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Born on Thursday January 15, 1987
Died on Thursday January 15, 1987
- Anna Margaretha Ellermann (98), Barger-Oosterveld
- Brian James Vandenborn (15), Edmonton, Alberta (CDN)
- Alberta Schouten (82)
- Arnoldus Frederikus Josephus Maria Ackermans (75), Diemen (noord-holland)
- Arthur James Conway Sr. (77), Chickason, Alabama
- Adrianus van Bennekum (77)
- Anna Margaretha Ellermann (98), Barger-Oosterveld, Emmen
- Betty Jo Green Cordle (54), Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky
- Adriana Josephina Francisca van Bavel (68), 's-Hertogenbosch
- Anna Margaretha Ellerman (98), emmen ( gemeente )
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 15, 1987 at Delpher
Born on January 15
- 1985 » Enrico Patrizio, Italian rugby player
- 1985 » René Adler, German footballer
- 1986 » Fred Davis, American football player
- 1987 » David Knight, English footballer
- 1987 » Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player
- 1987 » Kelleigh Ryan, Canadian fencer
- 1987 » Michael Seater, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1987 » Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian runner
- 1988 » Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer
- 1988 » Skrillex, American DJ and producer
Died on January 15
- 1981 » Graham Whitehead, English race car driver (b. 1922)
- 1982 » Red Smith, American journalist (b. 1905)
- 1983 » Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (b. 1898)
- 1983 » Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1984 » Fazıl Küçük, Cypriot journalist and politician (b. 1906)
- 1987 » Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
- 1988 » Seán MacBride, Irish republican activist and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 1990 » Gordon Jackson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1923)
- 1990 » Peggy van Praagh, English ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1910)
- 1993 » Sammy Cahn, American songwriter (b. 1913)
Names that were popular for boys in 1987
- Michael
- Jan
- Thomas
- Mark
- Kevin
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- Joshua
- David
- Dennis
- Pieter
- Peter
- Robert
- Sander
- Tim
- Bart
Names that were popular for girls in 1987
- Maria
- Jessica
- Laura
- Sarah
- Linda
- Anna
- Kim
- Esther
- Sanne
- Nicole
- Johanna
- Amanda
- Anne
- Michelle
- Chantal
- Marieke
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.
- February 23 » Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
- May 15 » The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
- June 8 » New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
- July 24 » Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
- July 24 » US supertanker SSBridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
- October 21 » The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka, killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
Weather January 15, 1987
The temperature on January 15, 1987 was between -12.1 °C and -7.0 °C and averaged -9.3 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.