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1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year that started on a Thursday in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 Frobisher Bay Northwest Territories changes its name to Iqaluit. In 1999 it becomes the capital of Nunavut. January 2 ChadianLibyan conflict Battle of Fada: The Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. January 3 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 4 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington D.C. to Boston Massachusetts collides with Conrail engines at Chase Maryland killing 16. January 5 U.S. President Ronald Reagan undergoes prostate surgery causing speculation about his physical fitness to continue in office. January 8 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2000 for the first time gaining 8.30 to close at 2002.25. January 13 New York mafiosi Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno and Carmine Peruccia are sentenced to 100 years in prison for racketeering. January 16 Len Febres Cordero president of Ecuador is kidnapped by followers of imprisoned General Frank Vargas who successfully demand the latter's release. January 20 Terry Waite the special envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lebanon is kidnapped in Beirut (released November 1991). January 22 Pennsylvania Treasurer Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself with a revolver during a televised press conference after being found guilty on charges of bribery fraud conspiracy and racketeering. January 29 William J. Casey ends his term as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. January 31 The last Ohrbach's department store closes in New York City after 64 years of operation. February February 11 British Airways is privatised and listed on the London Stock Exchange. The new Constitution of the Philippines goes into effect. February 20 A second Unabomber bomb explodes at the Salt Lake City computer store injuring the owner. February 23 Supernova 1987A the first "naked-eye" supernova since 1604 is observed. February 25 St. Kitts and Nevis recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). February 26 Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes U.S. President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his National Security Council staff. February 27 Antigua and Barbuda recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). March March 2 American Motors Corporation is acquired by the Chrysler Corporation March 4 U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran-Contra Affair acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had 'deteriorated' into an arms-for-hostages deal. March 6 Zeebrugge Disaster: A cross-channel ferry capsizes outside the harbor off Zeebrugge Belgium; 180 drown. March 9 The Irish rock band U2 releases their studio album The Joshua Tree. March 18 Woodstock of physics: The marathon session of the American Physical Societys meeting features 51 presentations concerning the science of high-temperature superconductors. March 24 Michael Eisner CEO of The Walt Disney Company and French Prime Minister and future President of France Jacques Chirac sign the agreement to construct the 4800 acre Euro Disney Resort (now called Disneyland Paris) and to develop the Val d'Europe area of the new town Marne-la-Valle in Paris France. April April 13 Portugal and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau will be returned to China in 1999. April 19 The Simpsons cartoon first appears on The Tracy Ullman Show. April 27 The United States Department of Justice declares incumbent Austrian president Kurt Waldheim an "undesirable alien". April 30 Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the Provincial Premiers agree on principle to the Meech Lake Accord which would bring Quebec into the constitution. May May 9 A Soviet-made Il-62 airliner operated by LOT Polish Airlines crashes near the Kabacki forest in Poland killing all 183 people on board. May 11 Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II May 14 Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka executes a bloodless coup in Fiji. May 17 U.S.S. Stark is hit by two Iraqi-owned Exocet AM39 air-to-surface missiles killing 37 sailors. May 22 Hashimpura massacre in Meerut city of India. May 28 Nineteen year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet air defenses and lands a private plane on Red Square in Moscow. He is immediately detained (released on August 3 1988). June June 3 Trade unionists in Vanuatu found the Vanuatu Labour Party. June 8 The New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone Disarmament and Arms Control Act is passed the first of its kind in the world. June 11 - The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom led by Margaret Thatcher is re-elected for a third term at the 1987 general election. June 12 During a visit to Berlin Germany U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. June 17 With the death of the last individual the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct. June 19 Teddy Seymour is officially designated the first black man to sail around the world when he completes his solo sailing circumnavigation in Frederiksted St. Croix of the United States Virgin Islands. Edwards v. Aguillard: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools whenever evolution is taught is unconstitutional. June 27 A commercial HS 748 (Philippine Airlines Flight 206) crashes near Baguio City Philippines killing 50. June 28 An accidental explosion at Hohenfels Training Area in West Germany kills 3 U.S. troopers. June 29 South Korean president Roh Tae-Woo makes a speech promising a wide program of nationwide reforms the result of June Democracy Movement. June 30 Canada introduces a one dollar coin nicknamed the "Loonie". July July 1 The Single European Act is passed by the European Community. U.S. President Ronald Reagan nominates former Solicitor General Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. The nomination is later rejected by the Senate the first and only nominee rejection to date. July 3 In the Soviet Union Vladimir Nikolayev is sentenced to death for cannibalism. Greater Manchester Police recover the body of 16-year-old Pauline Reade from Saddleworth Moor after her killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley helped them in their search almost exactly 24 years since Pauline was last seen alive. July 4 A court in Lyon sentences former Gestapo boss Klaus Barbie to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity. July 11 Australian Prime Minister Robert Hawke's government is re-elected for a third term. World population reaches five billion people with a child Matej Mitja Gapar born in Zagreb Croatia according to the United Nations.1 July 17 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 2500 mark for the first time at 2510.04. July 22 Palestinian cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali is shot in London; he dies August 28. July 25 The East Lancashire Railway a heritage railway in the North West of England is opened between Bury and Ramsbottom. July 31 Four hundred Iranian pilgrims are killed in clashes with Saudi Arabian security forces in Mecca. Docklands Light Railway in London the first driverless railway in Great Britain is formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II. An F4-rated tornado devastates eastern Edmonton Alberta. Hardest hit are an industrial park and a trailer park. 27 people are killed and hundreds injured with hundreds more left homeless and jobless. August August 4 The World Commission on Environment and Development also known as the Brundtland Commission publishes its report Our Common Future. The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to "fairly" present controversial issues. August 7 The Colombian frigate Caldas enters Venezuelan waters near the Los Monjes Archipelago sparking the Caldas frigate crisis between both nations. August 9 Hoddle Street Massacre: Julian Knight 19 goes on a shooting rampage in Melbourne killing seven people and injuring 19 before surrendering to police. August 14 All the children held at Kia Lama a rural property on Lake Eildon Australia run by the Santiniketan Park Association are released after a police raid. August 16 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (a McDonnell Douglas MD-82) crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus Michigan just West of Detroit killing all but one (4-year old Cecelia Cichan) of the 156 people on board. The followers of the Harmonic Convergence claim it was observed around the world. August 17 Rudolf Hess is found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison. Hess 93 is believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical flex. He was the last remaining prisoner at the complex which is soon demolished. August 19 ABC News' chief Middle East correspondent Charles Glass escapes his Hezbollah kidnappers in Beirut Lebanon after 62 days in captivity. Order of the Garter is opened to women. September Performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Index during Black Monday September 2 In Moscow the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May. September 3 In a coup d'tat in Burundi President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya. September 7September 21 The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory. September 13 Scavengers open an old radiation source abandoned in a hospital in Goinia causing the worst radiation accident ever in an urban area. September 17 At a small rally in Harlem televangelist Pat Robertson announces his candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination. October October 3 The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement is reached but still requires ratification. This agreement would be a precursor to NAFTA. October 11 The first National Coming Out Day is held in celebration of the second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. October 14October 16 The United States is caught up in a drama that unfolds on television as a young child Jessica McClure falls down a well in Midland Texas and is later rescued. October 15October 16 Great Storm of 1987: Hurricane-force winds hit much of South England killing 23 people. October 19 Black Monday: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world. U.S. warships destroy 2 Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf Two commuter trains collide head-on on the outskirts of Jakarta Indonesia; 102 are killed. October 22 The pilot of a British Aerospace BAE Harrier GR5 registered ZD325 accidentally ejects his aircraft. The jet continues to fly until it runs out of fuel and crashes into the Irish Sea.2 October 23 Champion English jockey Lester Piggott is jailed for three years after being convicted of tax evasion. On a vote of 5842 the United States Senate rejects President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. October 26 The Dow Jones Industrial Average goes down 156.83 points. November November 1 InterCity 125 breaks world diesel powered train speed record reaching 238 km/h (147.88 mph). November 7 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumes the Presidency of Tunisia. November 8 Enniskillen bombing: Eleven people are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb at a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen. November 15 In Braov Romania workers rebel against the communist regime led by Nicolae Ceauescu. November 16 Parlatino Treaty of Institutionalization signed. November 17 A tsunami hits the Gulf of Alaska. November 18 The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31. Iran-Contra affair: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair. November 22 Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident unknown perpetrators hijack the signal of WGN-TV for about 20 seconds and WTTW for about 90 seconds and displays a strange video of a man in a Max Headroom mask. November 25 Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with 165 miles per hour (266 km/h) winds and a devastating storm surge causing destruction and 1036 deaths. November 28 South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian ocean off Mauritius due to a fire in the cargo hold; the 159 passengers and crew perish. November 29 Korean Air Flight 858 is blown up over the Andaman Sea killing 115 crew and passengers (North Korean agents are suspected). December December 1 NASA announces the names of 4 companies awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing Aerospace General Electric's Astro-Space Division McDonnell Douglas and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell. Construction of the Channel Tunnel is initiated. Queensland: Following a week of turmoil from his National Party of Australia colleagues Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland. He is replaced by Mike Ahern the only premier never to contest an election as premier. December 2 Hustler Magazine v. Falwell is argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. December 7 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles California killing all 43 on board after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-supervisor on the flight then shoots both pilots and himself. December 8 Israeli-Palestinian conflict: First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. Queen Street massacre: In Melbourne Australia 22-year-old Frank Vitkovic kills 8 and injures another 5 in a Post Office building before committing suicide by jumping from the eleventh floor. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Alianza Lima air disaster: A Peruvian Navy Fokker F27 crashes near Ventanilla Peru killing 43. December 9 General Rahimuddin Khan retires from the Pakistan Army along with the cabinet of the country's military dictatorship. Microsoft releases Windows 2.0. December 17 Gustv Husk resigns as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. December 18 Square Co. Ltd. releases Final Fantasy in Japan for the Famicom. The Perl programming language is created by Larry Wall. December 20 In history's worst peacetime sea disaster the passenger ferry MV Doa Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines killing an estimated 4000 people (1749 official). December 21 Turgut zal of ANAP forms the new government of Turkey (46th government). December 29 Albania recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). December 30 Pope John Paul II issues the encyclical Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern). Date unknown The Pendolino train makes its debut in Italy. Tinker Hatfield designed the Nike Air Max. Shoko Asahara founds the Aum Shinrikyo cult. Thomas Knoll and John Knoll develop the first version of Photoshop. Maglite introduces the 2AAA Mini Maglite battery targeted for medical and industrial applications. Barry Minkow's ZZZZ Best fraud unravels. Varroa destructor an invasive parasite is found in the U.S. In fiction

The following are references to year 1987 in fiction: Music: 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On) debut album by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu later known as The KLF. Film: 13 Going on 30 (2004): The scenes where Jenna is thirteen take place on May 26 1987. American Psycho (2000): According to director Mary Harron on the DVD commentary the film is set around the end of 1987. Patrick Bateman is seen reading Zagat's Survey of this year as well. Fargo (1996): The film takes place in Minnesota 1987 Adventureland (2009): The film takes place in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania summer 1987 Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009): The film takes place in Harlem New York in 1987. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004): There is a picture of a fat White Goodman with the caption "White Goodman - 1987" on it. Television: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979): NASA launches the last of America's deep-space probes the Space Shuttle Ranger 3 which is piloted by Captain William "Buck" Rogers. Set in 1987: the Doctor Who episode "Father's Day" 2005 takes place on November 7. Space: 1999 episode "The Rules of Luton" we learn that a world war likely World War III began sometime in 1987. It was described as 'The war to end all wars'. Computer/video games: Resident Evil: Michael Warren is elected mayor of Raccoon City. Shenmue (1999) Story continues into 1987. Shenmue II (2001): The game is set in 1987 Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus is set in this year (as claimed by the newspaper after beating a boss). Syphon Filter 3: Three levels take place in and around Kabul Afghanistan during this year amidst the Soviet occupation with Gabe Logan and Lian Xing pitted against Afghan rebels and Soviet troops. Births January January 1 Meryl Davis American figure skater Xiah Korean singer (TVXQ) January 2 Shelley Hennig American actress Lauren Storm is an American actress January 5 Kristin Cavallari American reality television star January 6 Zhang Lin Chinese swimmer January 7 - Lyndsy Fonseca American actress January 9 Lucas Leiva Brazilian football player January 10 Csar Cielo Brazilian swimmer January 12 Naya Rivera American actress January 15 Kelly Kelly American professional wrestler Michael Seater Canadian actor Tsegaye Kebede Ethiopian long-distance runner January 16 Jake Epstein Canadian actor January 24 Luis Suarez Uruguayan football player January 26 Sebastian Giovinco Italian football player January 27 Hannah Teter American snowboarder Lily Donaldson is a British model January 30 Arda Turan Turkish footballer February February 1 Giuseppe Rossi Italian-American football player Heather Morris is an American actress February 2 Gerard Pique Barcelona and Spanish footballer Victoria Song Chinese pop singer (f(x)) and model February 5 Darren Criss American singer and actor Richard Rawson English rapper and song-writer February 7 Kerli Kiv Estonian singer February 8 Carolina Kostner Italian figure skater February 16 Luc Bourdon Canadian ice hockey defenceman (d. 2008) February 21 Ashley Greene American actress Ellen Page Canadian actress February 25 Natalie Dreyfuss American actress Andrew Poje Canadian figure skater February 26 Julia Bond American pornographic actress March March 1 Kesha American singer March 5 - Anna Chakvetadze is a Russian professional tennis March 6 Kevin-Prince Boateng German and Ghanaian footballer March 7 Hatem Ben Arfa Tunisian-French footballer March 9 Bow Wow American rapper March 12 Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijani chess player Jessica Hardy is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke and freestyle stroke March 13 Marco Andretti IRL driver March 14 Aravane Reza Iranian-French tennis player March 17 - Robert Kardashian Jr. American television personality model and talent manager

March 19 - Josie Loren American actress. March 20 Joao Alves de Assis Silva Brazilian soccer player March 23 Alan Toovey Australian Rules Football Premiership player March 25 Nobunari Oda Japanese figure skater March 26 YUI Japanese singer-songwriter April April 1 Ding Junhui Chinese snooker player April 3 Park Jung Min Korean singer member of SS501 April 8 Royston Drenthe Real Madrid footballer April 9 Jesse McCartney American singer and actor April 10 Hayley Westenra New Zealand soprano Shay Mitchell is a Canadian actress and model April 11 Joss Stone English musician April 11 Lights Poxleitner Canadian musician April 12 Brendon Urie American musician Brooklyn Decker is an American fashion model and actress April 16 Aaron Lennon English footballer April 19 Joe Hart English under 21 footballer Maria Sharapova Russian tennis player Oksana Akinshina is a Russian actress April 20 - John Patrick Amedori is an American actor and musician April 22 Mikel John Obi Nigerian footballer April 27 William Moseley English actor Anne Suzuki Japanese actress April 28 Samantha Ruth Prabhu Indian film actress and model April 29 -Alicia Morton is an American actress and singer April 29 -Dan Nicely American Musician and Satirist May May 1 Shahar Pe'er Israeli tennis player May 2 Nana Kitade Japanese singer May 4 Cesc Fbregas Spanish football player Jorge Lorenzo Spanish motorcycle racer May 6 Moon Geun Young Korean actress May 7 Asami Konno Japanese singer May 13 Hunter Parrish American actor Candice Accola is an American actress and singer May 15 Andrew Murray Scottish tennis player May 22 Novak okovi Serbian tennis player June June 2 Sonakshi Sinha Indian Actress June 3 Lalaine American actress and singer Masami Nagasawa Japanese actress June 4 Mollie King British singer June 9 - Rheagan Wallace is an American actress June 11 Dappy English Rapper June 16 Kelly Blatz American actor and singer June 16 Diana DeGarmo is an American singer and Broadway actress June 17 Nozomi Tsuji Japanese singer June 22 Lee Min Ho South Korean actor and model June 24 Lionel Messi Argentine football player June 26 Samir Nasri French footballer June 27 Ed Westwick English actor July July 2 Ruslana Korshunova Kazakhstani model (d. 2008) July 3 Sebastian Vettel German racing driver July 6 Kate Nash British singer/songwriter Matt O'Leary American actor. July 7 Julianna Guill is an American actress July 16 - AnnaLynne McCord American actress July 24 Mara Wilson American actress July 25 Michael Welch American actor July 27 Marek Hamsik Slovakian football player July 28 Sumire Japanese fashion model (d. 2009) July 29 - Dyana Liu is an American actress July 31 Michael Bradley American soccer player August August 3 Kim Hyung Jun South Korean singer DJ (SS501) August 4 Philip Younghusband British-Filipino footballer August 5 - Genelia D'Souza is an Indian actress model and host August 6 Matt Di Angelo English actor Aditya Narayan Bollywood actor and singer August 7 Sidney Crosby Canadian hockey player August 8 Katie Leung Scottish actress August 14 James Buckley English actor August 18 - Mika Boorem is an American actress August 19 Nico Hlkenberg German racing driver August 20 Ctlina Ponor Romanian gymnast August 21 - Cody Kasch American actor August 25 Blake Lively American actress Liu Yifei Chinese actress Johanna Braddy is an American film September September 2 Scott Moir Canadian figure skater Spencer Smith American musician September 7 Evan Rachel Wood American actress and singer Aleksandra Wozniak Canadian tennis player September 10 - The original WTF W.T. Fuller a successful accountant of the Post Dot-Com Era was born in Fort Worth Texas. September 11 Susianna Kentikian German-Armenian boxer September 19 Danielle Panabaker American actress September 22 Tom Felton English actor September 23 - Skylar Astin is an American actor September 24 Matthew Connolly English footballer Brit Morgan is an American film and television actress September 28 Hilary Duff American actress and singe September 29 - Kyle Riabko is a Canadian pop singer guitarist October October 8 Aya Hirano Japanese voice actress and singer October 9 Zuleyka Rivera Miss Universe 2006 October 12 Besian Idrizaj Austrian football player October 18 Zac Efron American actor Freja Beha Erichsen Danish model October 20 Levy Li Miss Malaysia Universe 2008 October 24 Charlie White American figure skater October 27 Thelma Aoyama Japanese singer Yi Jianlian Chinese basketball player (year of birth disputed) October 28 - Na Yeon Choi s a South Korean female professional golfer October 29 Jessica Dub Canadian figure skater Makoto Ogawa Japanese singer November November 3 Elizabeth Smart American kidnap survivor Gemma Ward Australian model November 4 T.O.P Korean rapper November 5 Kevin Jonas American singer/songwriter November 6 Ana Ivanovi Serbian tennis player November 8 - Samantha Droke is an American actress November 11 Yuya Tegoshi Japanese singer (NEWS Tegomass) November 17 Kat DeLuna American singer November 18 Jake Abel American Actor November 28 Karen Gillan Scottish Actress November 30 Dougie Poynter English musician (McFly) December December 3 Michael Angarano American actor Alicia Sacramone American gymnast December 4 Orlando Brown American actor singer and comedian December 7 Aaron Carter American singer and actor December 8 Susanne Riesch German alpine skier December 10 Gonzalo Higuain Real Madrid footballer December 12 Lao Lishi Chinese diver Kate Todd Canadian actress December 18 Miki Ando Japanese figure skater Ayaka Japanese singer December 19 Karim Benzema French footballer December 20 Michihiro Yasuda Japanese football player December 21 - Valerie Concepcion is a Filipina actress December 28 Thomas Dekker American actor December 31 Javaris Crittenton American basketball player Seydou Doumbia Ivorian football player milie Le Pennec French gymnast Deaths January Liberace January 9 Arthur Lake American actor (b. 1905) January 14 Douglas Sirk German-born film director (b. 1897) January 15 Ray Bolger American actor singer and dancer (b. 1904) January 21 Charles Goodell American politician (b. 1926) January 22 Budd Dwyer American politician (b. 1939) January 27 Allan V. Cox American geologist (b. 1926) Norman McLaren Canadian animator and director (b. 1914) January 31 Yves Allgret French film director (b. 1905) February Dmitry Kabalevsky Lev Russov February 2 Alistair MacLean British writer (heart attack) (b. 1922) February 3 Donald Aronow Creator of the Cigarette Boat (Assassinated) (b. 1927) February 4 Liberace American pianist (b. 1919) February 5 William Collier American actor (b. 1902) February 10 Robert O'Brien racing driver (b. 1908) February 14 Dmitry Kabalevsky Russian composer (b. 1904) February 20 Lev Russov Russian painter (b. 1926) February 22 David Susskind American producer and host (b. 1920) Andy Warhol American artist director writer (b. 1928) Glenway Wescott American novelist (b. 1901) February 24 Jim Connors American radio personality (b. 1940) February 25 James Coco American actor (b. 1930) John Collin English actor (b. 1931) February 27 Joan Greenwood English actress (b. 1921) February 28 Stephen Tennant British aristocrat and playboy (b. 1906) March Maria von Trapp March 2 Randolph Scott American actor (b. 1898) March 3 Danny Kaye American singer actor and comedian (b. 1918) March 7 Waldo Salt American screenwriter (b. 1914) March 11 Joe Gladwin English actor (b. 1906) Woody Hayes football coach at Ohio State (b. 1913) March 13 Gerald Moore English pianist (b. 1899) March 19 Louis-Victor de Broglie French physicist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892) March 21 Dean Paul Martin American actor (b. 1951) Robert Preston American actor (b. 1918) March 22 Joan Shawlee American actress (b. 1926) March 26 Walter Abel American actor (b. 1898) Eugen Jochum German conductor (b. 1902) March 28 Maria von Trapp Austrian singer (b. 1905) Patrick Troughton British actor (b. 1920) April Erskine Caldwell Kent Taylor April 1 Henri Cochet French tennis champion (b. 1901) April 2 Buddy Rich American jazz drummer (b. 1917) Trevor Hockey Welsh footballer (b. 1943) April 3 Tom Sestak American football player (b. 1936) April 4 C. L. Moore American writer (b. 1911) Erskine Caldwell American writer (b. 1903) Kent Taylor American actor (b. 1907) April 15 Masatoshi Nakayama Japanese Karate Master (b. 1913) April 17 Carlton Barrett Jamaican reggae drummer (b. 1950) Dick Shawn American actor (b. 1924) April 19 Milt Kahl Animator for the Disney Studio (b. 1909) Antony Tudor English dancer and choreographer (b. 1908) April 26 John Ernest Silkin British politician (b. 1923) April 28 Ben Linder American engineer (b. 1959) May Rita Hayworth May 3 Dalida French singer (b. 1933) May 4 Paul Butterfield American musician (b. 1942) Cathryn Damon American actress (b. 1930) May 6 William J. Casey American Central Intelligence Agency director (b. 1913) May 7 Colin Blakely Irish actor (b. 1930) May 14 Rita Hayworth American actress (b. 1918) May 17 Gunnar Myrdal Swedish economist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) May 19 James Tiptree Jr American author (b. 1915) May 21 Alejandro Rey Argentine actor (b. 1930) May 24 Hermione Gingold English actress (b. 1897) May 27 John Howard Northrop American chemist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891) June Fred Astaire June 2 Sammy Kaye American bandleader and songwriter (b. 1910) Andrs Segovia Spanish guitarist (b. 1893) June 3 Will Sampson American actor (b. 1933) June 6 Fulton Mackay Scottish actor (b. 1922) June 9 Madge Kennedy American actress (b. 1891) June 10 Elizabeth Hartman American actress (suicide) (b. 1943) June 11 Ralph Guldahl American golf champion (b. 1911) June 13 Vera Caspary American screenwriter novelist playwright (b. 1899) Geraldine Page American actor (b. 1924) June 19 Teresa Cormack New Zealand murder victim (b. 1981) June 22 Fred Astaire American actor and dancer (b. 1899) John Hewitt Northern Irish poet (b. 1907) Joseph Meyer American songwriter (b. 1894) June 24 Jackie Gleason American actor and comedian (b. 1916) July Lee Marvin July 2 Michael Bennett American theater director and choreographer (b. 1943) July 3 Viola Dana American actress (b. 1897) July 10 John Hammond American record producer (b. 1910) July 17 Kristjan Palusalu Estonian wrestler (b. 1908) Yujiro Ishihara Japanese actor (b. 1934) July 20 Richard Egan American actor (b. 1921) July 22 Jack Lescoulie American actor (b. 1917) July 26 Kenneth Muse American animator (b. 1910) Hugh Wheeler English playwright and librettist (b. 1912) July 28 Jack Renshaw Australian politician former Premier of New South Wales (b. 1909) July 31 Joseph E. Levine American film producer (b. 1905) August August 1 Pola Negri Polish born actress (b.1897) August 11 Clara Peller American actress (b. 1902) August 16 Nick Vanos American basketball player (b. 1963) August 17 Clarence Brown American film director (b. 1890) Rudolf Hess Nazi Deputy Fhrer (b. 1894) August 19 - Hayden Rorke American actor (I Dream of Jeannie) (b. 1910) August 26 Georg Wittig German chemist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) August 28 John Huston American film director and actor (b. 1906) August 29 Lee Marvin American actor (b. 1924) September Mary Astor September 3 Rusty Wescoatt American actor (b. 1911) September 4 Bill Bowes British cricketer (b. 1908) Richard Marquand Welsh film director (b. 1937) September 11 Lorne Greene Canadian actor (b. 1915) Peter Tosh Jamaican singer and musician (b. 1944) September 12 John Qualen Canadian actor (b. 1899) September 13 Mervyn LeRoy American film producer and director (b. 1900) September 16 Howard Moss American poet dramatist and critic (b. 1922) September 17 Harry Locke British character actor (b. 1913) September 19 Einar Henry Gerhardsen former Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897) September 21 Jaco Pastorius American bassist (b. 1951) September 22 Dan Rowan American comedian (b. 1922) Hdi Vradi Hungarian actress (b. 1929) September 23 Bob Fosse American theater choreographer and director (b. 1927) September 25 Mary Astor American actress (b. 1906) Harry Holtzman American abstract artist (b. 1912) Emlyn Williams British actor (b. 1905) September 29 Henry Ford II president of Ford Motor Company (b. 1917) September 30 Herbert Sobel US Army officer made famous by Band of Brothers (b. 1912) October Walter Houser Brattain October 2 Madeleine Carroll British actress (b. 1906) Peter Medawar Brazilian-born scientist recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1915) October 3 Jean Anouilh French dramatist (b. 1910) Kalervo Palsa Finnish artist (b. 1947) October 7 Cedric Phatudi Chief Minister of Lebowa bantustan (b. 1912) October 8 Spencer Gordon Bennett American film producer (b. 1893) October 9 Clare Booth Luce American playwright (b. 1903) William P. Murphy American physician recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1892) October 12 Alf Landon American politician (b. 1887) Fahri Korutrk Turkish diplomat 6th President of Turkey (b. 1903) October 13 Walter Houser Brattain American physicist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) Kishore Kumar Indian playback singer (b. 1929) October 19 Jacqueline du Pr British cellist (b. 1945) Hermann Lang German race car driver (b. 1909) October 20 Andrey Kolmogorov Russian mathematician (b. 1903) October 22 Lino Ventura Italian actor (b. 1919) October 28 Andr Masson French artist (b. 1896) October 29 Woody Herman American jazz musician (b. 1913) October 31 Joseph Campbell American author on mythology (b. 1904) November November 1 Ren Lvesque Canadian politician and premier of Quebec (b. 1922) November 5 Eamonn Andrews Television and Radio Presenter (b. 1922) Georges Franju French filmmaker (b. 1912) November 7 Arne Borg Swedish Olympic swimmer (b. 1901) November 10 Seyni Kountche former President of Niger (b. 1931) November 16 Zubir Said Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (b. 1907) November 21 Ivan Jandl Czech actor (b. 1937) November 25 Zohar Argov Israeli singer (b. 1955) November 30 James Baldwin American writer (b. 1924) December Joop den Uyl December 1 Punch Imlach Canadian NHL coach (b. 1918) December 2 Luis Federico Leloir French-born chemist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich Russian physicist (b. 1914) December 4 Rouben Mamoulian Armenian-American film director (b. 1898) December 10 Jascha Heifetz Lithuanian-born violinist (b. 1901) December 17 Linda Wong porn star (b. 1951) December 21 Ralph Nelson American actor (b. 1916) Robert Paige American actor (b. 1911) December 22 Alice Terry American actress (b. 1899) December 24 Joop den Uyl Dutch politician Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 until 1977 (b. 1919) December 27 Priscilla Dean American actress (b. 1896) December 29 Patrick Bissell American dancer (b. 1957) Nobel Prizes Physics J. Georg Bednorz Karl Alexander Mller Chemistry Donald J Cram Jean-Marie Lehn Charles J. Pedersen Medicine Susumu Tonegawa Literature Joseph Brodsky Peace Oscar Arias Sanchez Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel Robert Solow Right Livelihood Award Johan Galtung Chipko movement Hans-Peter Drr / Global Challenges Network Institute for Food and Development Policy / Frances Moore-Lapp and Mordechai Vanunu Templeton Prize Rev. Professor Stanley L. Jaki References And Baby Makes Five Billion: U.N. Hails a Yugoslav Infant New York Times http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-182748.html