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Born on Wednesday January 21, 1987
Died on Wednesday January 21, 1987
- Arend Runia (100), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
- Catharina Elisabeth Demmers (88), Bergen op Zoom
- Antje Gijsberta Kreukniet (90), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Antoon van Scherpenzeel (85), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Aleida Dirkje de Weerdt (82), Zwolle, Overijssel, The Netherlands
- Annigje VERSLUIS (89)
- Antoon van Scherpenzeel (85), Amsterdam
- Bertus Beltman (56)
- Catharina Elizabeth Kingma (76)
- Berend Holties (70), Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 21, 1987 at Delpher
Born on January 21
- 1987 » Aida Hadzialic, Swedish politician
- 1987 » Alexander Dercho, German footballer
- 1987 » Andrei Cojocari, Moldovan footballer
- 1987 » Augustine Kiprono Choge, Kenyan runner
- 1987 » Danny Munyao, Zambian footballer
- 1987 » Darren Helm, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 » Henrico Drost, Dutch footballer
- 1987 » Ioannis Athanasoulas, Greek basketball player
- 1987 » Kevin Kratz, German footballer
- 1987 » Shaun Keeling, South African rower
Died on January 21
- 1983 » Lamar Williams, American bass player (b. 1949)
- 1984 » Giannis Skarimpas, Greek playwright and poet (b. 1893)
- 1984 » Jackie Wilson, American singer (b. 1934)
- 1985 » Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
- 1985 » James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903)
- 1987 » Charles Goodell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1926)
- 1988 » Vincent Lingiari, Australian Aboriginal rights activist (b. 1919)
- 1989 » Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (b. 1914)
- 1989 » Carl Furillo, American baseball player (b. 1922)
- 1993 » Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1903)
Names that were popular for boys in 1987
Names that were popular for girls in 1987
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 6 » The British ferry MSHerald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.
- May 1 » Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
- 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.
- July 24 » Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak.
- July 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
- December 20 » In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker 'MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
Weather January 21, 1987
The temperature on January 21, 1987 was between -3.2 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.