About the day » Wednesday May 20, 1987Calender converter

• Charissa Bos, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1987)
• Charlotte FRANKEN, Antwerpen,2000,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1988)
• Jared Ross Rispens, Munster, IN
• Adam Kees Koster, Edmonton Canada,, Canada
• Esin Nn

• Alida Maria van der Lans (79), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kuijs (56), 's-Graveland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Pelle (77)
• Alida Johanna Verkerk (85), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Catharina Johanna Maria Witters (85), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Billie C Baker (72), Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Aldegondis Maria Herlindis Segers (80), Munsterbilzen (B)
• Aldegonde Maria Herlindis Segers (80), Bilzen-Munsterbilzen, Provincie Limburg, België
• Baye Wedzinga (86), -
• Alma Augusta ULLRICH (93), Louisville,Kentucky,Amerca

• 1984 » Mauro Rafael da Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 » Brendon Goddard, Australian footballer
• 1985 » Chris Froome, Kenyan-English cyclist
• 1986 » Dexter Blackstock, English footballer
• 1986 » Jiřina Svobodová, Czech pole vaulter
• 1986 » Stéphane Mbia, Cameroonian footballer
• 1987 » Julian Wright, American basketball player
• 1987 » Mike Havenaar, Japanese footballer
• 1988 » Joel Moon, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 » Siosia Vave, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

• 1975 » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (b. 1934)
• 1976 » Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
• 1976 » Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (b. 1946)
• 1989 » John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1995 » Les Cowie, Australian rugby league player (b. 1925)
• 1996 » Jon Pertwee, English actor, portrayed the Third Doctor (b. 1919)
• 1998 » Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (b. 1916)
• 2000 » Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player (b. 1922)

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 7 » Lieyu massacre: Taiwanese military massacre of 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen.
• 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.
• June 28 » For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.
• October 1 » The 5.9 M_w  Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
• 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).
• 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 May 20, 1987 was between 5.2 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.