About the day » Thursday January 29, 1987Calender converter

• Ingvar Lasse BATENBURG, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Laurien Waaijer, Waddinxveen
• Samantha Zieltjens († 1987)
• Samantha Zieltjens († 1987)
• David Charles FISHER, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 1987)
• Helen Lorraine FISHER, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 1987)
• Claudia Marina Cornelia van Rooij, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Bertus Cornelis den Braasem (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• * Alida Frederika Adriana Louwersheimer (77), 's Gravenhage
• Bento Gurgel de Salles (72), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Alice Setha Knudson (98), Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Berthe Marie DELFORTRIE DELFORIE (89), Longues-sur-Mer, 14400, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, FRANCE
• Alexis Franciscus Josephus Vanderhasselt (87), Asse (Bollebeek), Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Andreas Bernardus Joseph von Hebel (70), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alphonse de Bruijne (78), Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Baaltje Heerschap (61), Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• aagtje snakenborg (92), Den Helder, Netherlands

• 1982 » Adam Lambert, American singer, songwriter and actor
• 1984 » Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
• 1984 » Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 » Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
• 1987 » José Abreu, Cuban baseball player
• 1988 » Aydın Yılmaz, Turkish footballer
• 1988 » Shay Logan, English footballer
• 1988 » Tatyana Chernova, Russian heptathlete
• 1989 » Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
• 1993 » Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer

• 1977 » Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (b. 1954)
• 1978 » Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (b. 1895)
• 1980 » Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (b. 1893)
• 1991 » Yasushi Inoue, Japanese author and poet (b. 1907)
• 1992 » Willie Dixon, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1915)
• 1993 » Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (b. 1906)
• 1994 » Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (b. 1967)
• 1999 » Lili St. Cyr, American model and dancer (b. 1918)
• 2002 » Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (b. 1914)
• 2003 » Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)

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. Kim
7. Anna
8. Esther
9. Sanne
10. Nicole
11. Johanna
12. Amanda
13. Anne
14. Chantal
15. Michelle
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.
• May 5 » Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
• 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.
• June 29 » Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4million at an auction in London, England.
• 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.
• August 7 » Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union.
• August 16 » Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.

The temperature on January 29, 1987 was between -8.0 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.