About the day » Wednesday March 11, 1987Calender converter

• Curtis Allen Denlinger, Preble County, Ohio († 1987)
• Gerard Huub Prinsen, Vrouwenpolder
• Frederik Devolder, Roeselare († 2013)
• Timothy David Drenth, Webster, TX
• Jeroen Janssen, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)

• Derk Koppelman (66)
• Adriaan Timmerman (85), Rotterdam
• Antje Willems Hogewoning (64), unbekannt
• Cornelis Joannes Maria Joseph van Beek (87)
• Cornelis Hof (92), Heerhugowaard
• Adelheid Riess (98), Westminster, London, England
• Berend Seine
• Anne Draaijer (65), Oudemirdum
• Cécile CASTELAIN (80), Mouscron (Moeskroen)
• Anna Hendriks (66), Meerssen,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1985 » Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 » Dario Cologna, Swiss skier
• 1986 » Mariko Shinoda, Japanese singer and actress
• 1987 » Colin Munro, South African-New Zealand cricketer
• 1987 » Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 » Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper
• 1987 » Tanel Kangert, Estonian cyclist
• 1988 » Cecil Lolo, South African footballer († 2015)
• 1988 » Fábio Coentrão, Portuguese footballer
• 1988 » Katsuhiko Nakajima, Japanese wrestler

• 1980 » Chandra Bhanu Gupta, Indian politician, 4th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1902)
• 1982 » Edmund Cooper, English poet and author (b. 1926)
• 1982 » Horace Gregory, American poet, translator, and academic (b. 1898)
• 1983 » Will Glickman, American playwright (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Kostas Roukounas, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1903)
• 1986 » Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1911)
• 1989 » James Kee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
• 1989 » John J. McCloy, American lawyer and banker (b. 1895)
• 1992 » Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1995 » Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress and singer (b. 1945)

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. 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.
• March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
• May 15 » The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
• May 17 » Iran–Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USSStark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
• July 24 » Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
• October 6 » Fiji becomes a republic.
• November 29 » North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.

The temperature on March 11, 1987 was between -4.6 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.