What Happened In December 1987 In History

Historical Events for December, 1987

• 7th » Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
• 8th » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed.
• 8th » Frank Vitkovic Queen Street Massacre e.g shoots and kills eight people at the Australia Post building in Melbourne, Australia or Melbourne, before jumping to his death.
• 8th » The 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster called Alianza Lima air disaster occurs.
• 8th » An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip barrier named Israel–Gaza Strip border, sparking the First Intifada.
• 9th » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
• 18th » Larry Wall releases the first version of the Perl programming language.
• 20th » In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry 'MV Doña Paz called Doña Paz' sinks after colliding with the oil tanker 'Vector ' in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).

Famous Birthdays on December in 1987

• 1st » Tabarie Henry, Virgin Islander sprinter
• 1st » Brett Williams (footballer born 1987) called Brett Williams, English footballer
• 1st » Simon Dawkins, English-born Jamaican footballer
• 2nd » Mari-Leen, Estonian singer
• 2nd » Teairra Marí, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 3rd » Michael Angarano, American actor
• 3rd » Brian Robiskie, American football player
• 3rd » Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast
• 4th » Orlando Brown (actor) called Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper
• 4th » Kethy Õunpuu, Estonian footballer
• 5th » James Argent, English singer, actor and radio host
• 5th » Tommy Fraser, English footballer
• 7th » Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 8th » Jana Juričová, Slovak tennis player
• 9th » Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer
• 9th » Mat Latos, American baseball player
• 9th » Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese-American chess player
• 10th » Gonzalo Higuaín, French-Argentinian footballer
• 11th » Clifton Geathers, American football player
• 11th » Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer
• 11th » Alex Russell (actor) known as Alex Russell, Australian actor
• 14th » Kenneth Medwood, Belizean-American hurdler
• 14th » Aletta Ocean, Hungarian porn actress
• 16th » Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer
• 16th » Beau Dowler, Australian footballer
• 16th » Hallee Hirsh, American actress
• 17th » Bo Guagua, Chinese businessman
• 17th » Chelsea Manning, American soldier
• 18th » Ayaka, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
• 18th » Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater
• 18th » Fernando Jara, Panamanian jockey
• 19th » Cédric Baseya, French-Congolese footballer
• 19th » Karim Benzema, French footballer
• 20th » Yutaka Otsuka, Japanese baseball player
• 20th » Tariel Zintiridis, Greek martial artist
• 21st » Ryza Cenon, Filipino actress and dancer
• 21st » Valerie Concepcion, Filipino actress
• 21st » Brad Howard, Australian footballer
• 22nd » Johannes Ahun, Estonian sailor
• 22nd » Éderzito António Macedo Lopes, Bissau-Portuguese footballer
• 23rd » Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer
• 23rd » Thomas Bourgin, French motorcycle racer (b. 2013)
• 23rd » Owen Franks, New Zealand rugby player
• 24th » Jane Summersett, American ice dancer
• 25th » Ceyhun Gülselam, Turkish footballer
• 25th » Julian Lage, American guitarist and composer
• 25th » Jorgie Porter, English actress
• 25th » Justin Sweeney, Australian footballer
• 25th » LJ Reyes, Filipino actress and dancer
• 26th » Adam Walker (flautist) e.g Adam Walker, English flute player
• 28th » Thomas Dekker (actor) or Thomas Dekker, American actor, singer, and producer
• 28th » Matthias Schwarz, German footballer
• 28th » Hannah Tointon, English actress
• 29th » Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver
• 30th » Jake Cuenca, American-Filipino actor and footballer
• 31st » Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
• 31st » Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
• 31st » Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast

Famous Deaths for December 1987

• 1st » James Baldwin, American author, poet, and critic (b. 1924)
• 1st » Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1918)
• 2nd » Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 4th » Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 4th » Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 10th » Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (b. 1901)
• 11th » G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (b. 1923)
• 12th » Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (b. 1926)
• 17th » Linda Wong (pornographic actress) known as Linda Wong, American porn actress (b. 1951)
• 17th » Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-American author and poet (b. 1903)
• 18th » Conny Plank, German keyboard player and producer (Moebius & Plank and Cluster (band) called Cluster) (b. 1940)
• 19th » August Mälk, Estonian author, playwright, and politician (b. 1900)
• 21st » John Spence (musician) named John Spence, American singer (No Doubt) (b. 1969)
• 22nd » Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sumo (band) e.g Sumo) (b. 1953)
• 24th » Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, List of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands named Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1919)
• 24th » Betty Noyes, American singer and actress (b. 1912)
• 24th » M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, producer, and politician (b. 1917)
• 31st » Jerry Turner (anchorman) e.g Jerry Turner, American journalist (b. 1929)

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