About the day » Thursday December 31, 1987Calender converter

• Martijn Spithoff, Drachten († 2016)
• David Racke
• Alex Harvey Oakeson, Salt Lake City
• Chelsey Maree WYTENBURG, Dunedin (NZL) († 1988)
• Laurence MILLER, Uccle, 1180, Bruxelles, Brabant
• Elke Aarnoudse

• Antonius Johannes Gooijers (87), Rotterdam
• Agnes de Jongh (80), Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota
• Annie Akse (45), Almelo
• Anna Maria Hornix (77), Maaseik-Neeroeteren, Provincie Limburg, België
• Anna Makken (71), Eelde, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Meiringh (81), Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Steegh (75), Velden, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Johannes Wijbenga (90), Damwoude
• Auguste Henri Marie de Meijer (70), Terneuzen, Z, The Netherlands
• Arthur Uitermarkt (77), Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa

• 1984 » Ben Hannant, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 » Jan Smit, Dutch singer and television host
• 1985 » Jonathan Horton, American gymnast
• 1986 » Kade Snowden, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 » Nate Freiman, American baseball player
• 1987 » Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast
• 1987 » Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
• 1987 » Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
• 1987 » Nemanja Nikolić, Hungarian footballer
• 1989 » Brian Gregan, Irish sprinter and athlete

• 1980 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)
• 1983 » Sevim Burak, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1931)
• 1985 » Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1940)
• 1987 » Jerry Turner, American journalist (b. 1929)
• 1988 » Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (b. 1907)
• 1990 » George Allen, American football player and coach (b. 1918)
• 1990 » Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (b. 1891)
• 1990 » Vasily Lazarev, Russian physician, colonel, and astronaut (b. 1928)
• 1993 » Brandon Teena, American murder victim (b. 1972)
• 1993 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (b. 1939)

1. Michael
2. Jan
3. Thomas
4. Mark
5. Jeroen
6. Kevin
7. Johannes
8. Joshua
9. David
10. Dennis
11. Pieter
12. Peter
13. Tim
14. Robert
15. Sander
16. Bart

1. Maria
2. Jessica
3. Laura
4. Sarah
5. Linda
6. Kim
7. Anna
8. Esther
9. Sanne
10. Nicole
11. Johanna
12. Amanda
13. Anne
14. Michelle
15. Chantal
16. Stephanie

• 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.
• March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
• May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
• May 11 » Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
• July 1 » The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
• August 31 » Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.
• December 20 » In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker 'MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).

The temperature on December 31, 1987 was between 7.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.