About the day » Saturday March 21, 1987Calender converter

• Daniël Chu Ho Yoo de Nie, Seoel († 2004)
• Jeroen Jonckheere, Brugge († 2008)

• Adriaantje Bons (99)
• Daniel Maurice DUMALIN (75), Pont-à-Celles,6230,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Berend Zuidema (85), Minnertsga, Friesland, Nederland
• Berend Keizer (75)
• Albert Kennis (67)
• * Adriaantje Bons (99)
• Daniël Vincent Kikkert (56)
• Aart Harmsen_van der Vliet (82), Apeldoorn
• * Adriana (Sjaan) Mulder (66), Zoetermeer
• Christina Hendrika Thomas (68), Groningen

• 1985 » Ryan Callahan, American ice hockey player
• 1986 » Michu, Spanish footballer
• 1986 » Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, Greek pole vaulter
• 1986 » Romanos Alyfantis, Greek swimmer
• 1986 » Scott Eastwood, American actor
• 1987 » Carlos Carrasco, Venezuelan baseball pitcher
• 1988 » Eric Krüger, German sprinter
• 1988 » Erik Johnson, American ice hockey player
• 1988 » Kateřina Čechová, Czech sprinter
• 1988 » Michael Madl, Austrian footballer, defender

• 1980 » Peter Stoner, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1888)
• 1985 » Michael Redgrave, English actor, director, and manager (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer (b. 1918)
• 1987 » Walter L. Gordon, Canadian accountant, lawyer, and politician, 22nd Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1906)
• 1991 » Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (b. 1909)
• 1991 » Vedat Dalokay, Turkish architect and politician, Mayor of Ankara (b. 1927)
• 1992 » John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1914)
• 1992 » Natalie Sleeth, American pianist and composer (b. 1930)
• 1994 » Lili Damita, French-American actress and singer (b. 1904)
• 1994 » Macdonald Carey, American actor (b. 1913)

• 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 9 » LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
• June 29 » Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4million at an auction in London, England.
• August 31 » Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.
• September 13 » Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.
• December 22 » In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.

The temperature on March 21, 1987 was between -0.9 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 8.5 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.