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March 7, 1987Died on Sunday March 8, 1987
- Ambrose Tonner (75), Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida, Verenigde Staten
- Charles Obed Turner (81), Palm Spgs., Riverside Co., CA
- Adriaan van der Velde (57), Lelystad (Fl)
- Eileen T ELLERY
- Adriana de Bruijn (61), Dubbeldam
- Cornelis Govert Kuiters (66), Dordrecht
- Christina Jansje Plasmeijer (48)
- Albert Jan Breukelman (88)
- Aaltje van Logchem (84)
- Cornelia Geertruida de Jong (84)
Born on March 8
- 1984 » Rafik Djebbour, Algerian footballer
- 1984 » Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer
- 1984 » Sasha Vujačić, Slovenian basketball player
- 1987 » Jonathan Wright, Australian rugby league player
- 1988 » Benny Blanco, American rapper and producer
- 1988 » Tommy Pham, American baseball player
- 1990 » Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer
- 1990 » Ben Tozer, English footballer
- 1990 » Nico Salva, Filipino basketball player
- 1990 » Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player
Died on March 8
- 1983 » Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1904)
- 1983 » Chabuca Granda, Peruvian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1920)
- 1983 » William Walton, English composer (b. 1902)
- 1985 » Edward Andrews, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1988 » Amar Singh Chamkila, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1961)
- 1988 » Werner Hartmann, German physicist and academic (b. 1912)
- 1991 » John Bellairs, American author and academic (b. 1938)
- 1993 » Billy Eckstine, American trumpet player (b. 1914)
- 1996 » Jack Churchill, British colonel (b. 1906)
- 1997 » Gershon Liebman, French rabbi (b. 1905)
Names that were popular for boys in 1987
- Michael
- Jan
- Thomas
- Mark
- Kevin
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- Joshua
- David
- Dennis
- Pieter
- Peter
- Robert
- Tim
- Sander
- Bart
Names that were popular for girls in 1987
- Maria
- Jessica
- Laura
- Sarah
- Linda
- Kim
- Anna
- Esther
- Sanne
- Nicole
- Johanna
- Amanda
- Anne
- Chantal
- Michelle
- Stephanie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1987
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
- February 26 » Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
- July 24 » Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
- October 7 » Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
- October 19 » The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
- October 21 » The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka, killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
- December 9 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Weather March 8, 1987
The temperature on March 8, 1987 was between -4.9 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.