1987 Riojan regional election
The 1987 Riojan regional election was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 2nd General Deputation of the autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. All 33 seats in the General Deputation 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 Riojan regional election
Incumbent president José María de Miguel did not seek re-election out of political differences with his party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), which instead presented Alicia Izaguirre, former civil governor of Álava, as their candidate. The party came out first by winning the most votes and seats, but lost its absolute majority and suffered an important loss of support compared to its 1983 result.


1987 Riojan regional election
A minority government was formed with the support of the second and fourth-most voted parties: the People's Alliance (AP), which lost votes and seats from the previous election amid the breakup of the People's Coalition, and the Progressive Riojan Party (PRP). Together, they gathered 15 seats, one more than the PSOE, and were able to secure the election of AP leader, Joaquín Espert, through the decisive abstention of the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), which became the third political force in the community with 4 seats and 10.8% of the share.


1987 Riojan regional election
The AP–PRP agreement would only last until December 1989. The PRP and two former CDS deputies would go on to join a PSOE motion of no confidence against Espert, resulting in Socialist José Ignacio Pérez Sáenz becoming new regional president in January 1990 of a PSOE–PRP government.


1987 Riojan regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The General Deputation of La Rioja was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of La Rioja, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Riojan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.


1987 Riojan regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Voting for the General Deputation was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in La Rioja and in full enjoyment of their political rights. The 33 members of the General Deputation of La Rioja were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally.


1987 Riojan regional election, Overview, Election date
The term of the General Deputation of La Rioja 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 La Rioja, with election day taking place between the fifty-fourth and the sixtieth day from publication and set so as to make them coincide with other concurrent elections when possible.


1987 Riojan 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 Deputation on Saturday, 13 June 1987.


1987 Riojan regional election, Overview, Election date
The General Deputation of La Rioja 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 Deputation was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


1987 Riojan regional election, Parliamentary composition
The General Deputation of La Rioja was officially dissolved on 14 April 1987, after the publication of the dissolution decree in the Official Gazette of La Rioja. The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the General Deputation at the time of dissolution.


1987 Riojan regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one percent of the electorate in La Rioja, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates.


1987 Riojan regional election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


1987 Riojan 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. 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the General Deputation of La Rioja.


1987 Riojan regional election, Aftermath, Government formation
The PSOE candidate, Alicia Izaguirre, had been expected to become the new regional premier—and the first female president in a Spanish autonomous community—through an arrangement with the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS), under which the PSOE would support CDS's candidate to the presidency of the Parliament of La Rioja, Manuel Fernández Ilarraza, in exchange for the CDS allowing a PSOE minority government in the region. However, a last-ditch agreement between the opposition People's Alliance (AP) and Progressive Riojan Party (PRP), combined with the CDS proclaiming a policy of abstention in order to allow the government of the "largest minority", resulted in the election of AP's candidate Joaquín Espert.


1987 Riojan regional election, Aftermath, 1990 motion of no confidence
The minority government resulting from the AP–PRP agreement with the abstention from the CDS was forced into a precarious position which remained for its entire duration. In July 1988, PSOE's Félix Palomo, which had held the presidency of the Parliament from 1983 to 1987, was returned to the post as a result of two CDS deputies splitting away from the party and a lack of agreement between the other parties to maintain Ilarraza in office.


1987 Riojan regional election, Aftermath, 1990 motion of no confidence
In January 1989, a "pact for the governance of the autonomous community" was signed between the newly-refounded People's Party (PP), CDS and PRP, which would see the later entering into a coalition government with PP and the two remaining deputies from the CDS granting confidence and supply support from the outside. This pact would last until the designation of PSOE senator Marlo Fraile in December 1989 fractured the PP–PRP government after PRP's deputies voted for Fraile, which resulted in the PRP abandoning the government.


1987 Riojan regional election, Aftermath, 1990 motion of no confidence
By the end of December, the PSOE announced a motion of no confidence on Espert in order to put an end to the permanent situation of unstability within the regional government. The announcement had the backing of one out of the two PRP deputies—with PRP member Damián Saez Angulo going into the Mixed Group over disagreements with his party's new strategy—and the two ex-CDS deputies, who would end up joining the PRP. The motion succeeded after gathering the support of an absolute majority of deputies, with the two loyal CDS deputies leaving parliament before the vote in protest for what they dubbed as "transfuguism" of their two former members for joining the PRP.


1987 Romanian local elections
Local elections were held in the Socialist Republic of Romania on 15 November 1987. The Brașov Rebellion also erupted on that same date.


1987 Romanian local elections
A mandate represented two and a half years, according to the 1965 Constitution of Romania. The next local elections were going to be held on 11 March 1990, but in December 1989 local organs of the National Salvation Front seized power from the Communist authorities.


1987 Ronde van Nederland
These are the results for the 27th edition of the Ronde van Nederland cycling race, which was held from August 17 to August 22, 1987. The race started in Bergen op Zoom (North Brabant) and finished in Gulpen (Limburg).


1987 Rose Bowl
The 1987 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1987, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. It was the 73rd Rose Bowl Game. The Arizona State Sun Devils, champions of the Pacific-10 Conference, defeated the Michigan Wolverines, champions of the Big Ten Conference, 22–15.


1987 Rose Bowl
Arizona State quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst was named the Player of the Game. In their ninth season in the Pac-10, this was the first appearance for Arizona State in the Rose Bowl.


1987 Rose Bowl
This was the sixth consecutive Rose Bowl win for the Pac-10, with twelve wins in the last thirteen.


1987 Rose Bowl, Teams, Arizona State Sun Devils
Arizona State quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst looked uncomfortable in the first two games of the season, wins over Michigan State and SMU. He threw five interceptions in the third game of year against Washington State, which ended in a 21–21 tie. A 16–9 win for Arizona State over UCLA in Pasadena on October 4 later proved to be the deciding game in the race for the Pac-10 Conference title. The Sun Devils then defeated Oregon in Eugene and returned to Southern California to defeat USC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, becoming the first Pac-10 team to beat both Los Angeles area conference members on their home turf.


1987 Rose Bowl, Teams, Arizona State Sun Devils
With three straight wins at home over former WAC nemesis Utah, Washington, and Cal, combined with a UCLA loss to Stanford, Arizona State clinched the Pac-10 title and a Rose Bowl berth on November 8. The Sun Devils dropped their final game of the regular season to in-state rival Arizona, 34-17, in the annual battle for the Territorial Cup.


1987 Rose Bowl, Teams, Michigan Wolverines
The Michigan Wolverines began the 1986 season ranked third in the nation. They opened their schedule with a close 24–23 win over Notre Dame in South Bend. Then they won their home opener, 31–12, over Oregon State and beat an up-and-coming Florida State squad ranked #20, 20-18. The Wolverines then handily defeated Wisconsin and Michigan State to begin Big Ten play. Michigan then faced #8 ranked Iowa. A #1 versus #2 matchup the previous season between the two schools, which the Wolverines lost, had decided the race for the Big Ten title and the 1986 Rose Bowl. Michigan won the 1986 showdown, 20–17, and then rolled over Illinois, Indiana, and Purdue to improve their record to 9–0 and ascend to #2 in the rankings.


1987 Rose Bowl, Teams, Michigan Wolverines
Michigan's next opponent, Minnesota, had not beaten the Wolverines since 1977 and came into Ann Arbor as a 25-point underdog. A Michigan touchdown tied the game at 17–17 with just two minutes to go, but Golden Gopher quarterback Rickey Foggie scrambled to put Chip Lohmiller in position to kick the winning field goal. Minnesota prevailed, 20–17, for their first win at Michigan since 1962.


1987 Rose Bowl, Teams, Michigan Wolverines
The loss dropped the Wolverines to sixth as they prepared to face their archrival, seventh-ranked Ohio State, for a trip to the Rose Bowl. Jim Harbaugh guaranteed a Michigan victory. "We don't care where we play the game," said the senior quarterback early in the week. "I hate to say it, but we could play it in the parking lot. We could play the game at 12 noon or midnight. We're going to be jacked up."


1987 Rose Bowl, Teams, Michigan Wolverines
With Arizona State having already locked up a Rose Bowl berth, and the Fiesta Bowl and Citrus Bowl scrambling to host a #1 versus #2 showdown between Miami and Penn State, the Cotton Bowl struck an agreement to take the loser of the Michigan–Ohio State game. Michigan running back Jamie Morris led the Wolverines to a 26–24 victory on the strength of his record-setting 216 yards rushing, subsequently broken by Tim Biakabutuka's 313 yards against OSU in 1995. The Wolverines were Pasadena-bound.


1987 Rous Cup
The 1987 Rous Cup was the third staging of the Rous Cup international football competition, based around the England–Scotland football rivalry. For the first time, a third team was invited to create a three-team tournament.


1987 Rous Cup
In order to gain more experience of playing top level opposition, the FA invited Brazil to be the third entrant. They subsequently won the competition after defeating Scotland in the final game to take the trophy.


1987 Rugby World Cup
The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the first Rugby World Cup. New Zealand and Australia agreed to co-host the tournament. New Zealand hosted 21 matches (17 pool stage matches, two quarter-finals, the third-place play-off and the final) while Australia hosted 11 matches (seven pool matches, two quarter-finals and both semi-finals). The event was won by co-hosts New Zealand, who were the strong favourites and won all their matches comfortably. France were losing finalists and Wales came in third: Australia, having been second favourites, finished fourth after conceding crucial tries in the dying seconds of both the semi-final against France and the third-place play-off against Wales.


1987 Rugby World Cup
Sixteen teams competed in the inaugural tournament. Seven of the 16 places were automatically filled by the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) members – New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and France. South Africa was unable to compete because of the international sporting boycott due to apartheid. There was no qualification process to fill the remaining nine spots. Instead invitations were sent out to Argentina, Fiji, Italy, Canada, Romania, Tonga, Japan, Zimbabwe and the United States. This left Western Samoa controversially excluded, despite their better playing standard than some of the teams invited. The USSR were to be invited but they declined the invitation on political grounds, allegedly due to the continued IRFB membership of South Africa.


1987 Rugby World Cup
The tournament witnessed a number of one-sided matches, with the seven traditional IRFB members proving too strong for the other teams. Half of the 24 matches across the four pools saw one team score 40 or more points. New Zealand defeated France 29–9 in the final at Eden Park in Auckland. The New Zealand team was captained by David Kirk and included such rugby greats as Sean Fitzpatrick, John Kirwan, Grant Fox and Michael Jones. The tournament was seen as a major success and proved that the event was viable in the long term. It also led to many countries joining the International Rugby Football Board which in turn led the IRFB to become the true authority for the running of international rugby union.


1987 Rugby World Cup, Participating nations
There was no qualification for the inaugural World Cup so the tournament comprised the seven members of the IRFB, with the remaining nine places filled by teams invited by the IRFB.


1987 Rugby World Cup, Pools and format
The inaugural World Cup was contested by 16 nations. There was no qualifying tournament to determine the participants; instead, the 16 nations were invited by the International Rugby Football Board to compete. The simple 16-team pool/knock-out format was used with the teams divided into four pools of four, with each team playing the others in their pool once, for a total of three matches per team in the pool stage.


1987 Rugby World Cup, Pools and format
Nations were awarded two points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss: teams finishing level on points were separated by tries scored, rather than total points difference (had it been otherwise, Argentina would have taken second place in Group C ahead of Fiji, although France would still have won Group D.) The top two nations of every pool advanced to the quarter-finals. The runners-up of each pool faced the winners of a different pool in the quarter-finals. A standard single-elimination tournament followed, with the losers of the semi-finals contesting an additional play-off match to determine third place.


1987 Rugby World Cup, Pools and format
A total of 32 matches (24 in the pool stage and eight in the knock-out stage) were played in the tournament over 29 days from 22 May to 20 June 1987.


1987 Rugby World Cup, Statistics
The tournament's top point scorer was New Zealand's Grant Fox, who scored 126 points. Craig Green and John Kirwan scored the most tries, six in total.


1987 Rugby World Cup, Broadcasters
The event was broadcast in Australia by ABC and in the United Kingdom by the BBC.


1987 Rugby World Cup Final
The 1987 Rugby World Cup Final was the final match in the 1987 Rugby World Cup, the first Rugby World Cup played.


1987 Rugby World Cup Final
It was played at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand on 20 June 1987 between the hosts New Zealand and France. The referee of the match was the Australian Kerry Fitzgerald and the touch judges were Jim Fleming and Brian Anderson, both from Scotland.


1987 Rugby World Cup Final
New Zealand won the match 29–9 with three tries, one conversion, four penalties and a drop goal, becoming the first winners of the Rugby World Cup.


1987 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, First half
In front of a capacity crowd at Eden Park, hosts New Zealand met France in the inaugural Rugby World Cup Final. France seemed lacklustre following their amazing win over Australia in the semi-final. New Zealand played a mainly kicking game in the first half with Grant Fox kicking for territory and position. A Fox drop goal after 14 minutes settled home nerves. A try by the World Cup's star performer Michael Jones, followed just 3 minutes later. Jones' try was converted by Fox, a tense final was finely balanced at half time with New Zealand leading France 9–0 .


1987 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, Second half
France came out with renewed vigour after the break and a Didier Camberabero penalty four minutes into the half finally put France on the scoreboard. The France fightback was, however, short-lived and New Zealand forward power in the setpiece and open play was to the fore. Tries by David Kirk and John Kirwan together with the relentlessly accurate goal kicking of Fox meant that going into the final moments New Zealand led 29–3 .


1987 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, Second half
A final surge near the whistle led to a France try through Pierre Berbizier. The try was converted as the last kick of the game by Didier Camberabero .


1987 Rugby World Cup Final, Match summary, Second half
The final had hardly lived up to its billing, probably due to the exertions by France in their semi-final win. It was however fitting that tries from three stars of the tournament, Jones, Kirk and Kirwan, won the contest and gave New Zealand the Webb Ellis Cup.


1987 Rugby World Cup Pool 1
Pool 1 of the 1987 Rugby World Cup began on 23 May and was completed on 3 June. The pool was composed of Australia, England, United States and Japan.


1987 Rugby World Cup Pool 2
Pool 2 of the 1987 Rugby World Cup began on 24 May and was completed on 3 June. The pool was composed of Wales, Ireland, Canada and Tonga.


1987 Rugby World Cup Pool 3
Pool 3 of the 1987 Rugby World Cup began on 22 May and was completed on 1 June. The pool was composed of New Zealand, Fiji, Argentina and Italy.


1987 Rugby World Cup Pool 3, Standings
Fiji qualified for the highest number of tries (Fiji 6, Italy 5, Argentina 4)


1987 Rugby World Cup Pool 4
Pool 4 of the 1987 Rugby World Cup began on 23 May and was completed on 2 June. The pool was composed of France, Scotland, Romania and Zimbabwe.


1987 Rugby World Cup Pool 4, Standings
France qualify as pool winner having scored three tries to Scotland's two in their drawn match.


1987 Rugby World Cup squads
This article lists the official squads for the 1987 Rugby World Cup that took place in New Zealand and Australia from 22 May until 20 June 1987. The 1987 Rugby World Cup was the inaugural Rugby World Cup; the world championship for rugby union. Sixteen nations were invited to partake in the tournament, with the notable exception of South Africa; who were excluded from the tournament due to issues surrounding Apartheid.


1987 Rugby World Cup squads
Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. All details, such as number of international caps and player age, are current as of the opening day of the tournament on 22 May 1987.


1987 Rugby World Cup squads, Overview
Below is a table listing all the head coaches and captains for each nation.


1987 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool 2, Ireland
Head Coaches:  Mick Doyle (replaced by Syd Millar) /  Jim Davidson


1987 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool 3, New Zealand
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1987 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool 3, Italy
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1987 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool 3, Argentina
Before the match against New Zealand, Martín Yangüela withdrew due to an injury and was replaced by Marcelo Faggi.


1987 Rugby World Cup squads, Pool 3, Argentina
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.


1987 Rugby World Cup statistics
This article documents statistics from the 1987 Rugby World Cup, hosted by New Zealand and Australia from 22 May to 20 June.


1987 Rugby World Cup statistics, Team statistics
The following table shows the team's results in major statistical categories.


1987 Rugby World Cup statistics, Hat-tricks
Unless otherwise noted, players in this list scored a hat-trick of tries.


1987 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
The 1987 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Dick Anderson, the Scarlet Knights compiled a 6–5 record while competing as an independent and were outscored by their opponents 213 to 168. The team's statistical leaders included Scott Erney with 1,369 passing yards, Henry Henderson with 846 rushing yards, and Eric Young with 364 receiving yards.


1987 Ryder Cup
The 27th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 25–27, 1987 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus. The European team won their second consecutive competition by a score of 15 to 13 points in probably the most historic Ryder Cup. After an unbeaten record of 13–0 spanning sixty years, the U.S. team lost for the first time on home soil.


1987 Ryder Cup
Europe took a lead of 5 points into the Sunday singles matches, but the U.S. fought back strongly to narrow the deficit. Eamonn Darcy, who previously had a very poor Ryder Cup record, defeated Ben Crenshaw at the last hole to get Europe to 13 points. Crenshaw had broken his putter in a moment of frustration after the sixth hole and putted with his 1 iron for the last dozen holes. Bernhard Langer then halved his match with Larry Nelson and when Seve Ballesteros defeated Curtis Strange 2 & 1 to total 141⁄2 points, the  European victory was secured.


1987 Ryder Cup
This was the last Ryder Cup in which the U.S. team did not employ captain's selections. Europe used captain's picks in 1979, 1981, 1985, and this year.


1987 Ryder Cup
Muirfield Village, founded and designed by U.S. captain Jack Nicklaus, has hosted the Memorial Tournament on the PGA Tour since 1976. The 2013 Presidents Cup was held at the same course.


1987 Ryder Cup, Format
The Ryder Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The competition format in 1987 adjusted slightly from the previous three events, with the order of play on the second day swapped:


1987 Ryder Cup, Format
With a total of 28 points, 141⁄2 points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes.


1987 Ryder Cup, Teams
Simpson qualified by virtue of winning the 1987 U.S. Open, while Nelson qualified by winning the 1987 PGA Championship.


1987 Ryder Cup, Teams
The selection process for the European team remained unchanged from 1985, with nine players chosen from the 1987 European Tour money list at the conclusion of the German Open on August 30 and the remaining three team members being chosen immediately afterwards by the team captain, Tony Jacklin. Prior to the final event Eamonn Darcy was in the 9th qualifying place with Mats Lanner in 10th. Lanner finished just one shot ahead of Darcy in the German Open and Darcy retained his qualifying place. Jacklin's choices were Ken Brown, Sandy Lyle and José María Olazábal.


1987 Ryder Cup, Teams
Captains picks are shown in yellow. The world rankings and records are at the start of the 1987 Ryder Cup.


1987 Ryder Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


1987 Rye Brook Open
The 1987 Rye Brook Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was played at Rye Brook, New York in the United States from August 24 through August 31, 1987. Unseeded Peter Lundgren won the singles title.


1987 Rye Brook Open, Finals, Doubles
Lloyd Bourne /  Jeff Klaparda defeated  Carl Limberger /  Mark Woodforde 6–3, 6–3


1987 Rye Brook Open – Doubles
Lloyd Bourne and Jeff Klaparda won the title, defeating Carl Limberger and Mark Woodforde 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


1987 Rye Brook Open – Singles
Peter Lundgren won the title, defeating John Ross 6–7, 7–5, 6–3 in the final.


1987 SANFL Grand Final
The 1987 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Adelaide Football Club and the Glenelg Football Club, held at Football Park on 3 October 1987. It was the 70th annual grand final of the South Australian National Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1987 SANFL season. The match, attended by 50,617 spectators, was won by North Adelaide by a margin of 82 points, marking that club's 12th premiership victory.


1987 SANFL Grand Final, Background
This was the third consecutive year that North coached by Michael Nunan and Glenelg coached by Graham Cornes met in the grand final. It gave Nunan his first success as a coach, and Cornes the first of 3 losses in 4 years.


1987 SANFL Grand Final, Background
The Jack Oatey Medal was won by North Adelaide ruckman Michael Parsons who top scored with 6 goals and 1 behind.


1987 SANFL Grand Final, Match summary
The match was played in superb conditions. Besides North Adelaide's crushing victory, this game would later become known for Ricky May's terrible performance of the national anthem before the game, forgetting the lyrics and falling out of tempo with the backing track.


1987 SANFL season
The 1987 South Australian National Football League season was the 108th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.


1987 SCCA RaceTruck Challenge season
The 1987 SCCA Coors RaceTruck Challenge season was the inaugural season of the SCCA RaceTruck Challenge.


1987 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1987 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament took place from March 5–8, 1987 at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia. Alabama won the tournament and received the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball tournament by defeating Louisiana State (LSU) by a score of 69–62.


1987 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament
Jefferson-Pilot Teleproductions (in its first season of producing regionally syndicated SEC basketball games) provided television coverage of the first round, the quarterfinals, and the semifinals. Coverage of the championship game was broadcast on ABC Sports.


1987 Sacramento State Hornets football team
The 1987 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State University during the 1987 NCAA Division II football season.


1987 Sacramento State Hornets football team
Sacramento State competed in the Western Football Conference. The Hornets were led by tenth-year head coach Bob Mattos. They played home games at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. The team finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 2–4 WFC). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 130–192 for the season.


1987 Sacramento State Hornets football team, Team players in the NFL
No Sacramento State players were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.


1987 Saga gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 12 April 1987 to elect the Governor of Saga Prefecture.


1987 San Diego Chargers season
The 1987 San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's strike-shortened 18th season in the National Football League (NFL), and the 28th overall. The team improved on their 4–12 record in 1986 to 8-7 but missed the playoffs. The strike of 1987 reduced the regular season schedule from sixteen to fifteen games. Their stadium, Jack Murphy Stadium, hosted Super Bowl XXII at the end of the season.


1987 San Diego Chargers season
The Chargers started the season 8–1, with victories over playoff teams Indianapolis and Cleveland, before notoriously losing their final six games of the season, narrowly missing the playoffs. All but one of their final six losses came to teams that made the postseason in 1987.


1987 San Diego Chargers season
1987 was the final season for Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts, who had been with the team since 1973, had led the league in passing four times, and who retired only the third quarterback in history to pass for more than 40,000 yards. Also retiring after the season was tight end Kellen Winslow; ending his career after having played since 1979.


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


1987 San Diego Padres season
The 1987 San Diego Padres season was the 19th in franchise history. Rookie catcher Benito Santiago hit in 34 straight games, and later won the NL Rookie of the Year Award. The Padres were the only team not to hit a grand slam in 1987.


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


1987 San Diego State Aztecs football team
The 1987 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).


1987 San Diego State Aztecs football team
The team was led by head coach Denny Stolz, in his second year. They played home games at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. They completed the season with a record of five wins, seven losses (5–7, 4–4 WAC).


1987 San Diego State Aztecs football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1987, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1987 San Francisco 49ers season
The 1987 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 38th season in the National Football League and their 42nd overall. The 49ers won the division for the second consecutive season, and ended the season as the top seed in the NFC playoffs. The season ended with an upset loss to the Minnesota Vikings in the divisional round of the playoffs.


1987 San Francisco 49ers season, The season
The 49ers lost the first game of the season to Pittsburgh. In their second game, against Cincinnati, it appeared that they were going to start the season 0–2, down by 6 points with just 2 seconds to play. However, quarterback Joe Montana threw a 25-yard pass to wide receiver Jerry Rice as time expired. The 49ers used the victory as a springboard to a 13–1 run to end the season with the best record in the NFL.


1987 San Francisco 49ers season, The season
The 49ers scored 459 points, the most in the NFL in 1987; they also scored 206 more points than they allowed, best in the league as well. The 49ers gained the most total yards (5,987), the most rushing yards (2,237) and second most passing yards (3,750) in the NFL in 1987.


1987 San Francisco 49ers season, The season
Wide receiver Jerry Rice was named NFL Offensive Player of the Year and the Bert Bell Award (for Player of the Year). Rice caught 22 touchdown passes in a strike-shortened 12 games, a record that stood for twenty years (with the 23rd reception occurring on the 16th and final game of the season). Rice led the league in receiving yards per game (89.8), total touchdowns (23), and points scored (138). Quarterback Joe Montana (who crossed the picket line during the strike) led the league with 31 touchdown passes. He also led the league in passer rating (102.1) and completion percentage (66.8%).


1987 San Francisco 49ers season, The season
The San Francisco defense was also very strong, surrendering the fewest total yards (4,095), fewest passing yards (2,484) and fifth-fewest rushing yards (1,611) in the NFL in 1987. The 1987 49ers have the best passer rating differential (offensive passer rating minus opponents' combined passer rating) of the Live Ball Era (1978–present), with +52.4.


1987 San Francisco 49ers season, Offseason
When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected quarterback Vinny Testaverde first overall in the 1987 NFL Draft, Tampa Bay quarterback Steve Young was traded to the 49ers on April 24, 1987. The Buccaneers received 2nd and 4th round draft picks in the trade, which they used to draft Miami linebacker Winston Moss, and Arizona State wide receiver Bruce Hill.


1987 San Francisco 49ers season, Personnel, NFL replacement players
After the league decided to use replacement players during the NFLPA strike, the following team was assembled:


1987 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season
In 1987, Jerry Rice led the NFL with 22 touchdown receptions. The runner-up was Philadelphia Eagles receiver Mike Quick with 11. This marked the first time in NFL history that a category leader doubled the total of his nearest competitor.


1987 San Francisco 49ers season, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoff vs Minnesota Vikings
The 13-2 49ers suffered one of the biggest upsets in playoff history as the 8-7 Vikings came into Candlestick and beat the 49ers 36–24. Vikings QB Wade Wilson threw for 298 yards, and Anthony Carter caught 10 passes for 227 yards. Joe Montana struggled so much that Steve Young came in to relieve him. Though he played better, it wasn't enough. The Vikings took a 20-3 halftime lead, and held on for the major upset.


1987 San Francisco Giants season
The 1987 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 105th season in Major League Baseball, their 30th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 28th at Candlestick Park. The Giants finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. They lost the National League Championship Series in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals. It was their first playoff appearance since 1971.


1987 San Francisco Giants season, Regular season
Mike LaCoss pitched a 10-inning complete game shutout against the Los Angeles Dodgers on August 16; as of 2021, he remains the last Giants pitcher to throw more than nine innings in a game. On September 9, Nolan Ryan struck out Mike Aldrete for the 4,500th strikeout of his career.


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


1987 San Francisco State Gators football team
The 1987 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University during the 1987 NCAA Division II football season.


1987 San Francisco State Gators football team
San Francisco State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC). The Gators were led by head coach Vic Rowen in his 27th year at the helm. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the season with a record of one wins, eight losses and one tie (1–8–1, 0–4–1 NCAC). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 97–245.


1987 San Francisco State Gators football team, Team players in the NFL
No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.


1987 San Francisco mayoral election
The 1987 mayoral election was held to elect the 39th mayor of San Francisco. Dianne Feinstein, then the incumbent, had served as mayor since the 1978 assassination of mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk and had been elected to full terms in 1979 and 1983, and was thus term-limited. Then-California State Assembly member Art Agnos came from behind to defeat Supervisor John Molinari, garnering nearly 70 percent of the vote.


1987 San Jose Earthquakes season
The 1987 San Jose Earthquakes season was the fourteenth overall for the Earthquakes franchise, and the club's third in the Western Soccer Alliance. The Earthquakes finished theseason in third place, then shut out the second place Seattle Storm in the Wild Card playoff game. In the Final, they were defeated by the San Diego Nomads, 3-1.


1987 San Jose Earthquakes season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1987 San Jose State Spartans football team
The 1987 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by head coach Claude Gilbert, in his fourth year as head coach at San Jose State. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1987 season as champions of the PCAA for the second consecutive season, with a record of ten wins and two losses (10–2, 7–0 PCAA).


1987 San Jose State Spartans football team
As a result of the PCAA Championship, the Spartans qualified for a postseason bowl game against the Mid-American Conference (MAC) champion Eastern Michigan Eagles. The 1987 California Bowl was played in Fresno, California on December 12, with Eastern Michigan winning, 30–27.


1987 San Jose State Spartans football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1987, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1987 San Marino Grand Prix
The 1987 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 3 May 1987 at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari, Imola. It was the second race of the 1987 Formula One season. It was the seventh San Marino Grand Prix and it was held over 59 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a race distance of 297 kilometres.


1987 San Marino Grand Prix
The race was won by British driver Nigel Mansell driving a Williams FW11B. It was Mansell's eighth Grand Prix victory, his first (of two) at the Imola circuit. Mansell finished 27 seconds ahead of Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna driving a Lotus 99T. Third was Italian driver Michele Alboreto driving a Ferrari F1/87. The win gave Mansell a one-point lead in the championship over French McLaren driver Alain Prost.


1987 San Marino Grand Prix, Race summary
In Friday practice, championship contender Nelson Piquet was eliminated from the race after an accident at the Tamburello corner. A tyre of his Williams FW11B failed, which resulted in a violent impact against the wall (when the car was returned to the pits, Williams designer Patrick Head could not confirm if the crash was a fault with the FW11B as half the rear end had been torn off by the impact, while both Head and Nigel Mansell were seen talking a good look at Piquet's wreck).


1987 San Marino Grand Prix, Race summary
Whilst in his opinion he had only sustained a sore ankle, he was taken to the nearby Bellaria-Igea Marina hospital, and after medical checks he was forbidden to start by FIA Medical Delegate Sid Watkins. For the remainder of the weekend Piquet worked as a guest commentator on Italian television. Years later he revealed that he was "never quite right" after the accident, suffering headaches and sometimes double vision and for the rest of the 1987 season secretly visited the hospital for treatment. He did this in secret for fear that he would not be allowed to race either by Williams or Watkins.


1987 San Marino Grand Prix, Race summary
Alarmed by reports from other drivers of excessive tyre blistering and the suggestion that Piquet's accident may have been caused by a tyre deflation, Goodyear withdrew all the tyres issued to teams (the original compounds taken to Imola were actually different to those supplied for a scheduled test at the circuit the week prior to the race).


1987 San Marino Grand Prix, Race summary
A replacement selection of the tyres used in the Imola test were flown in from England (with some also brought in from the nearby Ferrari factory in Maranello) and despite the lack of Customs officials due to an Italian public holiday, the new rubber was available for all teams by the Saturday morning practice session.


1987 San Marino Grand Prix, Race summary
Saturday's qualifying went on smoothly, with Ayrton Senna claiming pole position on his Lotus 99T, the first ever pole position for an active suspension car, with Mansell alongside him in the front row. The second row was occupied by Teo Fabi in the Benetton B187 and Alain Prost's McLaren MP4/3; "home" team Ferrari took the whole third row with Michele Alboreto ahead of Gerhard Berger.


1987 San Marino Grand Prix, Race summary
The race required two starts as Martin Brundle (Zakspeed 871), Thierry Boutsen (Benetton B187) and Eddie Cheever (Arrows A10) stalled on the original grid. Satoru Nakajima started from the pit lane owing to a faulty battery in his Lotus, and René Arnoux failed to take the second start after the suspension of his Ligier JS29B failed.


1987 San Marino Grand Prix, Race summary
At the second start, Senna led off the line, but Mansell overtook him on lap two, at the Tosa corner, and went on to dominate the race. Prost took second place by overtaking Senna on lap 6; the Brazilian was then engaged in a battle with the two Ferraris, and took back second when Prost surprisingly retired with an alternator failure on lap 15. Berger retired with turbo boost failure on lap 17, and by that time Alboreto passed Senna to take second place.


1987 San Marino Grand Prix, Race summary
On lap 22, Mansell pitted early due to a loose wheel balance weight and for three laps Alboreto led the race to the delight of the Tifosi. Senna retook first position with Alboreto's pit stop, then before Mansell returned to the front when the Brazilian stopped. Riccardo Patrese in his Brabham BT56 was now holding second place but he retired when his alternator failed on lap 57. Simultaneously, Teo Fabi retired with engine problems. Fabi's race had been wrecked by front wing damage sustained on the first lap when he collided with Cheever, although his attempted fightback did produce the fastest lap.


1987 San Marino Grand Prix, Race summary
Mansell took a comfortable win with Senna holding second after Alboreto's turbo experienced problems. Alboreto salvaged a 3rd place finish, which would end up being the last podium Enzo Ferrari personally saw his Formula One team score, as he only attended Grand Prix races in Italy, and would die 15 months later. Stefan Johansson (McLaren MP4/3) was in fourth place whilst Derek Warwick's late race retirement after his Arrows A10 ran out of fuel, handed fifth to Brundle for what would the only time in 5 seasons (1985-1989) that a Zakspeed would finish a race in the points. Nakajima rounded off the points in sixth place, which meant he was the first Japanese driver to score a world championship point.


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


1987 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1987 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth race of the 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 30 August 1987 at the Circuito Internazionale Santa Monica.


1987 San Miguel Beermen season
The 1987 San Miguel Beermen season  was the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Magnolia Ice Cream Makers in the first two conferences.


1987 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
March 22: In the first game of the season, the Magnolia Ice Cream Makers welcomes the return of Norman Black as their coach and import by routing Hills Bros. (formerly Alaska), 124-88. The Coffee Kings were limited to just nine points in the second quarter and Magnolia had their biggest lead of 40 points in the last minute of the game.


1987 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
March 29: Magnolia rolled to its third straight win and solo leadership in the Open Conference with a 108-91 romp over Ginebra San Miguel, which absorbed its first loss in two outings.


1987 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
April 28: Magnolia weathered a desperate Tanduay rally to win, 109-101, and halted the Rhum Makers' six-game winning streak and stay in strong contention for an outright semifinals slot.


1987 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
June 2: The Ice Cream Makers beat Ginebra San Miguel, 112-105, for their first win in three games in the semifinal round as they snapped the Ginebras' eight-game winning run.


1987 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
June 7: Franz Pumaren drilled in two pressure charity shots with no time left to forged a second extension as Magnolia escaped with a 134-130 double-overtime win over Ginebra San Miguel and tied the Gins with two wins and three losses with one scheduled playing date left in the semifinal round of the Open Conference.


1987 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
July 30: Abet Guidaben's last second follow up off a miss by Yves Dignadice saved Magnolia from a brink of elimination in the All-Filipino Conference as the Ice Cream Makers turn back Ginebra San Miguel, 94-93, and tied them in the standings with two wins and four losses.


1987 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
October 4: Behind Bobby Parks and Samboy Lim, who is returning from an ankle injury, the San Miguel Beermen posted a 123-113 win over sister team Ginebra San Miguel in the second game at the start of the Reinforced Conference. Parks topscored for the Beermen with 39 points while Samboy Lim added 25 markers. The Ginebras were led by Billy Ray Bates with 44 points, followed by Chito Loyzaga with 25 points.


1987 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
November 10: The Beermen kept its poise in the face of Ginebra's third quarter rally to win pulling away, 129-113. Bobby Parks banged in 63 points and outscored his counterpart Billy Ray Bates with 54 points. San Miguel won their first game in the semifinals and their 17th victory in 19 meetings with Ginebra in the season.


1987 San Miguel Beermen season, Championship
The San Miguel Beermen went home with the Reinforced Conference title behind best import Bobby Parks, they defeated Hills Bros. Coffee Kings, four games to one. The Beermen won their third PBA crown and their first since 1982.


1987 Santa Clara Broncos football team
The 1987 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University during the 1987 NCAA Division II football season. Santa Clara competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC).


1987 Santa Clara Broncos football team
The Broncos were led by third-year head coach Terry Malley. They played home games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Santa Clara finished the season with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5, 3–3 WFC). The Broncos outscored their opponents 204–190 for the season.


1987 Santa Clara Broncos football team, Team players in the NFL
No Santa Clara Broncos players were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.


1987 Santiago de Chuco earthquake
The 1987 Santiago de Chuco earthquake struck Peru on October 2 with a moment magnitude of 5.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). The shock killed three people and caused damage to homes in the titular province.


1987 Saragosa tornado
The 1987 Saragosa, Texas tornado was a deadly tornado that hit the community of Saragosa in Reeves County, Texas on May 22, 1987. The tornado destroyed much of the town, killing at least 30 and injuring over 100 people.


1987 Saragosa tornado, Storm event
The storm that was responsible for the Saragosa tornado developed during the late afternoon north of Balmorhea and had very little motion for several hours, moving only slightly across southwestern Texas. By the early evening, it acquired supercellular characteristics, and cloud tops reached 60,000 feet high. A Tornado warning was issued for Reeves County before 8:00 PM after a wall cloud was spotted, and a brief tornado touched down near Balmorhea at 8:10 PM.


1987 Saragosa tornado, Storm event
However, at 8:16 PM, another tornado touched down just east of the town about 2 miles (3.2 km) from Saragosa, north of Interstate 10. Initially, it destroyed farms and outbuildings before evolving into a large multiple vortex tornado before entering Saragosa while intensifying sharply into a violent F4 tornado. Twenty-two people were killed inside Catholic Hall of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, where a graduation ceremony for pre-schoolers was taking place. Eight others were killed elsewhere across the town, including one inside a car.


1987 Saragosa tornado, Storm event
The worst of the damage occurred inside most of the business and residential area. Trees were debarked and homes were reduced to their foundations. Eighty percent of the town was destroyed. In addition to Catholic Hall, 118 homes, the post office, a grocery store, two churches and a school were also heavily damaged or destroyed. Damage was estimated at about $1.4 million. The path length of the tornado was nearly 3 miles (4.8 km) long and about 800 meters wide.


1987 Saragosa tornado, Aftermath
The Saragosa tornado was actually a well-predicted event: a severe thunderstorm watch had been issued for Reeves County at 3:45pm CDT, followed by a tornado warning at 7:54pm CDT that evening – at least 21 minutes prior to the violent tornado hitting the community of Saragosa. Local storm spotter TV and radio stations based in Midland, Odessa and Pecos rebroadcast the warnings in Spanish and English, but many residents in the affected region (over 100 miles to the southwest) did not receive them. The town was not equipped with a siren, did not have its own police or firefighters, and as many as 50% of residents did not own their own TV or radio; those who did generally preferred Spanish-language stations based in Mexico (which did not provide weather alerts).


1987 Saragosa tornado, Aftermath
Ultimately, the town's first awareness of the danger came when a parent (arriving late for the graduation ceremony) spotted the tornado bearing down on Saragosa from the west and interrupted the ceremony to give warning in Spanish. The crowd of children and their respective families, estimated to be about 100 people—or about 25% of Saragosa's total population at the time—immediately took cover.


1987 Saragosa tornado, Aftermath
As the only concrete block building in town, the town hall/community center would have been considered a relatively safe haven under such circumstances, but it was unable to withstand a direct hit from a violent F4 tornado, collapsing with the loss of 22 lives, a fatality rate of roughly 22% (not uncommon for F4 tornadoes).


1987 Saragosa tornado, Aftermath
Still, many local residents believed the timing of the tornado to be a miracle, as it concentrated the town's children in the most robust building in town instead of leaving them to shelter in the dilapidated shotgun shacks which comprised most of the housing in Saragosa (where they would have had no protection at all).


1987 Saragosa tornado, Aftermath
In the years following the tornado, the town church (Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine) and the community center/town hall ("Saragosa Multi-Purpose Center") were rebuilt in the center of town along Hwy. 17 with steel-reinforced masonry construction designed to survive an F4 tornado, and a storm shelter was also installed under one wing of the new community center.


1987 Saragosa tornado, Aftermath
The town's housing quality has stayed the same, given its continued role as primarily a home for poor Mexican-American agricultural workers; very few houses were rebuilt along the SW/NE damage path through town, with most displaced residents moving in with family or relocating to Pecos, Texas or other nearby farming communities.


1987 Saragosa tornado, Historical perspective
With 30 fatalities, the Saragosa tornado was the deadliest storm in the United States during the 1980s and was the deadliest storm in Texas and in the US since the Wichita Falls tornado in 1979. During the following years, it was surpassed by the Birmingham, Alabama Tornado in 1998 and the Oklahoma City Metro Area tornado in 1999 that killed 32 and 36 respectively. The Jarrell Tornado in 1997 killed nearly as many as in the Saragosa event.


1987 Saragosa tornado, Historical perspective
By 2008, it still remains as the ninth deadliest tornado ever in the state between the Zephyr tornado in 1909 and the Lubbock Tornado in 1970. The community was also destroyed in 1938 by a tornado and was later rebuilt slightly to the southwest.


1987 Sarawak state election
The fifth Sarawak state election was held between Wednesday, 15 April and Thursday, 16 April 1987 with a nomination date set on Monday, 6 April 1987. This was a snap election following the Ming Court affair. The state assembly was dissolved on 12 March 1987 by Sarawak governor with the advice of chief minister of Sarawak, Abdul Taib Mahmud.


1987 Sarawak state election
All the 48 Sarawak state assembly seats were contested. In this election, Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) fielded candidates for all 48 seats, PBDS for 21 seats, PERMAS for 21 seats, Democratic Action Party (DAP) for 11 seats, and Sarawak Democratik Bersatu (BERSATU) for one seat. There were 16 independents contesting for the seats. There were a total of 118 candidates vying for the seats, which was the lowest since 1979 election. A total of 625,270 voters were eligible to cast their votes.


1987 Sarawak state election, Background
This snap election was called by Taib due to heightening of 1987 Ming Court Affair political crisis when Abdul Rahman Ya'kub together with 27 other state assemblymen signed a letter to call for Taib resignation. Abdul Rahman formed a new political party named Persatuan Rakyat Malaysia Sarawak (PERMAS) just before the election. Together with Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS), Abdul Rahman would form an opposition alliance to challenge Taib at the polls.


1987 Sarawak state election, Results, Results by constituency
Sarawak BN, composed of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP), and Sarawak National Party (SNAP),  won 28 out of 48 seats on the election day, thus able to form a government with a simple majority.


1987 Schenectady Open
The 1987 Schenectady Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was played at Schenectady, New York in the United States from July 20 through July 27, 1987. First-seeded Jaime Yzaga won the singles title.


1987 Schenectady Open, Finals, Doubles
Gary Donnelly /  Gary Muller defeated  Brad Pearce /  Jim Pugh 7–6, 6–2


1987 Schenectady Open – Doubles
Gary Donnelly and Gary Muller won the title, defeating Brad Pearce and Jim Pugh 7–6, 6–2 in the final.


1987 Schenectady Open – Singles
Jaime Yzaga won the title, defeating Jim Pugh 0–6, 7–6, 6–1 in the final.


1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was played February 28 to March 7 at the Lethbridge Sportsplex in Lethbridge, Alberta.


1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Marilyn DarteThird: Kathy McEdwardsSecond: Chris JurgensonLead: Jan AugustynAlternate: Lynn Reynolds


1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Karen GouldThird: Marcy BalderstonSecond: Tina ListhaegheLead: Jarron SavillAlternate: Janet Gummer


1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Pat SandersThird: Louise HerlinveauxSecond: Georgina HawkesLead: Deb MassulloAlternate: Elaine Dagg-Jackson


1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Kathie EllwoodThird: Cathy TreloarSecond: Laurie EllwoodLead: Sandra AshamAlternate: Jane Malcolmson


1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Heidi HanlonThird: Gail ShieldsSecond: Janyce MesserLead: Judy BlanchardAlternate: Ellen Brennan


1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Cindy Crocker Third: Andrea BoweringSecond: Gail BurryLead: Kathy O'DriscollAlternate: Debbie Bowering


1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Virginia JacksonThird: Marg CutcliffeSecond: Joan HitchinsonLead: Marie-Anne VautourAlternate: Barbara Jones-Gordon


1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Carol ThompsonThird: Anne DunnSecond: Kim DuckLead: Lindy CrawfordAlternate: Patti Chow


1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Kim DolanThird: Karen JonesSecond: Shelley MuzikaLead: Nancy ReidAlternate: Cathy Dillon


1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Helene TousignantThird: Marie FerlandSecond: Nicole CorbinLead: Josee DuphinaisAlternate: Lee Tobin


1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Kathy FahlmanThird: Sandra SchmirlerSecond: Jan BetkerLead: Sheila SchneiderAlternate: Michelle Schneider


1987 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Shelley AucoinThird: Kathy ChapmanSecond: Donna ScottLead: Debbie StokesAlternate: Margaret Lawrence


1987 Scottish Cup Final
The 1987 Scottish Cup Final was played between St Mirren and Dundee United at Hampden Park on 16 May 1987.


1987 Scottish Cup Final
Underdogs St Mirren won the game 1–0, with a goal by Ian Ferguson. It was their third Scottish Cup win in their then 110-year history.


1987 Scottish Cup Final
This was the last year, as of 2021, that the Scottish Cup has been won by a team fully composed of Scottish players. Moreover, this was the last Scottish Cup final, as of 2021, where all players competing and both managers were Scottish.


1987 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Summary
In his history of Scottish Cup finals, Forrest Robertson described the match as "one of the most disjointed, undistinguished Finals imaginable", while Jim Reynolds, writing in The Glasgow Herald stated it was "a feeble final, the day on which the Scottish Cup almost died of boredom" and a match where "men of many talents could not respond to the occasion".


1987 Scottish Cup Final, Match, Summary
In their history of the Scottish Cup, David Potter and Phil H. Jones claim that "the first ninety minutes of the game was, in the opinion of most people, a dreadful game of football" and note that even the commentators on the television coverage of the match struggled "to keep their audience involved". The main action came in extra time. During this period Iain Ferguson seemed to have opened the scoring for Dundee United, but the goal was disallowed as the referee controversially ruled Kevin Gallacher to be in an offside position. Shortly after this, the similarly named Ian Ferguson scored what proved to be the only goal of the match to win the game for St Mirren, shooting with his left foot into the top left corner of the net from six yards out after running into the penalty area.


1987 Scottish Cup Final, Aftermath
The night of the match 5000 people congregating in the grounds of Paisley Abbey opposite the town hall to watch the St Mirren's return to their home town. The following day 10,000 supporters watched the team display the cup in an open-decked bus in Paisley. Norman Buchan, the then Member of parliament for Paisley South, welcomed the victory and said it was "extra special when a single  community carried off a cup".


1987 Scottish Cup Final, Aftermath
Dundee United had to quickly regroup as the Scottish Cup Final had come in the middle of the two-legged UEFA Cup Final that they were contesting with IFK Gothenburg. 1-0 down from the first leg, United were due to play the second leg of the tie in Dundee just 5 days after their Hampden defeat. Ultimately that match finished 1-1, giving the Swedish side a 2-1 aggregate win and meaning that United had lost two cups in less than a week. Both Maurice Malpas and Jim McLean would later indicate that they felt that the disappointment of the defeat at Hampden contributed to United's failure to win the UEFA Cup.


1987 Scottish League Cup Final
The 1987 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 25 October 1987 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 42nd Scottish League Cup competition. The final was contested by Aberdeen and Rangers. Rangers defeated Aberdeen 5–3 on penalties after the sides drew 3–3.


1987 Scottish Masters
The 1987 Langs Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 and 20 September 1987 at the Hospitality Inn in Glasgow, Scotland.


1987 Scottish Masters
Joe Johnson won the tournament by defeating Terry Griffiths 9–7 in the final.


1987 Scottish Professional Championship
The 1987 People's Cars Scottish Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in February 1987 in Glasgow, Scotland.


1987 Scottish Professional Championship
Stephen Hendry retained the title by beating Jim Donnelly 10–7 in the final.


1987 Seattle Mariners season
The Seattle Mariners 1987 season was their 11th since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 78–84 (.481).


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


1987 Seattle Seahawks season
The 1987 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 12th season with the National Football League. After two seasons of missing the post season, the Seahawks returned to the playoffs.


1987 Seattle Seahawks season
The 1987 season would be Kenny Easley's last due to a kidney failure caused from an aspirin overdose, which forced him into retirement. The Seahawks selected Brian Bosworth from the University of Oklahoma, who signed the biggest rookie contract in NFL history.


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


1987 Seattle Seahawks season, Schedule, Regular season
Divisional matchups this season have the AFC West playing the NFC Central.


1987 Seattle Seahawks season, Schedule, Regular season
A 24-day players' strike reduced the 16-game season to 15. The games that were scheduled for the third week of the season were canceled, but the games for weeks 4–6 were played with replacement players. 85% of the veteran players did not cross picket lines during the strike, putting in question the integrity of the 1987 season results.


1987 Seattle Seahawks season, Schedule, Regular season
The teams fielded by NFL clubs bore little resemblance to those the fans had come to recognize through previous seasons. Fans tagged the replacement player teams with mock names like "Seattle Sea-scabs."


1987 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Postseason
Seattle entered the postseason as the #5 seed in the AFC.


1987 Segunda División de Chile
The 1987 Segunda División de Chile was the 36th season of the Segunda División de Chile.


1987 Senior League World Series
The 1987 Senior League World Series took place from August 17–22 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. Athens, Ohio defeated Tampa, Florida twice in the championship game.


1987 Senior PGA Tour
The 1987 Senior PGA Tour was the eighth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003 and PGA Tour Champions in 2016). The season consisted of 32 official money events with purses totalling $8,905,000, including three majors. Chi-Chi Rodríguez won the most tournaments, seven. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.


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


1987 Seoul Open
The 1987 Seoul Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was played at Seoul in South Korea from April 20 through April 27, 1987. Second-seeded Jim Grabb won the singles title.


1987 Seoul Open, Finals, Doubles
Eric Korita /  Mike Leach defeated  Ken Flach /  Jim Grabb 6–7, 6–1, 7–5


1987 Seoul Open – Doubles
Eric Korita and Rick Leach won in the final 6–7, 6–1, 7–5, against Ken Flach and Jim Grabb.


1987 Seoul Open – Singles
Jim Grabb won the tournament, beating Andre Agassi in the final, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2.


1987 Seville City Council election
The 1987 Seville City Council election, also the 1987 Seville municipal election, was held on Wednesday, 10 June 1987, to elect the 3rd City Council of the municipality of Seville. All 31 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain, as well as the 1987 European Parliament election.


1987 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
The City Council of Seville (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Sevilla) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Seville, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly.


1987 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the municipality of Seville and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-nationals whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:


1987 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee would be determined by lot.


1987 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Seville, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required.


1987 Seville City Council 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. 16 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Seville.


1987 Seychellois parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Seychelles on 6 December 1987 for the People's Assembly. The Seychelles People's Progressive Front was the sole legal party at the time, and all candidates were members. Thirty-six candidates stood for 23 seats, 10 of them unopposed. A further two members were appointed by President France-Albert René.


1987 Shanghai stampede
On December 10, 1987, a stampede occurred at the Lujiazui ferry terminal in Shanghai, China. The main cause for the stampede was a severe fog that continued for hours and limited visibility to only 30 meters. This caused the ferry service to be suspended, leading to a crowd which was anxious to leave; as soon as the ferry service was restored, the crowd hurried to board the ferry, causing a stampede. The accident led to 17 deaths, 2 seriously injured and over 70 slightly injured.


1987 Shanghai stampede, The accident
There were no bridges or tunnels available to cross the Huangpu River in 1987, and daily commute relied highly on Route 21, which was developed by the Shanghai Ferry Company. Lujiazui was heavily crowded, and Route 21 was the company's busiest route. Early in the morning,  the river was covered by a fog with a visibility of less than 30 metres, according to Shanghai Central Meteorological Observatory. In accordance with the relevant regulations, all the ships should cease cross-river operations when the visibility falls under 100 metres.


1987 Shanghai stampede, The accident
By 9:00 AM, the fog began to scatter and the ferry was to commence operation. An estimated 30,000-40,000 passengers (many with bicycles) had queued for the ferry. The passengers became anxious from the waiting and began to push towards the second ferry, after the first had departed. People and bicycles began to fall into the river from the pushing and the scene quickly turned chaotic. The station was closed five minutes later in order to disperse the crowd and commence rescue operations.


1987 Shanghai stampede, The accident
The disaster killed 17 people, severely injured 2 and injured over 70 people. It would be the deadliest stampede to occur in Shanghai until the stampede in 2014. Another casualty report stated that 66 were killed, 2 severely injured and over 20 slightly injured.


1987 Shanghai stampede, Cause
The standing committee 33rd conference of Shanghai people's congress reviewed Vice Mayor Ni Tianzeng's report on the Lujiazui ferry casualties, and concluded that the accident was a concentrated reflection of problems such as the city's longstanding poor infrastructure, unsound management, the lack of rationality, and lack of systematic municipal construction planning. In response, they decided to ease the policy and to support in all aspects to improve the city's infrastructure and reduce major accidents.


1987 Shanghai stampede, Cause
First, in late 1980s, the citizens could only use ferries to cross the river. Most enterprises were located west of the river, so commuters flocked to the ferry station every morning. Lujiazui was the most crowded area in Pudong, and many people poured into Lujiazui station daily. A combination of long, heavy traffic, bad weather and having only one mode of travel led to the tragedy.


1987 Shanghai stampede, Cause
Second, the accident had some relation to the salary system that resulted in a bonus pay reduction for tardy employees. Several incidences of being late for work could lead to a total loss of quarterly and yearly bonus, which was a serious shock to the citizens at the time when income was generally low, and this incented commuters to squeeze aboard. So after the accident, the Shanghai government delivered an internal regulation that being late caused by the suspension of the ferry service could not be punished.


1987 Shanghai stampede, Aftermath
Increased media attention from Shanghai Radio and Shanghai TV focused on fog and visibility conditions.


1987 Shanghai stampede, Aftermath
The government supported the construction of the tunnel of Yan'an East Way in order to allow safe and convenient travel for more citizens. Plans to build new bridges and tunnels were scheduled.


1987 Sheffield City Council election
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 7 May 1987. One third of the council was up for election.


1987 Sheffield City Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


1987 Singapore Open
The Singapore Open 1987, also known as the Konica Cup - The Invitational Asian Badminton Championships, took place from 18 ~ 22 February 1987 in Singapore. It was the first edition of this event.


1987 Singapore Women's Open
The 1987 Singapore Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Kallang, Singapore and was part of the Category 1 tier of the 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the second edition of the Singapore Women's Open and was held from 27 April through 3 May 1987. Third-seeded Anne Minter won the singles title.


1987 Singapore Women's Open, Finals, Doubles
Anna-Maria Fernandez /  Julie Richardson defeated  Barbara Gerken /  Heather Ludloff 6–1, 6–4


1987 Skate Canada International
The 1987 Skate Canada International was held in Calgary, Alberta on October 29–31. It was the test event for the 1988 Winter Olympics. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1987 Skate Canada International, Results, Men
Five of seven judges preferred Orser in the free skate. Boitano took the silver medal and bronze went to Viktor Petrenko, who fell three times.


1987 Skate Canada International, Results, Ladies
The judges were divided in the free skate; four of seven voted in favour of Thomas.


1987 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship
This is a round-up of the 1987 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship. Easkey came good to claim their second Intermediate title, after defeating Owenmore Gaels in the final.


1987 Sligo Senior Football Championship
This is a round-up of the 1987 Sligo Senior Football Championship. St. Mary's won their eighth title in eleven attempts, after defeating holders Tubbercurry in the fifth successive final between the sides. This year's Championship saw the return of the group stages used from 1974 to 1977, but its return was short-lived.


1987 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Group Stages
The Championship was contested by 14 teams, divided into four groups. The top side in each group qualified for the semi-finals.


1987 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Playoff
There was a three-way playoff required in Group 3. Geevagh defeated Grange/Maugherow in the first tie, but Eastern Harps won the final playoff to claim the last semi-final spot.


1987 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final
Match rules:60 minutes. Replay if scores still level. Maximum of 5 substitutions.


1987 Socialist Left Party national convention
The 1987 national convention of the Socialist Left Party of Norway was held from April 3-7 in the city of Oslo. Erik Solheim was elected party leader, while Kjellbjørg Lunde and Per Eggum Mauseth were elected 1st and 2nd deputy leader respectively.


1987 Socialist Left Party national convention, Background
After it was made clear that Berge Furre would resign in 1981, newly appointed party secretary Erik Solheim used his new office to launch an attack on the left-wing section of the party. He claimed they were hurting the party by continuing many un-modern trends. He also called them conservative, believing them to have rejected too many new ideas too often. Solheim was praised by some within the party, most notably resigning party leader Furre, while criticised by left-wingers from the left-wing section of the party. Early signs showed that Tora Houg (from the left-wing faction) and Erik Solheim (from the right-wing faction) were the two most popular candidates within the party. However Houg did not see herself fit to become party leader.


1987 Socialist Left Party national convention, The convention
Creating a new party was of top-importance for Solheim supporters during the convention. The party's program from 1975 was replaced by an entirely new one, which used what Solheim described as less "dogmatic" phraseology. The renewed program was adopted without meeting much opposition. However, even if much of the phraseology had been change, Marxist theory was still the cornerstone of the party's principal program. Topics such as environmental issues, district and local politics increased in importance in the party's program. It was unanimously voted for full-day care coverage of kindergarten, which according to them was of top-importance in regional politics. Unemployment crises would be countered by building more jobs, with the majority of them coming newly built kindergarten; if they come to power. The national convention also wanted to reach the goal of making North Norway into a "green capital" of some sort.


1987 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
The Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on Thursday, 7 May 1987, with one third of the council to be elected. The Conservatives retained control of the council. Voter turnout was 43.2%


1987 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


1987 Sonoma State Cossacks football team
The 1987 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State during the 1987 NCAA Division II football season. Sonoma State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference in 1987.


1987 Sonoma State Cossacks football team
The 1987 Cossacks were led by first-year head coach Marty Fine. They played home games at Cossacks Stadium in Rohnert Park, California. Sonoma State finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–3 NCAC). The Cossacks were outscored by their opponents 184–257 for the season.


1987 Sonoma State Cossacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Sonoma State players were selected in the 1988 NFL Draft.


1987 Soul Train Music Awards
The 1987 Soul Train Music Awards aired live on March 23, 1987 (and was later syndicated in other areas), honoring the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year. The show was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and was hosted by Luther Vandross and Dionne Warwick.


1987 South African Open (tennis)
The 1987 South African Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Johannesburg, South Africa that was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the 84th edition of the tournament and was held from 16 November through 22 November 1987. Pat Cash won the singles title.


1987 South African Open (tennis), Finals, Singles
Pat Cash defeated  Brad Gilbert 7–6, 4–6, 2–6, 6–0, 6–1


1987 South African Open (tennis), Finals, Doubles
Kevin Curren /  David Pate defeated  Eric Korita /  Brad Pearce 6–4, 6–4


1987 South African general election
General elections were held in South Africa on 6 May 1987. The State of Emergency cast a cloud over the elections, which were again won by the National Party (NP) under the leadership of P. W. Botha, although for the first time it faced serious opposition from the right of the South African political spectrum. The election resulted in the creation of the Second Botha Cabinet, which held power until 1989.


1987 South African general election
The right-wing opposition came in the form of the Conservative Party (CP), which opposed even the limited powersharing with Indian and Coloured South Africans that had been implemented by the NP as part of a package of constitutional reforms in 1984. The CP was led by a former chairman of the Broederbond and NP cabinet minister, Andries Treurnicht, infamously known as Minister of Education under the Soweto riots. Following the election, in which the CP extended its 17 splinter MPs to win 22 seats, it replaced the Progressive Federal Party (PFP) as the official opposition in the House of Assembly.


1987 South African general election
The election year also saw important political developments to the left of the NP. During 1987 Denis Worrall resigned as the South African ambassador in London to return to politics. Together with Wynand Malan (who had resigned from the NP) and Esther Lategan he formed the Independent Movement to fight the general election. Only Malan won a seat and the partnership consequently disintegrated. Denis Worrall and others subsequently went on to form the Independent Party (IP), while Esther Lategan and others formed the National Democratic Movement.


1987 South African general election
Partially as a result of the split in the votes to the liberal anti-NP parties, the PFP lost seven of its parliamentary seats as well as its role of official opposition. The New Republic Party (NRP), formerly the United Party continued its disintegration and lost four of its five seats.


1987 South African general election, Results
Of the 12 appointed and indirectly-elected seats, ten were taken by the National Party and one each by the Conservative Party and Progressive Federal Party.


1987 South African general election, Reactions
Anglican Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu noted after the election, "We have entered the dark ages of the history of our country".


1987 South African general election, Reactions
Donald Simpson, writing in the South African newspaper, The Star, went as far as to predict that the National Party would lose the next election and that the Conservative Party would become the new government of South Africa.


1987 South American Championships in Athletics
The 1987 South American Championships in Athletics were held in São Paulo, Brazil, between 8 and 11 October.


1987 South American Cross Country Championships
The 1987 South American Cross Country Championships took place on June 7, 1987. The races were held in Santiago, Chile.


1987 South American Cross Country Championships
Complete results, results for junior and youth competitions, and medal winners were published.


1987 South American Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 2 countries participated.


1987 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
The 19th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile from September 24–27, 1987.


1987 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 251 athletes from about 10 countries:    Argentina (50), Bolivia (8), Brazil (49), Chile (51), Colombia (5), Ecuador (17), Paraguay (13), Peru (27), Uruguay (14), Venezuela (17).


1987 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Medal winners are published for men and womenComplete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.


1987 South American Rugby Championship
The 1987 South American Rugby Championship was the 15th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.


1987 South American Rugby Championship
The tournament was played in Santiago and won by Argentina .


1987 South American U-20 Championship
The South American Youth Championship 1987 was held in Armenia, Manizales and Pereira, Colombia. It also served as qualification for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1987 South American U-20 Championship, Qualification to World Youth Championship
The two best performing teams qualified for the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1987 South Asian Games
The 1987 South Asian Games, officially the 3rd South Asian Federation Games were a multi-sport event, held in Kolkata, India from 20 November to 27 November 1987. It was the largest sporting event ever to be held in Kolkata, and West Bengal as a whole. This was also the first time when India hosted these Games.


1987 South Asian Games
The games were opened by Indian president R. Venkataraman and the Games Flame was carried by Indian runner Milkha Singh, with Leslie Claudius lighting the flame.


1987 South Asian Games
A total of 10 disciplines were contested in these Games. India was the major medal winner at these events, garnering approximately 43% of all the medals. Seven nations participated in these Games.


1987 South Australian Open
The 1987 South Australian Open was a men's Grand Prix tennis circuit tournament played on outdoor grass courts in Adelaide, Australia. It was the 86th edition of the tournament and was held from 30 December 1986 until 5 January 1987. Seventh-seeded Wally Masur won the singles title.


1987 South Australian Open, Finals, Doubles
Ivan Lendl /  Bill Scanlon defeated  Peter Doohan /  Laurie Warder 6–7, 6–3, 6–4


1987 South Australian Open – Doubles
Ivan Lendl and Bill Scanlon won the title, defeating Peter Doohan and Laurie Warder 6–7, 6–3, 6–4 in the final.


1987 South Australian Open – Singles
Wally Masur defeated Bill Scanlon 6–4, 7–6 to secure the title.


1987 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 1987 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. They finished with eight wins and four losses (8–4) and with a loss against LSU in the 1987 Gator Bowl. The Gamecocks were led by head coach Joe Morrison.


1987 South Kesteven District Council election
District council elections were held in South Kesteven in 1987.


1987 South Korean constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in South Korea on 28 October 1987. The changes to the constitution were approved by 94.4% of voters, with a turnout of 78.2%.


1987 South Korean presidential election
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 16 December 1987. They led to the democratization of the country and the establishment of the Sixth Republic under Roh Tae-woo, ending the authoritarian rule that had prevailed in the country for all but one year since its founding in 1948. The elections took place following a series of protests and before the 1988 Summer Olympics, which would be held in Seoul. Roh won the elections with 37% of the vote; voter turnout was 89.2%.


1987 South Korean presidential election, Background
The election was held following a series nationwide of protests for free and fair election and civil liberties. This period from 10 June to 29 June became known as the June Struggle, and protestors was successful in persuading the regime of then President Chun Du-Hwan, and his designated successor Roh Tae Woo to accede to key demands and create the 9th amendment of the constitution.


1987 South Korean presidential election, Background, Process of constitutional revision
Under the presidency of Chun Du-Hwan, the constitution was rewritten to maintain his power while restricting the presidency to a single seven-year term, and legislation such as the Basic Press Law, which closed hundreds of media organizations, was passed. However, following the success of the opposition New Korea and Democratic Party (NKDP) in the National Assembly election on 12 April 1985, calls were made for constitutional revision.


1987 South Korean presidential election, Background, Process of constitutional revision
On 13 April 1986, Chun made a speech defending the current version of the constitution, in which he stated that the successor to the presidency would be a member of his own party, the Democratic Justice Party (DJP), and that any discussion of constitutional debate would be put off until the end of the 1988 Olympics in South Korea. In its argument, the DJP argued that the opposition was splintered, and could not act as a negotiating partner. They believed that political uncertainty would injure both the Olympic setup and the upcoming election.


1987 South Korean presidential election, Background, Process of constitutional revision
Nearly a month later on 10 June, mass protests broke out as Roh Tae Woo was announced successor to the presidency as the then chair of the DJP. The public nature of the announcement and the death of a university student who was tortured by the police triggered protests across Korea. In the following weeks, multiple protests were held, and on 29 June, the DJP candidate Roh Tae Woo capitulated to demands for constitutional amendments, proposing an eight-point plan. It included the following concessions:


1987 South Korean presidential election, Background, Process of constitutional revision
The new constitutional amendment was ratified by the National Assembly on 12 October, and was submitted to a referendum to the South Korean public on 27 October. 93% of voters cast ballots in favor of the amendment, which permitted the direct, democratic election of the 6th President of South Korea.


1987 South Korean presidential election, Presidential nominations, Democratic Justice Party
The Democratic Justice Party (DJP) National Convention was held on 10 June at Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul.. At the convention, 7,378 delegates nominated former Commander of Capital Defense Roh Tae-woo, who was the only option on the ballot paper, for president.


1987 South Korean presidential election, Presidential nominations, New Democratic Republican Party
The New Democratic Republican Party (NDRP) National Convention was held on 30 October at Heungsadan Hall in Seoul. Kim Jong-pil, former prime minister and former five-term lawmaker from South Chungcheong, was chosen as the party's candidate.


1987 South Korean presidential election, Presidential nominations, Reunification Democratic Party
The Reunification Democratic Party (RDP) National Convention was held on 9 November at Sejong Center for Performing Arts in Seoul. Kim Young-sam, a former seven-term lawmaker from Busan, was nominated for president by the acclamation of 1,203 delegates.


1987 South Korean presidential election, Presidential nominations, Peace Democratic Party
The Peace Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention was held on 12 November at Sejong Center for Performing Arts in Seoul. Kim Dae-jung, a former four-term lawmaker from South Jeolla and 1971 presidential candidate, was nominated for president.


1987 South Korean presidential election, Allegations of election manipulation
According to American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents obtained by Hong Kong's South China Morning Post through a freedom of information request in July 2019, the military-backed ruling forces feared the loss of its hand-picked candidate Roh Tae-woo that it drew up detailed plans to fix the election result. The CIA briefing added that a “plan for extensive fraud is already being implemented”.


1987 South Korean presidential election, Allegations of election manipulation
The brief added that the government was "considering black propaganda and dirty tricks, reportedly to include ballot tampering; some officials now appear prepared to go even further" and “ruling-camp planners have thought about fabricating evidence of ruling-party fraud to give Chun an opportunity to declare the election null and void if government projections from early returns indicate Roh is losing”.


1987 South Korean presidential election, Allegations of election manipulation
The documents suggested that the government was prepared to crack down hard on any unrest following the vote, with an Intel briefing stating that an “open arrest order” had been prepared for opposition candidate Kim Dae-jung if he tried to “instigate a popular revolt against the election results”.


1987 South Korean presidential election, Allegations of election manipulation, Reaction
According to Lynn Turk, at the time a Seoul-based US State Department foreign service officer who watched the campaign and the election closely on a moment-to-moment basis noted the allegations as “a very interesting story”, but stated “the votes were counted fairly and Roh really did win fair and square.” He added: “On election night each of the four parties had observers at each polling place and got a carbon copy of the public hand-counted vote. So the totals their command posts registered matched the official count.”


1987 South Korean presidential election, Allegations of election manipulation, Reaction
Park Chul-un, brother-in-law and aide to Roh Tae-woo, said ‘no election fraud was planned or carried out’ in the 1987 election in response to the SCMP report.


1987 South Pacific Games
The 1987 South Pacific Games, held from 8–20 December 1987 at Nouméa in New Caledonia, was the eight edition of the South Pacific Games. Political events of the time affected the Games in 1987 and the number of competitors were down. Fiji had two military coups in 1987, and within New Caledonia itself, the Games became a focus of protest in the Kanak independence struggle. The French territories of New Caledonia and French Polynesia had the largest teams and dominated the medal count, with Papua New Guinea finishing third ahead of a depleted Fijian team.


1987 South Pacific Games, Sports
There were 18 sports contested at the 1987 South Pacific Games:


1987 South Pacific Games, Notes
A total of 1,650 athletes from 12 Pacific nations and territories took part in the Games. The Solomon Islands and Western Samoa did not attend.


1987 South Pacific Games, Notes
The results published on the OSIC (Oceania Sport Information Centre) website listed 18 sports. Islands Business reported that there was no netball at the 1987 Games:


1987 South Pacific Games, Notes
Postage stamps depicting athletics, rugby and golf were issued by New Caledonia for the 1987 South Pacific Games.


1987 South Pacific Games, Notes
Football finals: New Caledonia 1-0 Tahiti in the gold medal match. Papua New Guinea 3-1 Vanuatu in the bronze medal match.


1987 South Pacific Games, Notes
The South Pacific Games Council announced in 1978 that squash would be included in the Games, and it was played in 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991.


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


1987 South Pembrokeshire District Council election, Boundary Changes
There was a slight reduction in the number of seats as boundaries were realigned.


1987 Southeast Asian Games
The 1987 Southeast Asian Games (Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Asia Tenggara 1987), officially known as the 14th Southeast Asian Games, was a multi-sport event held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 9 to 20 September 1987 with 29 sports featured in the games. This was Indonesia's second time to host the games and its first time since 1979. The games was opened and closed by President of Indonesia Suharto at the Gelora Senayan Stadium. The final medal tally was led by host Indonesia, followed by Thailand and the Philippines.


1987 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Medal table
A total of 1142 medals, comprising 373 Gold medals, 371 Silver medals and 398 Bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The host Indonesia's performance was their best ever yet and emerged as overall champion of the games.


1987 Southeast Missouri State Indians football team
The 1987 Southeast Missouri State Indians football team represented Southeast Missouri State University during the 1987 NCAA Division II football season, and completed the 83rd season of Indians football. The Indians played their home games at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The 1987 team came off a 6–5 record from the previous season. The 1987 team was led by coach Bob Smith. The team finished the season with a 6–4–1 record and won a share of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship.


1987 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1987 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Foley Field in Athens, Georgia from May 14–17. Mississippi State won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament.


1987 Southern 500
The 1987 Heinz Southern 500, the 38th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on September 6, 1987 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 202 laps – shortened from 367 laps due to rain – on the 1.366 mile (2.198 km) speedway, it was the 21st race of the 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing won the race.


1987 Southern 500, Race report
Johnathan Lee Edwards would make his final NASCAR career start while Richard Petty would finish in the "top ten" for the 700th time in his career.


1987 Southern 500, Race report
The last race attempt for Tim Richmond sees him withdraw for health reasons, then resign from Hendrick Motorsports later in the month. An attempted comeback in 1988 was ultimately not to be, due to a highly controversial "positive" drug test that barred him for the 1988 season. He was reinstated later in the year after a settled lawsuit, but could not find a ride, and ultimately never raced again before his death in 1989.