About the day » Wednesday August 12, 1987Calender converter

• Nikki Janssen († 1992)
• Nicoliene Drenth, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1987)
• Erasmus Gustav Strijdom, Zuid-Afrika († 2004)
• ANOESKA CATHARINA MARIA MAAT, Kethel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Catharina Geertruida Bakkum (79), Alkmaar
• Bruce Douglas Gaudin (56), 141 Teviot Street, Invercargill, New Zealand
• Abel Hoving (72), Hastings-Michigan (USA)
• Anna Cornelia Catharina Verbeek (80), Roosendaal
• Antje Annes Hopman (98), Wageningen
• Anna van de Laar (88), Someren-Eind,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Clara van Groningen (92), Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa
• Abraham Izaak Mulder (82), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Martinus Verstegen (74), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna, Cornelia, Catharina Verbeek (80), Roosendaal

• 1985 » Danny Graham, English footballer
• 1985 » Franck Moutsinga, German rugby player
• 1986 » Andrei Agius, Maltese footballer
• 1986 » Kyle Arrington, American football player
• 1987 » Vanessa Watts, West Indian cricketer
• 1988 » Matt Gillett, Australian rugby league player
• 1988 » Tyson Fury, English boxer
• 1989 » Hong Jeong-ho, South Korean footballer
• 1989 » Sunye, South Korean singer
• 1989 » Tom Cleverley, English footballer

• 1982 » Henry Fonda, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1982 » Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
• 1983 » Theodor Burchardi, German admiral (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Ladi Kwali, Nigerian potter (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1985 » Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b. 1951)
• 1986 » Evaline Ness, American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 1988 » Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter (b. 1960)
• 1989 » William Shockley, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1990 » Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress (b. 1903)

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. Tim
15. Sander
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. 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.
• February 23 » Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
• April 21 » The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
• May 11 » Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
• June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
• October 19 » Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
• November 15 » In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.

The temperature on August 12, 1987 was between 13.9 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.