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January 31, 1987
Born on Sunday February 1, 1987
- Tamara Plugboer, Alkmaar († 1987)
Died on Sunday February 1, 1987
- Ada Ellen Winters (92), Stewart County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
- Celina De Gendt (62), Aalst
- Anna Henderika de Boer (87)
- Andreas Van De Veire (74), Gent
- Coletta Struys (77), Sint-Truiden, België
- Hendriks (48), 's-Hertogenbosch
- Edward Jacon Kooyenga (70)
- Arnoldus Anthonius Platel (84), Reidsville(New York)
- Adrianus Brokken (69), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Abraham de Wolf (91), Renkum
Born on February 1
- 1985 » Dean Shiels, Irish footballer
- 1986 » Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater
- 1986 » Lauren Conrad, American fashion designer and author
- 1987 » Austin Jackson, American baseball player
- 1987 » Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
- 1987 » Moises Henriques, Portuguese-Australian cricketer
- 1987 » Ronda Rousey, American mixed martial artist and actress
- 1987 » Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer
- 1988 » Brett Anderson, American baseball player
- 1989 » Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer
Died on February 1
- 1976 » Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
- 1979 » Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist and activist (b. 1929)
- 1981 » Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American engineer and businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (b. 1892)
- 1981 » Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1908)
- 1986 » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
- 1987 » Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
- 1989 » Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (b. 1918)
- 1992 » Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (b. 1909)
- 1996 » Ray Crawford, American race car driver, pilot, and businessman (b. 1915)
- 1997 » Herb Caen, American journalist and author (b. 1916)
Names that were popular for boys in 1987
- Michael
- Jan
- Thomas
- Joshua
- Mark
- Kevin
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- David
- Dennis
- Peter
- Pieter
- Robert
- Tim
- Sander
- Bart
Names that were popular for girls in 1987
- Maria
- Jessica
- Sarah
- Laura
- Linda
- Anna
- Kim
- Sanne
- Esther
- Nicole
- Johanna
- Amanda
- Anne
- Michelle
- Chantal
- Stephanie
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.
- May 3 » A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.
- 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).
- October 6 » Fiji becomes a republic.
- November 8 » Remembrance Day bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded.
- November 25 » Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
Weather February 1, 1987
The temperature on February 1, 1987 was between -10.8 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -4.4 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.