About the day » Wednesday July 29, 1987Calender converter

• Arie johannes Stout
• Antonius Johannes Edelbroek, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Debby van Gestel

• Gerhardus Willem (= Gradus ) van Loenen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Fenny Verweij (35)
• Agnes Margaretha Rutgers van Rozenburg (69)
• Catharina Wilhelmina Reijnen (83), Boxmeer
• Clara S. Behmer (95)
• Adeline M McCool (79), Hamilton, Butler, Verenigde Staten
• Cyriel Joseph van de Wijnckel (84), Eede, Nederland
• Doede Kooij (39), Den Helder
• Cornelius Lucius Maria Rops (63), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Edith Jackson (64), Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, Verenigde Staten

• 1983 » Inés Gómez Mont, Mexican journalist and actress
• 1983 » Jason Belmonte, Australian bowler
• 1984 » Chad Billingsley, American baseball player
• 1984 » Oh Beom-seok, South Korean footballer
• 1984 » Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer
• 1985 » Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer
• 1985 » Okinoumi Ayumi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1985 » Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player
• 1988 » Tarjei Bø, Norwegian biathlete
• 1989 » Grit Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete

• 1981 » Robert Moses, American urban planner, designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway (b. 1888)
• 1982 » Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (b. 1920)
• 1982 » Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (b. 1889)
• 1983 » David Niven, English military officer and actor (b. 1910)
• 1983 » Luis Buñuel, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1984 » Fred Waring, American television host and bandleader (b. 1900)
• 1987 » Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1990 » Bruno Kreisky, Austrian academic and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
• 1992 » Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1952)

• 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.
• January 22 » Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
• 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.
• August 4 » The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
• September 2 » In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
• October 7 » Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
• November 22 » Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.

The temperature on July 29, 1987 was between 12.0 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 17.4 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.