan champions Malmö FF.


1987 Aloha Bowl
The 1987 Jeep-Eagle Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game, played as part of the 1987-88 bowl game schedule of the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the sixth Aloha Bowl. It was played on December 25, 1987, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game matched the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference against the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-10 Conference. The Bruins were led by quarterback Troy Aikman.


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill, Final point standings
In Men's Downhill World Cup 1986/87 the best 5 results count. 15 racers had a point deduction, which are given in (). Pirmin Zurbriggen won the cup with maximum points. Swiss athletes won 8 races out of 10.


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Downhill, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant | Slalom | Combined


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1986/87 the best five results count. Seven racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom, Final point standings
In Men's Slalom World Cup 1986/87 the best five results count. Five racers had a point deduction, which are given in ().


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Slalom, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant | Slalom | Combined


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Super G, Final point standings
In Men's Super G World Cup 1986/87 all five results count, but no athlete was able to collect points in all five races. Pirmin Zurbriggen won the cup with only one win.


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's Super G, Final point standings
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant | Slalom | Combined


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Downhill, Final point standings
In Women' Downhill World Cup 1986/87 the best 5 results count. Deductions are given in ().


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Downhill, Women's Downhill Team Results
All points are shown including individual deduction. bold indicates highest score - italics indicates race wins


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Downhill, Women's Downhill Team Results
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Giant Slalom, Final point standings
In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1986/87 the best 5 results count. Deductions are given in ().


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Giant Slalom, Women's Giant Slalom Team Results
All points were shown including individuel deduction. bold indicate highest score - italics indicate race wins


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Giant Slalom, Women's Giant Slalom Team Results
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Slalom, Final point standings
In Women's Slalom World Cup 1986/87 the best 5 results count. Deductions are given in ().


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Slalom, Women's Slalom Team Results
All points were shown including individuel deduction. bold indicate highest score - italics indicate race wins


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Slalom, Women's Slalom Team Results
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Super G, Final point standings
In Women's Super G World Cup 1986/87 all 5 results count.


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Super G, Women's Super G Team Results
All points were shown. bold indicate highest score - italics indicate race wins


1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Women's Super G, Women's Super G Team Results
Overall | Downhill | Super G | Giant Slalom | Slalom | Combined


1987 America's Cup
The 1987 America's Cup was the twenty-sixth challenge for the America's Cup.


1987 America's Cup
The American challenger Stars & Stripes 87, sailed by Dennis Conner, beat the Australian defender Kookaburra III, sailed by Iain Murray, in a four-race sweep in the best of seven series. Conner thus became the first person both to lose the America's Cup and then to win it back.


1987 America's Cup
The series was held in Gage Roads off Fremantle, Western Australia during the Australian summer months between October 1986 and February 1987. The Royal Perth Yacht Club was the defending club and the organiser of the defence series. Yacht Club Costa Smeralda of Porto Cervo, Sardinia was appointed the challenger of record and hence the organiser of the challenger series.


1987 America's Cup
This was the last time that 12-metre class yachts were used in the America's Cup and the first time for 132 years that it had not been defended by the New York Yacht Club.


1987 America's Cup, Background
The 1983 America's Cup off Newport, Rhode Island was the most significant America's Cup regatta since the first event off the Isle of Wight. Alan Bond's Australia II pulled off a major upset by winning the series from Conner's Liberty to become the first success in twenty-five challenges for the Cup. The New York Yacht Club had previously built the longest winning streak in international sporting history, having successfully defended the trophy over 132 years.


1987 America's Cup, Background
Most previous challenges had been from the United Kingdom – notably by Scotsman Sir Thomas Lipton who had challenged five times between 1899 and 1930 in his 37 metres (121 ft) Shamrock sloops. Australia mounted its first challenge in 1962 with 12-metre class yachts when Sir Frank Packer and his Gretel were beaten 4–1. Packer made more challenges, with Dame Pattie and Gretel II. Alan Bond mounted his first challenge in 1974 with Southern Cross, followed by Australia in 1977 and 1980 and ultimately had success with Australia II in 1983.


1987 America's Cup, Background
It was in this context that the 1987 America's Cup was seen as the best opportunity yet for a successful challenge, as the event was now outside the control of the NYYC and held in a location with strong but variable breezes, unlike the predictable and placid winds off Rhode Island. The regatta therefore attracted enormous additional interest over previous series.


1987 America's Cup, The venue, Selection
Following the 1983 win, there was speculation over the likely location of the defence, with three main candidates potentially under consideration. In the late 1970s, Alan Bond had developed a marina and a large associated housing development north of Yanchep called "Yanchep Sun City" (now known as Two Rocks), about one hour's drive north of Perth. The marina was built with an expectation of success from earlier America's Cup challenges. The second candidate was the town of Mandurah, a coastal township a similar distance south of Perth. The last, and ultimately successful location considered was Fremantle as the required infrastructure at the other two locations were considered inadequate by the Royal Perth Yacht Club as defender. Also, the proximity to the major population centre of Perth and its international airport were seen as an important factor.


1987 America's Cup, The venue, Development
For most of its life until 1985, Fremantle had been a port city with a population of less than 24,000. Private investment and public infrastructure redevelopment commenced on a massive scale in anticipation of a large influx of visitors arriving to watch the event. This expectation proved over-ambitious, but 13 challenging syndicates from six countries and four defence syndicates arrived with a fleet of 29 12-metre yachts.


1987 America's Cup, The venue, Development
In 1985, an "Office of America's Cup Defence" was set up to coordinate the state government's involvement in the staging of the event. The government embarked on a number of projects such as Hillarys Boat Harbour and extensions to the Perth to Fremantle railway line.


1987 America's Cup, The venue, Development
A new marina, Challenger Harbour was built alongside the existing Fishing Boat Harbour, and the state government received funding from each defence syndicate, a total of $2.3 million, to offset costs associated with the harbour works of $8 million., Vehicle registration plate slogans in Western Australia changed from The Wildflower State and the State of Excitement to W.A. Home of the America's Cup   In 1985 and 1986 changes in liquor laws and trading hours regulations were made to expand services for visitors. The Executive Director of the Royal Perth Yacht Club's America's Cup Defence Committee was Noel Robins, a skipper and crew member in previous America's Cups, and later a Paralympic gold medallist.


1987 America's Cup, The venue, Development
A Festival of Sport was conducted in late 1986 and early 1987 which included a cricket Test and One Day International tournament, athletics, hockey, basketball, squash, golf, racing, trotting, cycling, football, baseball, lawn bowls, karate and kick-boxing competitions. A heavy-weight boxing title fight and a World Sprint Car Championship were held in early January.


1987 America's Cup, The venue, Development
The cruise ship Achille Lauro was chartered by a private group for the duration of the series, to act as a viewing platform and accommodation for 1,400 visitors. It also housed the international jury which oversaw the races. Other cruise ships which visited the port for the races included Island Princess and several Royal Viking vessels.


1987 America's Cup, 12-metre 'world championship' races
In January and February 1986, a series styled as the '12-metre world championship' was staged off Fremantle as a precursor to the America's Cup event scheduled for January 1987. A dozen syndicates competed, mainly as a shakedown series to determine their relative competitiveness and to train crews for the anticipated heavy conditions. Strong winds throughout most of the regatta resulted in four 90 ft (27 m) masts, a dozen booms and numerous sails being destroyed. Five crewmen were washed overboard during the races. Gary Jobson, of the 'Heart of America' syndicate declared that the Fremantle waters were "unsuitable for racing."


1987 America's Cup, 12-metre 'world championship' races
Australia III, the heavy-weather Ben Lexcen designed successor to Australia II won the series comfortably. The New Zealand challenge boat KZ 5, a fibreglass-hull Bruce Farr design, came in second, with the New York Yacht Club entrant America II third.


1987 America's Cup, Course
The Fremantle Fairway Buoy  was renamed the "America's Cup Buoy" for the duration of the event and marked one end of the start and finish lines for each America's Cup race. The buoy is a permanent navigation marker used for shipping in and out of Fremantle harbour and is located 8 nautical miles (15 km) west-north-west of the harbour, in Gage Roads or 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km) due west of City Beach. Races in the challenge and defence elimination trials used other markers in the general vicinity.


1987 America's Cup, Course
The orientation of the course was set such that the starting line was square to the prevailing wind 20 minutes before each race start. Races were 24.3 nautical miles (45.0 km) long, consisting of beats into the wind in legs 1, 3, 6 and 8; downwind runs on legs 2 and 7; and reaches on legs 4 and 5.


1987 America's Cup, Contestants, Challengers
Thirteen syndicates from six countries (Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States) competed, bringing 25 boats for the right to challenge. Stars & Stripes 87 was the winner of the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup and earned the right to sail for the America's Cup.


1987 America's Cup, Contestants, Defenders
Four syndicates competed for the right to represent the Royal Perth Yacht Club as the defender of the America's Cup. After a series of round robin races, a Defender Finals contest was sailed between Alan Bond's Australia IV and Kookaburra III of Kevin Parry's Taskforce 87 syndicate, with Kookaburra III sweeping the finals five races to nil to win the Defender selection process. In doing so she placed Alan Bond's syndicate on the outside of an America's Cup regatta for the first time in thirteen years.


1987 America's Cup, Races for the Cup
The best-of-seven final series were scheduled to be held between 31 January and 15 February 1987. There being a four-race sweep result, the final race was held on 4 February.


1987 American League Championship Series
The 1987 American League Championship Series pitted the Minnesota Twins, the American League West champions, against the Detroit Tigers, the American League East champions. Minnesota won the Series four games to one, en route to winning the 1987 World Series four games to three over the St. Louis Cardinals.


1987 American League Championship Series, Background
The Detroit Tigers finished the 1987 regular season with the best record in all of baseball, at 98–64 (.605). They won the American League East by two games in thrilling fashion over the Toronto Blue Jays, overcoming a 3½-game deficit with a week to go, and clinching the division—and their second postseason appearance in four years—on the last day of the season with a 1–0 win over Toronto at Tiger Stadium.


1987 American League Championship Series, Background
The Twins, by contrast, finished with the worst record of any of the four teams that made the playoffs, at 85–77 (.525). Although they held off the Kansas City Royals by two games to take the American League West, they were clearly seen as the underdogs against the power of the Tigers in the 1987 ALCS.


1987 American League Championship Series, Background
The Twins would go on to win the first of two World Championships in the next four years. As for Detroit, after their elimination in this series, the Tigers would not see the playoffs again for 19 years, when they won the American League Pennant in 2006.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Wednesday, October 7, 1987, at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The 1987 AL playoffs opened at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, with the Tigers throwing Doyle Alexander against the Twins' Frank Viola. In the bottom of the second, the Twins opened the scoring when third baseman Gary Gaetti homered off Alexander to give Minnesota a 1–0 lead. However, Detroit answered back the very next half-inning, as catcher Mike Heath homered to center field to tie the game. The game remained tied until the bottom of the fifth, when the Twins erupted for three runs.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Gaetti led off the inning with his second round-tripper of the game, and Randy Bush followed by stroking a triple to right field and coming home on a double by Tom Brunansky. Steve Lombardozzi sacrificed Brunansky to third, and he scored on a subsequent base hit by Dan Gladden to make it 4–1.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Beginning in the top half of the sixth, however, Detroit staged a comeback. Kirk Gibson hit a home run that inning, and then Heath ripped an RBI single in the seventh that scored Larry Herndon to cut Minnesota's lead down to one. In the top of the eighth, the Tigers took a one-run lead with a pair of sacrifice flies off Twins reliever Jeff Reardon that scored Gibson and Alan Trammell.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
In the bottom of the eighth, however, Minnesota took the lead for good. A double by Kirby Puckett brought Gladden home to tie the game, and Don Baylor and Brunansky drove in the go-ahead runs off Willie Hernández with a single and double, respectively. A single by Johnny Grubb and a walk to Lou Whitaker was all the Tigers could muster against Reardon in the ninth, as Gibson struck out to give the Twins an 8–5 victory and a 1–0 lead in the series. This was the Twins' first postseason win since Game 6 of the 1965 World Series.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Thursday, October 8, 1987, at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
For Game 2, the Twins sent Bert Blyleven to the hill against Detroit's ace, Jack Morris. In the top of the second, the Tigers opened the scoring when Chet Lemon hit a two-run home run off Blyleven. In the bottom half of the inning, however, the Twins stormed back, as Gaetti doubled to right and scored on another double by Brunansky. After a walk to Greg Gagne, catcher Tim Laudner hit the third double of the inning off Morris, scoring both Brunansky and Gagne for a 3–2 Minnesota lead.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Twins extended their lead in the fourth, as Bush singled and then stole second and third. After consecutive walks to Brunansky and Gagne, Gladden singled to left to drive in Bush and Brunansky. Kent Hrbek then added a homer in the fifth, giving Minnesota a 6–2 lead. Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker touched Blyleven for a homer in the eighth, but the Twins hurler would allow nothing more. Former Tiger Juan Berenguer struck out the side in the ninth to hand the Twins a 6–3 victory and a 2–0 series lead.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Saturday, October 10, 1987, at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Series shifted to Detroit for Game 3, with the Tigers' Walt Terrell facing the Twins' Les Straker. The two pitchers matched zeroes for the first two-and-a-half innings until the bottom of the third, when Detroit's Pat Sheridan doubled to left, moved to third on a single by Whitaker, and scored on a force out by Gibson that sent Whitaker to third. After Gibson stole second, a balk by Straker scored Whitaker, and a single by Trammell brought in Gibson. A double by Herndon then scored Trammell and Lemon to give the Tigers a 5–0 lead.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the top of the fourth, the Twins cut Detroit's lead to 5–2 with a Gagne home run and a Bush single that scored Hrbek, and in the sixth they reduced the lead down to one with a two-run homer by Brunansky. In the top of the seventh, a two-out single by Gaetti drove in Gladden and Gagne to give the Twins a 6–5 lead and put them on the cusp of taking a stranglehold on the series.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Facing the prospect of blowing a 5–0 lead and falling behind three games to none, the Tigers rallied in the bottom of the eighth. Minnesota brought in Reardon to get a two-inning save. After a lead-off single by Larry Herndon. After Jack Morris pinch ran for Herndon, Reardon got Tom Brookens to pop out to Hrbek on a sacrifice bunt attempt. Pat Sheridan, 1 for 6 lifetime versus Reardon, hit the first pitch he saw into the upper deck in right field for a two-run home run that restored Detroit's lead, 7–6. In the top of the ninth, Mike Henneman retired the Twins in order to put the Tigers back in the Series, which now stood at 2–1 for Minnesota.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Sunday, October 11, 1987, at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The fourth game of the series matched Viola against Tiger left-hander Frank Tanana, who had thrown a 1–0 complete-game shutout over the Toronto Blue Jays on the final day of the regular season to punch Detroit's playoff ticket.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the bottom of the first, the Tigers gave Tanana a 1–0 lead when Lou Whitaker walked to lead off the inning and eventually scored on a throwing error by Twins shortstop Greg Gagne. However, in the top of the third, Kirby Puckett homered off Tanana to tie the game, then Gagne added a homer in the top of the fourth to give Minnesota a 2–1 lead. The Twins made it a 3–1 lead in the fifth when Puckett came home on a Gary Gaetti sacrifice fly, but the Tigers came to within a run in the bottom of the fifth when an infield hit by Kirk Gibson scored Whitaker.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the top of the sixth, Gagne doubled, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a base hit by pinch-hitter Gene Larkin to give Minnesota a 4–2 advantage. In the bottom half of the inning, the Tigers again clawed to within a run when pinch-hitter Dave Bergman followed up singles by Chet Lemon and Darrell Evans with a single of his own, scoring Lemon and moving Evans to second. After Mike Heath sacrificed Evans to third and Bergman to second, Twins manager Tom Kelly pulled Keith Atherton in favour of Juan Berenguer. However, the Tiger rally was squelched when catcher Tim Laudner picked a stunned Evans off third and Berenguer induced a flyout from Jim Morrison to end the inning.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the eighth, the Twins restored their two-run lead when Laudner reached on an error by Evans (who was playing third base, as Bergman had stayed in the game as the first baseman) and came home to score on a single by Steve Lombardozzi. In the ninth, Reardon managed to preserve a 5–3 Twins win, putting them one victory away from the pennant. This was the first road postseason victory for the Minnesota Twins/Washington Senators since Game 1 of the 1925 World Series.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Monday, October 12, 1987, at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Michigan


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
In what would turn out to be the last postseason game played at Tiger Stadium, the Twins would send Blyleven to the mound to face the Tigers' Doyle Alexander.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
In the top of the second, Minnesota drew first blood when Tom Brunansky doubled home Gary Gaetti and Randy Bush, but was thrown out trying to stretch his hit into a triple. Dan Gladden and Kirby Puckett added RBI base hits of their own to give the Twins a 4–0 lead, and Tigers manager Sparky Anderson replaced Alexander with Eric King.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
As they had several times during the series, Detroit cut the Twins' lead down to one run in the bottom of the fourth, when Kirk Gibson scored on an Alan Trammell single and Matt Nokes followed with a two-run homer that scored Trammell. In the top of the seventh, however, the Twins restored their two-run lead when Kent Hrbek singled, moved to second when Gaetti was hit by a pitch, took third on a wild pitch by King, and plated on a sacrifice fly by Bush.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
In the eighth, Tiger reliever Mike Henneman, who replaced King in the seventh, allowed a double to Gladden and a walk to Gagne. Puckett then grounded to Henneman, who attempted to initiate a double play. However, first baseman Darrell Evans misplayed the ball for his second error of the series, allowing Gladden to score and make it a 6–3 Minnesota lead. Although Chet Lemon homered for Detroit in the bottom half of the inning to make it 6–4, the Twins decisively stormed ahead in the top of the ninth. Brunansky hit his second home run of the postseason, and Gladden and Gagne followed with consecutive RBI doubles off Henneman and Jeff Robinson.


1987 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
The Twins sent Reardon, who entered the game in the bottom of the eighth, to the hill to close out the series in the bottom of the ninth. Although an RBI single by Gibson scored Jim Morrison, the Minnesota stopper allowed nothing more, as Matt Nokes grounded out to Reardon to end a 9–5 Twins victory and clinch the franchise's first World Series berth since 1965.


1987 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
After the 1993 season, MLB owners agreed to re-align and create a third Central division in each league. The Twins moved to the newly added American League Central in 1994 and the Tigers followed them in 1998 after the Milwaukee Brewers moved to the National League and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays formed, taking the Tigers’ place in the American League East. In 2009, the two teams played for the division and a playoff berth in the 2009 American League Central tie-breaker game, in which the Twins won by the score of 6-5 in extra innings.


1987 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
Outside of 2009, the only other time the Tigers and Twins finished 1–v2 in the standings was in 2006, when the Twins clinched on the last day of the season after never having held sole possession of first place (they were the first team in MLB history to accomplish this feat). However, the Tigers still made the playoffs as a wildcard and won the American League pennant.


1987 American League Championship Series, Aftermath
On January 22, 1988, an arbitrator’s ruling made Kirk Gibson a free agent. A few days later, Gibson signed with the Dodgers and turned in one of the more mythical seasons in baseball history. In spring training, he set a fire under a Dodgers team that had lost 89 games in back-to-back seasons. He would go on to win the National League Most Valuable Player Award and hit one of the most famous home runs in baseball history to win Game 1 of the World Series, which was his only at-bat of the series due to injury. Gibson returned to the Tigers in 1993 and played the last three seasons of his career there until his retirement.


1987 American Racing Series season
The 1987 American Racing Series Championship consisted of 10 races. Didier Theys won three races on his way to the championship.


1987 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Phoenix race
Held April 12 at Phoenix International Raceway. Didier Theys won the pole.


1987 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Milwaukee race
Held May 31 at The Milwaukee Mile. Didier Theys won the pole.


1987 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Meadowlands race
Held June 28 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Didier Theys won the pole.


1987 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Cleveland race
Held July 5 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Didier Theys won the pole.


1987 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Toronto race
Held July 19 at Exhibition Place. Tommy Byrne won the pole.


1987 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Pocono race
Held August 16 at Pocono Raceway. Tommy Byrne won the pole.


1987 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Mid-Ohio race
Held September 6 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Tommy Byrne won the pole.


1987 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Nazareth race
Held September 20 at Nazareth Speedway. Didier Theys won the pole.


1987 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Laguna Seca race
Held October 11 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Dave Simpson won the pole.


1987 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Miami race
Held November 1 at Tamiami Park. Dave Simpson won the pole.


1987 American Racing Series season, Final points standings, Driver
For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).


1987 American Racing Series season, Final points standings, Driver
Race 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8 not all points were awarded (not enough competitors).


1987 Amstel Gold Race
The 1987 Amstel Gold Race was the 22nd edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday 25 April 1987 in the Dutch province of Limburg. The race stretched 242 kilometres, with the start in Heerlen and the finish in Meerssen. There were a total of 163 competitors, with 70 cyclists finishing the race.


1987 Amílcar Cabral Cup
The 1987 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Conakry, Guinea.


1987 Anchorage mayoral election
The 1987 Anchorage mayoral election was held on October 12 and November 3, 1987, to elect the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska. It saw election of Tom Fink.


1987 Anchorage mayoral election
Since at no candidate received 40% of the vote in the first round (which at least one candidate was required to obtain to avoid a runoff), a runoff was held between the top-two finishers of the first round.


1987 Andorran local elections
The 1987 Andorran local elections were held on 13 and 20 December. Voters elected the council members of the seven parishes of Andorra. Following the election, the communal councils elected the mayors and deputy mayors.


1987 Andorran local elections, Electoral system
Candidates were elected using a two-round plurality-at-large voting system with open lists. As parties were not legalised until 1993, all the lists were officially labelled as independent, although media classified them as government endorsed (if the list was supported by the outgoing government) or opposition (if candidates were part of the opposition). After the elections, the parish councils elected the consol major (mayor) and the cònsol menor (deputy mayor), which normally were the top candidates of the winning list.


1987 Andorran local elections, Candidates
Candidates by parish. The top candidates are listed for each list:


1987 Andorran local elections, Results
Turnout was 81.6%, 3.9 pp higher than in the previous election. In Andorra la Vella and Escaldes-Engordany, turnout was around 90%. In Canillo, it was around 60%.


1987 Andorran local elections, Results
In all parishes (but Encamp) the government endorsed lists won the election. A second round was held in Encamp, as only 9 out of 10 seats were filled in the first round. An opposition councillor was finally elected in the second round. Results by parish:


1987 Arab Athletics Championships
The 1987 Arab Athletics Championships was the fifth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Algiers, Algeria from 6–9 July. A total of 40 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 16 for women. The men's 20 kilometres walk was restored to the programme, having been removed after 1981. A men's 50 kilometres walk was also held for the first time.


1987 Arab Club Champions Cup
The 1987 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Saudi Arabia for the second time. This time in the city of Riyadh after the successful hosting of the 1984 Arab Club Champions Cup in Dammam. Al-Rasheed won the championship for the 3rd time, defending their championship once again and proving to be one of the top teams in the region at the time.


1987 Arab Club Champions Cup, Preliminary round
A preliminary stage was held for sides in Africa and Asia with the finals changing into two groups with winners and runners up advancing to the semi finals stage.


1987 Arab Club Champions Cup, Preliminary round, Zone 3 (North Africa)
ES Sahel and JE Tizi Ouzou advanced to the final tournament.


1987 Arab Club Champions Cup, Preliminary round, Zone 4 (East Region)
Preliminary round tournament held in Amman, Jordan from 18 to 26 July.


1987 Arab League summit
The 1987 Arab League summit was held on 8 November in Amman as the sixteenth Arab League Summit.


1987 Aragonese regional election
The 1987 Aragonese regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd Cortes of the autonomous community of Aragon. All 67 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in 12 other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.


1987 Aragonese regional election
The main two national parties, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the People's Alliance (AP) lost support compared to the previous election. The latter had suffered from an internal crisis and the breakup of the People's Coalition in 1986, losing 30% of its 1983 vote and finishing third as a result. The main election winners were the Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR), which came a strong second, and the centrist Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), a party led by the former Spanish prime minister Adolfo Suarez. United Left (IU) made a small advance of 0.9 percentage points and 1 seat, not being able to capitalize on the PSOE's losses.


1987 Aragonese regional election
The PSOE 27 seats compared to the centre-right 32 (38 if the CDS is counted in) meant that the Socialist Santiago Marraco was not re-elected as president of Aragon. Instead, Hipólito Gómez de las Roces from the PAR was elected president as head of a PAR administration with the support of the AP and the abstention of the CDS. In March 1989, AP, now refounded into the People's Party (PP), entered the government through a coalition for the remainder of the legislature, with PP members being appointed ministers in the regional administration.


1987 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Cortes of Aragon were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Aragon, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Aragonese Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Aragon and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1987 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 67 members of the Cortes of Aragon were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Huesca, Teruel and Zaragoza. Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of 13 seats, with the remaining 28 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations on the condition that the seat to population ratio in the most populated province did not exceed 2.75 times that of the least populated one.


1987 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.


1987 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the Cortes of Aragon expired four years after the date of their previous election. The election Decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of Aragon, with election day taking place between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication. The previous election was held on 8 May 1983, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 8 May 1987. The election Decree was required to be published no later than 14 April 1987, with the election taking place no later than the sixtieth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the Cortes on Saturday, 13 June 1987.


1987 Aragonese regional election, Overview, Election date
The Cortes of Aragon could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the Cortes were to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


1987 Aragonese regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 34 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Cortes of Aragon.


1987 Arena Football League season
The 1987 Arena Football League season was the first season, also known as the "demonstration season", of the Arena Football League (AFL). The league champions were the Denver Dynamite, who defeated the Pittsburgh Gladiators in ArenaBowl I.


1987 Arena Football League season, Events
The Arena Football League played its inaugural season in 1987 with four teams to introduce the sport to the American public. The Chicago Bruisers, Denver Dynamite, Pittsburgh Gladiators and Washington Commandos comprised the four-team league that ran a schedule from June 19 to August 1. The AFL drew an impressive average of 11,000 fans per game and TV coverage on ESPN. The four teams Pittsburgh (12,856), Denver (12,098/game), Washington (11,525) and Chicago (8,638) drew fairly well in their respective facilities; Washington and Chicago both managed to outdraw the 1984 averages of their respective USFL franchises, the Federals and Blitz. Denver played at the old McNichols Arena, Pittsburgh at the Civic Arena, Washington at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, and Chicago at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois (now the Allstate Arena and the only one of the initial AFL venues still extant As of 2018).


1987 Arena Football League season, Events
A fifth arena football team, the Miami Vise, played one exhibition game in 1987, later dubbed the "Showcase Game." The Vise defeated the Bruisers, 33–30, on February 26 but did not carry over to the regular season that summer. The AFL formally kicked off on Friday, June 19, 1987, when the host Pittsburgh Gladiators hosted the Washington Commandos at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh before 12,177 fans.


1987 Arena Football League season, Events
AFL football officially began at 7:37 pm EDT that night when Washington's Dale Castro kicked the ball into the slack net (the mesh between the field goal posts) resulting in a touchback. The Gladiators took over on their own five-yard line. The very first play from scrimmage saw Pittsburgh quarterback Mike Hohensee hit WR/DB Russell Hairston on a 45-yard touchdown pass; the play would set the tone for the league's wide-open, high-scoring mandate that the game's inventor, James Foster, envisioned. The Gladiators, featuring future Arena Football League Hall of Famer Craig Walls playing against his brother Kendall, went on to win the game 48–46.


1987 Arena Football League season, Events
The head coaches of the four AFL teams in 1987 were former CFL great Ray Jauch (Chicago), future longtime AFL coach Tim Marcum (Denver), Joe Haering (Pittsburgh) and Bob Harrison (Washington).


1987 Arena Football League season, Events
Some of the notable performers for Chicago in 1987 included QB Mike Hold, Jr., FB/LB Billy Stone, WR Reggie Smith, DB Durwood Roquemore and future NFL head coach QB Sean Payton, before he was traded to Pittsburgh and later signed with Ottawa of the CFL.


1987 Arena Football League season, Events
The Denver Dynamite would also featured a backup QB that would go on to an NFL head coaching career: Marty Mornhinweg, who backed up Whit Taylor. Also on the Dynamite roster that year was FB/LB Rob DeVita, WR Durrell Taylor and future AFL Hall of Fame WR Gary Mullen.


1987 Arena Football League season, Events
Continuing the theme of quarterbacks who would go on to future coaching opportunities was Gladiators QB Mike Hohensee, who yielded the starting role with Pittsburgh early in the season to Brendan Folmar. Hohensee would return to the ArenaBowl nineteen years later in July 2006 by capturing ArenaBowl XX as head coach of the Chicago Rush.


1987 Arena Football League season, Events
Gladiators WR Russell Hairston had a 67 catches in 1987, good for 1,126 yards and 18 touchdowns (in just 6 games) and would go on to win AFL MVP honors. Also notable on the Pittsburgh roster was DB Mike Stoops who went on to coach the University of Arizona in 2005.


1987 Arena Football League season, Events
The Washington Commandos featured a high-scoring unit that had WR Dwayne Dixon (68 catches, 11 TDs) and QB Rich Ingold, who led the AFL with 29 TD passes and 1,726 yards.


1987 Arena Football League season, Events
ArenaBowl I that year featured the Gladiators hosting the Dynamite at Civic Arena; the Pittsburgh fans, however, went home disappointed as the Dynamite walked away with a 45–16 victory, a win that was the first of seven ArenaBowl titles for Denver coach Tim Marcum.


1987 Argentine Open (tennis)
The 1987 Argentine Open, also known as the Buenos Aires Grand Prix, was a Grand Prix tennis tour tournament held on outdoor clay courts in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the 19th edition of the tournament and was held from 16 November until 22 November 1987. Second-seeded Guillermo Pérez Roldán won the singles title.


1987 Argentine Open (tennis), Finals, Doubles
Tomás Carbonell /  Sergio Casal defeated  Jay Berger /  Horacio de la Peña by Walkover


1987 Argentine legislative election
The Argentine legislative elections of 1987 were held on 6 September. Voters chose their legislators and governors, with a turnout of 83.6%. The ruling Radical Civic Union lost their majority in the Chamber of Deputies.


1987 Argentine legislative election, Background
The domestic and international esteem President Raúl Alfonsín earned for advancing the Trial of the Juntas suffered in December 1986, when on his initiative, Congress passed the Full Stop Law, which limited the civil trials against roughly 300 officers implicated in the 1976-79 Dirty War against dissidents to those indicted within 60 days of the law's passage, a tall order given the reluctance of many victims and witnesses to testify.


1987 Argentine legislative election, Background
These concessions did not placate hard-liners in the Argentine military who, though in a minority, put Argentina's hard-earned Democracy at risk in April 1987, when a group identified as Carapintadas ("painted faces," from their use of camouflage paint) loyal to Army Major Aldo Rico staged a mutiny of the important Army training base of Campo de Mayo during the Easter weekend. Negotiating in person with the rebels after four days of national suspense, Alfonsín secured their surrender, memorably announcing that "the house is in order."


1987 Argentine legislative election, Background
The goodwill this earned Alfonsín and his centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR) began to erode when in June, Congress passed Alfonsín's Law of Due Obedience, granting immunity to officers implicated in crimes against humanity on the basis of "due obedience." This law, condemned by Amnesty International, among others, effectively halted most remaining prosecutions of Dirty War criminals.


1987 Argentine legislative election, Background
The economy, too, became increasingly challenging. The 1985 Austral Plan had helped lead to a recovery in 1986; but frequent wage freezes ordered by the Economy Minister, Juan Sourrouille, kept real wages from rising, and GDP remained below its 1980 peak, in any case. A sharp fall in global commodity prices had evaporated the nation's US$4 billion trade surplus by 1987, and foreign debt interest payments could only be financed with more public debt, helping lead to a sudden halving of the value of the Argentine austral after May. Inflation (4% a month in May) rose to 14% in August, and though GDP grew modestly, real wages slid by around 8%.


1987 Argentine legislative election, Background
Election night, September 6, dealt Alfonsín's UCR its sharpest blow among the nation's governors. The UCR lost 5 of its 7 governors elected in 1983, including the nation's most important: Governor Alejandro Armendáriz of the Province of Buenos Aires (home to 38% of Argentines). Armendáriz had been a key supporter of the President's Project Patagonia, which envisaged the transfer of the nation's capital from Buenos Aires to Viedma for the sake of decentralization.


1987 Argentine legislative election, Background
The project, which had been passed by the Lower House of Congress and had even received Pope John Paul II's personal blessing during an April 1987 state visit, had no future without an absolute UCR majority in the Lower House (the Senate - not in play in 1987 - was dominated by the Justicialist Party).


1987 Argentine legislative election, Background
The loss of 13 UCR Congressmen benefited smaller, issue-oriented parties more than it did the Justicialists (whose gains were primarily among the governors, going from 12 to 17). The first to benefit in Congress was the conservative Union of the Democratic Centre (UCeDé), which ran on a free market platform calling for privatizations of an array of State enterprises, responsible for nearly half the nation's goods and services.


1987 Argentine legislative election, Background
These companies' losses, led by the Argentine Railways', were blamed by the UCeDé's leader, Alvaro Alsogaray, for the public sector cash flow problem and resulting financial instability (while disregarding the role of foreign debt interest payments). The UCeDé's gain of 4 Congressmen in these elections, though menial, portended the policy of "surgery without anesthetic" adopted by national policy makers in the 1990s.


1987 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1987 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 October 1987 at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez.


1987 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 1987 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach John Cooper, the Sun Devils compiled a 7–4–1 record (3–3–1 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in fourth place in the Pac-10, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 334 to 263.


1987 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The team's statistical leaders included Daniel Ford with 1,756 passing yards, Darryl Harris with 948 rushing yards, and Aaron Cox with 870 receiving yards.


1987 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 1987 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by Dick Tomey in his first season with the school. Tomey was hired from Hawaii to replace Larry Smith, who accepted the head coaching position at USC, who like Arizona, was in the Pac-10 Conference. Tomey and Smith would face other later in the season (see below).


1987 Arizona Wildcats football team
The departure of Smith heavily affected the Wildcats in the season, leading to a rebuild of the team led by Tomey, and ultimately finishing the season with a record of 4–4–3 (2–3–3 in Pac-10), including a tie with rival Arizona State in the season finale.


1987 Arizona Wildcats football team, Before the season
Arizona ended 1986 with a 9–3 record and won the Aloha Bowl, which was their first postseason win. When the season concluded, Smith was hired by conference opponent USC to take over the team, reportedly due to the Trojans’ longer-lasting football tradition. Arizona would hire Tomey, who was coaching at Hawaii, and accepted the coaching position (Tomey had attended the Aloha Bowl and was impressed by Arizona's performance that he contacted the school and was ultimately hired). Due to the Wildcats getting a new coach and Smith leaving for USC, the Wildcats struggled to get in-state recruits and entered the 1987 season unranked in the polls.


1987 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Iowa
In Tomey's Arizona debut, the Wildcats hosted Iowa. Arizona's offense struggled at times, but the defense kept them in the game. They would fall a point short to the Hawkeyes.


1987 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
In their second game of the season, Arizona hosted New Mexico, and the Wildcats defeated the Lobos to give Tomey his first win as Arizona coach and the rivalry's trophy, the Kit Carson Rifle, remained in Tucson (the rifle would be retired after the 1997 season).


1987 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, UCLA
In Arizona's Pac-10 opener, they visited UCLA, who was ranked 13th. In what was Tomey's first big test, the Wildcats hung with the Bruins before UCLA pulled away late to win.


1987 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, California
In Berkeley, the visiting Wildcats took on California. Both Arizona and the Golden Bears tied each other and the score ended up in a tie.


1987 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Washington
On homecoming day, Arizona faced Washington and was still looking for their first win over the Huskies. Both teams would play even, and the game ultimately ended in a draw.


1987 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, USC
On the road at USC, Tomey faced his predecessor Larry Smith, and came up short to the Trojans. It was the first time in Wildcats history that a head coach faced an opponent coached by his predecessor in his first season. USC would ultimately go on to clinch a spot in the Rose Bowl near the end of the season.


1987 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
In Tempe for the rivalry game, Arizona and Arizona State battled back and forth all game long. In the final minute of the fourth quarter, ASU led 24-21 and appeared on its way to ending the Wildcats’ five-game winning streak in the rivalry when they fumbled on a punt attempt and Arizona recovered the ball in the red zone. The Wildcats would convert on a field goal as time expired to settle for a tie. It would be the rivalry's first and only tie in history (ties were eliminated in 1996).


1987 Arizona Wildcats football team, After the season
Despite finishing the 1987 season with a mediocre record, the Wildcats had a bright future under Tomey. Arizona captured winning seasons for the rest of the 1980s and dominated the early part of the 1990s with a menacing defense. Tomey would coach the Wildcats to two memorable seasons in the decade (1993 and 1998) and resigned as coach in 2000, and is the winningest coach in Wildcat football history.


1987 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team
The 1987 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Razorbacks were coached by Norm DeBriyn, in his 18th season with the Razorbacks, and played their home games at George Cole Field.


1987 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 1987 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1987 Army Cadets football team
The 1987 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jim Young, the Cadets compiled a 5–6 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 277 to 223. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated Navy, 17–3.


1987 Asia Golf Circuit
The 1987 Asia Golf Circuit was the 26th season of golf tournaments that comprised the Asia Golf Circuit.


1987 Asia Golf Circuit
Despite not winning a tournament, American Jim Hallet claimed the overall circuit title thanks to consistent high finishes throughout the season.


1987 Asia Golf Circuit, Tournament schedule
The table below shows the 1987 Asia Golf Circuit schedule. After three years absence the Philippine Open returned to the circuit as an official Order of Merit event.


1987 Asia Golf Circuit, Final standings
The Asia Golf Circuit operated a points based system to determine the overall circuit champion, with points being awarded in each tournament to the leading players. At the end of the season, the player with the most points was declared the circuit champion, and there was a prize pool to be shared between the top players in the points table.


1987 Asian Athletics Championships
The seventh Asian Championships in Athletics were held in 1987 in Singapore.


1987 Asian Badminton Championships
The Marlboro Asian Badminton Championships 1987  took place in the month of December in Semarang, Indonesia. Only men's team competition were conducted. At the end of day, China won the championships beating Indonesia in the final while South Korea won the bronze medal playoff defeating Malaysian team.


1987 Asian Baseball Championship
The 1987 Asian Baseball Championship was the fourteenth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan for the third time. The tournament was won by Chinese Taipei; their first gold medal in the Asian Baseball Championship.


1987 Asian Baseball Championship
Guam (4th) and India (7th) both made their first appearances at the tournament and became the seventh and eighth teams to contest the championship. Defending champions Japan (2nd), South Korea (3rd), Australia (5th) and China (6th) were the other participants.


1987 Asian Baseball Championship, Bibliography
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1987 Asian Club Championship
The 1987 Asian Club Championship was the 7th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Several Asian clubs started the qualifying round in Fall of 1987.


1987 Asian Club Championship
Yomiuri FC (Japan) became the second Japanese club to win the Asian Championship.


1987 Asian Club Championship, Final
1 The final was scratched and Yomiuri FC were awarded the championship as Al-Hilal were unable to field a team for the final due to nine of the starting players being chosen for the Saudi team's preparation camp that clashed with the date fixed for the first leg.


1987 Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships
The 3rd Asian Junior Table Tennis Championships 1997 were held in Kediri, Indonesia, from  14 ‐ 21 November 1987. It was organised by the Indonesian Table Tennis Association under the authority of the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) and International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).


1987 Asian Men's Handball Championship
The 1987 Asian Men's Handball Championship was the fourth Asian Championship, which was taking place from 15 August to 1 September 1986 in Amman, Jordan.


1987 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
The 1987 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship was the 4th Asian Championship, which took place from October 15 to October 25, 1987, in Kuwait City, Kuwait.


1987 Asian Women's Handball Championship
The 1987 Asian Women's Handball Championship, the first Asian Championship, which was taking place from 15 to 27 August 1987 in Amman, Jordan.


1987 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship
The 1987 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the 4th Asian Championship, which took place from June 6 to June 14, 1987, in Shanghai, China.


1987 Asian Wrestling Championships
The 1987 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Mumbai, India. The event took place from October 13 to October 17, 1987.


1987 Associate Members' Cup Final
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1987 Associate Members' Cup Final
The 1987 Associate Members' Cup Final, known as the Freight Rover Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 4th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Third Division and Fourth Division. The final was played at Wembley Stadium, London on 24 May 1987, and was contested by Bristol City and Mansfield Town. With the score tied at 1–1 after extra time, Mansfield Town won the match in a penalty shootout.


1987 Associate Members' Cup Final
The match was the first ever final at Wembley to be decided by a penalty shootout, and the trophy was Mansfield Town's first major honours in the club's history.


1987 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
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1987 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
The 1987 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Texas Longhorns and the Pittsburgh Panthers. The game was played in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas on December 31, 1987, and was the twenty-ninth edition of the bowl which had been played in Houston since 1959. Texas won the game 32-27.


1987 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
This edition of the Bluebonnet Bowl, which added "Astro" to its title every year it was played in the Astrodome, proved to be its last.


1987 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, Background
The Longhorns finished tied for second in the Southwest Conference with Arkansas, who played in the Liberty Bowl that year. This was Texas' sixth Bluebonnet Bowl. Pittsburgh was an Independent in their first bowl game since 1984. This was Pittsburgh's only Bluebonnet Bowl.


1987 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, Game summary
Brett Stafford connected with Jones for a 77-yard touchdown on the firstplay from scrimmage to give the Longhorns a 7-0 lead. Pittsburgh started off their retaliation well, when Billy Owens returned the kickoff 45 yards. BillyOsborn then Reggie Williams for 45 yards, and lastly Craig Heyward tied the score with a four-yard run. But six plays later, the Longhorns took the lead again with a Stafford pass to Tony Jones on a short pass that evolved into a 60-yard touchdown to make it 14-7. The Longhorns added a field goal to make it 17-7 at halftime.


1987 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, Game summary
Texas was outscored 20-15 in the second half after three touchdowns by Wanke, the Pittsburgh quarterback, with two late in the fourth quarter that cut the Longhorns’ lead to five, though they could not score after that as the Longhorns won the final Bluebonnet Bowl. Brett Stafford finished with 364 yards, including 202 in the first quarter, setting the record for most passing yards in a Bluebonnet Bowl. Jones set records for receiving yards and longest reception.


1987 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, Aftermath
Bluebonnet Bowl organizers had intended to keep the game going and scheduled the 1988 game for December 31. However, on October 13 of that year, the officials for the bowl announced that the 1988 game would not be played. Citing low funding and a lack of a corporate sponsor (by 1988, most of the yearly bowls were carrying some form of sponsorship), the initial idea was to take the 1988 season off and return in 1989. This, however, never would materialize and the 1987 game would stand as the last.


1987 Asturian regional election
The 1987 Asturian regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd General Junta of the Principality of Asturias. All 45 seats in the General Junta were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.


1987 Asturian regional election
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of incumbent President Pedro de Silva remained the most-voted party, but lost 13 percentage points as well as the absolute majority it had enjoyed in the previous legislature. The internal crisis within the People's Coalition after the breakup of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) from the alliance resulted in the People's Alliance (AP) standing alone in the election, losing 25,000 votes and 5 percentage points.


1987 Asturian regional election
Disenchanted voters with the Socialist government that did not see AP as a credible opposition alternative went on to centrist Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which saw a significant increase of its vote share and entered the General Junta with 8 seats. United Left (IU), the new incarnation of the Communist Party of Spain and its allies, lost 1 seat despite achieving more votes than in 1983.


1987 Asturian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The General Junta of the Principality of Asturias was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Asturias, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Asturian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Principality. Voting for the General Junta was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Asturias and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1987 Asturian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 45 members of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Additionally, the use of the D'Hondt method might result in an effective threshold over three percent, depending on the district magnitude. Seats were allocated to constituencies, which were established by law as follows:


1987 Asturian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Each constituency was entitled to an initial minimum of two seats, with the remaining 39 allocated among the constituencies in proportion to their populations.


1987 Asturian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election being called.


1987 Asturian regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias expired four years after the date of its previous election. The election Decree was required to be issued no later than the twenty-fifth day prior to the date of expiry of parliament and published on the following day in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Asturias, with election day taking place between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication and set so as to make it coincide with elections to the regional assemblies of other autonomous communities.


1987 Asturian regional election, Overview, Election date
The previous election was held on 8 May 1983, which meant that the legislature's term would have expired on 8 May 1987. The election Decree was required to be published no later than 14 April 1987, with the election taking place no later than the sixtieth day from publication, setting the latest possible election date for the General Junta on Saturday, 13 June 1987.


1987 Asturian regional election, Overview, Election date
The General Junta could not be dissolved before the date of expiry of parliament except in the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot. In such a case, the General Junta was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


1987 Asturian regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 23 seats were required for an absolute majority in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias.


1987 Athens Open
The 1987 Athens Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Athens in Greece that was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 15 June until 22 June 1987. Fourth-seeded Guillermo Pérez Roldán won the singles title.


1987 Athens Open, Finals, Doubles
Tore Meinecke /  Ricki Osterthun defeated  Jaroslav Navrátil /  Tom Nijssen 6–2, 3–6, 6–2


1987 Athens Open – Doubles
Libor Pimek and Blaine Willenborg were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


1987 Athens Open – Doubles
Tore Meinecke and Ricki Osterthun won in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–2, against Jaroslav Navrátil and Tom Nijssen.


1987 Athens Open – Singles
Henrik Sundström was the defending champion but did not participate this year.


1987 Athens Open – Singles
Guillermo Pérez Roldán won the tournament, beating Tore Meinecke in the final, 6–2, 6–3.


1987 Athens Trophy
The 1987 Athens Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Athens in Greece. Further, it was part of the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was held from 5 October until 11 October 1987. Katerina Maleeva won the singles title.


1987 Athens Trophy, Finals, Doubles
Andrea Betzner /  Judith Wiesner defeated  Kathleen Horvath /  Dianne van Rensburg 6–4, 7–6


1987 Atlanta AT&T Challenge of Champions
The 1987 Atlanta AT&T Challenge of Champions was a tennis tournament in 1987. It was won by John McEnroe,6–4, 7–5 against Paul Annacone.


1987 Atlanta Braves season
The 1987 Atlanta Braves season was the 117th in franchise history and their 22nd in Atlanta.


1987 Atlanta Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: G=Games played; AB=At Bats; H=Hits; Avg.=Batting average; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In


1987 Atlanta Falcons season
The 1987 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 22nd season in the National Football League (NFL). The Falcons finished with the worst record in the league, 3–12, and secured the first overall pick in the 1988 NFL Draft. Head coach Marion Campbell started his second stint as Falcons head coach in 1987 after previously coaching the team from 1974–1976.


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


1987 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1987 Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 8 through 10, 1987 to determine the champion of the NCAA Division I the Atlantic 10 Conference, for the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball season. This was the ninth iteration of the event, and was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. West Virginia won their third championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1987 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The top two teams in each division advanced to the tournament, with each division winner playing the second place team from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played a double-elimination tournament.


1987 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1987 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was held from February 27 to March 5, 1987. Temple defeated West Virginia 70-57 to win their second tournament championship. Nate Blackwell of Temple was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.


1987 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1987 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was the 1987 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Greenville Municipal Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina from May 11-15. Georgia Tech defeated NC State in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1987 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, Format
All eight ACC teams qualified for the eight-team double-elimination tournament.


1987 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, Format, Seeding Procedure
On Saturday (The Semifinals) of the ACC Baseball Tournament, the match-up between the four remaining teams is determined by previous opponents. If teams have played previously in the tournament, every attempt will be made to avoid a repeat match-up between teams, regardless of seed. If it is impossible to avoid a match-up that already occurred, then the determination is based on avoiding the most recent, current tournament match-up, regardless of seed. If no match-ups have occurred, the team left in the winners bracket will play the lowest seeded team from the losers bracket.


1987 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1987 Atlantic hurricane season was a below-average hurricane season that was limited by an ongoing El Niño. The season officially began on June 1, 1987, and lasted until November 30, 1987, although activity began on May 24 when a tropical depression developed 400 mi (640 km) east of the central Bahamas. The June through November dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. The first cyclone to attain tropical storm status was an unnamed tropical storm which formed on August 9, nearly a month later than usual.


1987 Atlantic hurricane season
The final storm of the year, Tropical Depression Fourteen, merged with a weak extratropical low on November 4. The season marked the first year tropical storm watches and warnings were issued; previously, gale watches and warnings were used for tropical storms, and this season was one of only a few seasons with no deaths in the United States; the last time this happened was in the 1981 season.


1987 Atlantic hurricane season
During this season, 14 tropical depressions formed of which seven attained tropical storm status. One tropical storm was operationally classified as a tropical depression but was reclassified in post-analysis. Three tropical cyclones reached hurricane status of which only one became a major hurricane, which is a Category 3 or greater on the Saffir–Simpson scale. Hurricane Emily was the costliest storm of the season, causing $80.3 million in damage (1987 USD) as it ravaged the Dominican Republic and Bermuda. Tropical Depression Fourteen was the deadliest storm of the season, causing six deaths as it passed across Jamaica. Of the seven cyclones that attained tropical storm status, three did not affect land.


1987 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts and activity
Forecasts of hurricane activity are issued before each hurricane season by hurricane expert Dr. William M. Gray and his associates at Colorado State University. An average season, as defined by NOAA, has 6 to 14 named storms, with 4 to 8 of those reaching hurricane strength, and with 3 hurricanes becoming major hurricanes. The June 2, 1987, report suggested that eight tropical storms would form during the 1987 season, five of them becoming hurricanes.


1987 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts and activity
The forecast anticipated more tropical activity than what ultimately occurred. During the season, 14 tropical depressions formed from May 25 to November 5. Seven of the depressions strengthened into tropical storms, six of them named. Tropical Depression Two was upgraded into a tropical storm in post-season analysis, and as a result has no name. Tropical storms Arlene, Emily and Floyd all reached hurricane status during their durations, of which only Emily reached major hurricane status.


1987 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts and activity
The United States was affected by four tropical cyclones in 1987, of which three struck Florida. The unnamed tropical storm struck Texas and affected much of the Gulf Coast of the United States.


1987 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts and activity
The season's activity was reflected with a cumulative accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 34, which is classified as "below normal". ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed, so storms that last a long time, as well as particularly strong hurricanes, have high ACEs. ACE is only calculated for full advisories on tropical systems at or exceeding 34 knots (39 mph, 63 km/h) or tropical storm strength. Subtropical cyclones are excluded from the total.


1987 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression One
A low-pressure area developed into a tropical depression just east of the Turks and Caicos Islands on May 24. Operationally, the system was declared the first tropical depression of the season on May 25, following confirmation from a reconnaissance aircraft flight. Moving at about 8 mph (13 km/h), the depression was located 400 miles (640 km) from the east central Bahamas. It moved towards Florida and stalled off the coast, with a prediction to cause thundershowers across the state on May 28. The Bahamian government released a storm warning for its northern islands as the system grew stronger. The depression brought some heavy showers and thunderstorms to South Florida, before dissipating just south of Key West on June 1.


1987 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Two
The second tropical depression of the season formed in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico from a tropical wave on August 9. It quickly strengthened into a tropical storm, though the strengthening was not known until post-season analysis. Based on lack of significant organization or reports at the time, the storm remained unnamed. It traveled northwestward and neared the coast. The tropical storm made landfall near High Island, Texas, on August 10, and quickly weakened to a tropical depression as it moved northeastward. It turned to the southeast and reached the Gulf of Mexico. The weakening system accelerated to the northeast, and dissipated over Georgia on August 17. Just over 21 inches (0.53 m) of rainfall was associated with the storm, causing flash flooding and water damage amounting to $7.4 million (1987 USD, $13.3 million in 2008 USD).


1987 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Arlene
A low pressure system on the tail end of a stationary cold front organized into a subtropical depression on August 8 near the South Carolina coast, and drifted southward. Convection became more organized, and the storm was classified Tropical Depression Three on August 10 over the Bahamas. It executed an anticyclonic loop to the northeast, and was estimated to have attained tropical storm status on August 11, based on reports from hurricane hunters. Small cells in the ridge of high pressure caused Arlene to take an unusual track to the east, with two southward jogs in its path.


1987 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Arlene
A trough of low pressure near Bermuda initially inhibited strengthening. However, after high pressures to its east forced the storm northward, more favorable conditions allowed Arlene to intensify into a hurricane on August 22. Operationally, it was upgraded two days earlier, based on the appearance of an eye feature on satellite imagery. After becoming a hurricane, Arlene accelerated to the northeast into the cold waters of the north Atlantic Ocean, and on August 23 it became extratropical about halfway between Newfoundland and Ireland. The extratropical remnants turned to the southeast and later to the east, making landfall on the Iberian Peninsula before dissipating on August 28 over Spain.


1987 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Arlene
As Arlene approached, islanders of Bermuda were warned to board up windows, with winds of 50 mph (80 km/h) expected. Ultimately, the island experienced winds of 35 mph (60 km/h) with gusts up to 49 mph (80 km/h). A blind sailor on a trip across the Atlantic was unable to make it to a harbor in Bermuda due to the hurricane, and rode out the storm in the open sea. The storm produced moderate rainfall to coastal areas of Spain, contributing to a monthly rainfall record at Rota. The 14.5 day total between the start of its best track and when it attained hurricane status is the largest on record for a North Atlantic hurricane.


1987 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Four
The fourth tropical depression of the season formed off the coast of Antigua on August 14. Initially, forecasters anticipated the system to intensify into a tropical storm; however, a reconnaissance mission into the depression on August 15 revealed that it was poorly organized and was declassified a tropical cyclone. Tropical Depression Four peaked at 35 mph (55 km/h) and dissipated on August 15.


1987 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Bret
A well-organized tropical disturbance formed off the African coast on August 17 and became a tropical depression the following day, as classified by satellite imagery. Later the same day, the ship S.S. Columbus Canterrury reported 40 mph (60 km/h) winds and a pressure of 1,004 mbar (29.6 inHg), and the depression became Tropical Storm Bret.