About the day » Saturday March 7, 1987Calender converter
March 6, 1987Died on Saturday March 7, 1987
- Barbara Meijers (78), Stein, Gemeente Stein, Limburg, Nederland
- Aagje Waardenberg (79), Vlaardingen
- Cornelia Kingma (93), Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Andrée Goossens (89), Zoutleeuw, België
- Beatrice Marie Mohr (68), Waco, McLennan, Texas, Verenigde Staten
- Cornelis van der Marel (60), Ehrwardt, Oostenrijk
- Christina Hendrika Stam (91), Amsterdam, Noord Holland
- Ada Ewart (92), Southport, Queensland, Australia
- Albertus van Ochten (81)
- Bart Lormans (17), Genk
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 7, 1987 at Delpher
Born on March 7
- 1983 » Manucho, Angolan footballer
- 1984 » Lindsay McCaul, American singer-songwriter
- 1984 » Mathieu Flamini, French footballer
- 1985 » Andre Fluellen, American football player
- 1985 » Cameron Prosser, Australian swimmer
- 1985 » Gerwyn Price, Welsh darts player
- 1986 » Ben Griffin, Australian footballer
- 1987 » Hatem Ben Arfa, French footballer
- 1987 » Niclas Bergfors, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1988 » Larry Asante, American football player
Died on March 7
- 1981 » Kirill Kondrashin, Russian conductor (b. 1914)
- 1982 » Ida Barney, American astronomer, mathematician, and academic (b. 1886)
- 1983 » Igor Markevitch, Ukrainian conductor and composer (b. 1912)
- 1986 » Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York State Attorney General (b. 1904)
- 1988 » Divine, American drag queen and film actor (b. 1945)
- 1991 » Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player (b. 1903)
- 1993 » Carlo Mazzarella, Italian actor and journalist (b. 1919)
- 1993 » J. Merrill Knapp, American musicologist (b. 1914)
- 1993 » Martti Larni, Finnish writer (b. 1909)
- 1993 » Tony Harris, South African cricketer (b. 1916)
Names that were popular for boys in 1987
- Johannes
- Jan
- Michael
- Cornelis
- Thomas
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Peter
- David
- Robert
- John
- Mark
- Alexander
- Martijn
- Maria
Names that were popular for girls in 1987
- Maria
- Johanna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Anna
- Anne
- Nicole
- Laura
- Jessica
- Elizabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Sarah
- Linda
- Cornelia
- Michelle
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.
- March 7 » Lieyu massacre: Taiwanese military massacre of 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen.
- April 8 » Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
- July 24 » US supertanker SSBridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
- August 4 » The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
- November 1 » British Rail Class 43 (HST) hits the record speed of 238km/h for rail vehicles with on-board fuel to generate electricity for traction motors.
- 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 weather on Saturday March 7, 1987
The temperature on March 7, 1987 was between -5.3 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI