About the day » Tuesday March 24, 1987Calender converter

• Simon Weijermars, Rotorua (N.Z.)
• Janine Beekelaar, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland

• Antje Wiebenga (85), Nes, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Belonje (79), Ede
• Catharina Elisabeth Wolters (81), Lisse
• Anna Catharina Baks (62), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bertrand PHILIPPE (35)
• Alardus Antonius van de Pol (88), Dreumel
• Benjamin Buford Waters II (63)
• Adrianus Belonje (79), Ede
• Antje Sloot (93), Cook Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Maria van den Hout (73), Tilburg

• 1985 » Lana, American wrestler and manager
• 1987 » Billy Jones, English footballer
• 1987 » Ramires, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 » Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1987 » Yuma Asami, Japanese actress and singer
• 1988 » Aiga Grabuste, Latvian heptathlete
• 1988 » Kardo Ploomipuu, Estonian swimmer
• 1988 » Matías Martínez, Argentinian footballer
• 1988 » Matt Todd, New Zealand rugby union player
• 1988 » Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer

• 1978 » Park Mok-wol, influential Korean poet and academic (b. 1916)
• 1980 » Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1917)
• 1984 » Sam Jaffe, American actor (b. 1891)
• 1985 » Raoul Ubac, French painter, sculptor, photographer and engraver (b. 1910)
• 1988 » Turhan Feyzioğlu, Turkish academic and politician, 27th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1922)
• 1990 » Ray Goulding, American comedian and radio host (b. 1922)
• 1991 » John Kerr, Australian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1914)
• 1993 » Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer, actor, and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1993 » John Hersey, American journalist and author (b. 1914)
• 1995 » Joseph Needham, English historian and academic (b. 1900)

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.
• July 24 » US supertanker SSBridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
• August 7 » Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union.
• October 19 » The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
• 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.
• December 9 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
• 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 24, 1987 was between 6.5 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.