About the day » Saturday May 23, 1987Calender converter

• Mark Godding, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)

• Anetta L. KAMPHUIS (69), Fargo Cass County North Dakota U.S.A
• Alida Elizabeth Post (80), Delft
• Cornelis Cornelis Leoné (69), Op zaterdag te Amsterdam
• Cornelia Johanna Maria van Midden (82), Rotterdam
• Annegje Herlaar (72), Australie
• Anna Elisabeth Gijselaers (83), Heer (Maastricht)
• Aaltje Huizing (87), Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Verveer (61)
• Charles Edward Skipper (91), Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Beertje van de Waterweg (79), Harderwijk

• 1985 » Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
• 1986 » Alexei Sitnikov, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
• 1986 » Alice Tait, Australian swimmer
• 1986 » Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer
• 1986 » Ryan Coogler, American film director and screenwriter
• 1987 » Bray Wyatt, American wrestler
• 1987 » Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1988 » Angelo Ogbonna, Italian footballer
• 1988 » Morgan Pressel, American golfer
• 1988 » Rosanna Crawford, Canadian biathlete

• 1981 » Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1981 » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1989 » Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (b. 1915)
• 1989 » Karl Koch, German computer hacker (b. 1965)
• 1991 » Fletcher Markle, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)
• 1991 » Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1907)
• 1991 » Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
• 1992 » Giovanni Falcone, Italian lawyer and judge (b. 1939)
• 1992 » Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (b. 1948)

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

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

• 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.
• June 12 » The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
• July 29 » Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
• October 11 » The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
• November 8 » Remembrance Day bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded.
• December 9 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
• December 22 » In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.

The temperature on May 23, 1987 was between 7.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.