About the day » Wednesday January 21, 1987Calender converter

• Jeremy James Stokes
• Mindi Adele WHITEHOUSE († 1987)

• Aleida Dirkje de Weerdt (82)
• Alfons LEIRS (69), Poppel, Antwerpen, België
• Caroline L "Carrye" Mueller (93), Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Christiaan Pot (90), Middelharnis
• Antje Gijsberta Kreukniet (90), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Elizabeth Kingma (76)
• Anthonius Gerardus Jacobus Wammes (75), Velp (gem Rheden)
• Aaltje de Graaf (89), Berkhout
• Anna Maria Puts (87), Beesel
• Agnes Timmermans (84), Hasselt, België

• 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

• 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)

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. Anna
7. Kim
8. Esther
9. Sanne
10. Nicole
11. Johanna
12. Amanda
13. Anne
14. Michelle
15. Chantal
16. Marieke

• 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 19 » Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
• April 21 » The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
• May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
• 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).
• 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.
• December 8 » An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada.

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.