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July 5, 1987Born on Monday July 6, 1987
- Colleen Kimberley Allardyce, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada († 1991)
Died on Monday July 6, 1987
- Barteltje HOVINGA (80), Grootegast Groningen Netherlands
- Anna Maria Groen in 't Woud (76), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Alix Irena Delaruelle (85), Oosterzele
- Albert Lugies (93), Hardenberg
- Bernardina Leautaud (91), Bussum
- Antonia Carolina Maria Andrea Corbelli (90), Soest
- Jordans (39), bergen op zoom
- Clarence Howard Meyer (54), Chicago, Cook County, IL
- Antonia Antonetta Raaijmakers (84), Helvoirt NL
- Benedictus Johannes van den Heuvel (82), Eindhoven
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 6, 1987 at Delpher
Born on July 6
- 1983 » Gregory Smith, Canadian actor, director, and producer
- 1984 » Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater
- 1985 » Ranveer Singh, Indian film actor
- 1986 » David Karp, American businessman, founded Tumblr
- 1987 » Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
- 1987 » Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
- 1987 » Manteo Mitchell, American runner
- 1987 » Sophie Auster, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1988 » Kevin Fickentscher, Swiss footballer
- 1990 » Magaye Gueye, French footballer
Died on July 6
- 1977 » Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (b. 1907)
- 1978 » Babe Paley, American socialite and fashion style icon (b. 1915)
- 1979 » Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
- 1986 » Jagjivan Ram, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1908)
- 1989 » János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (b. 1912)
- 1991 » Mudashiru Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
- 1992 » Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (b. 1945)
- 1994 » Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (b. 1932)
- 1995 » Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (b. 1915)
- 1997 » Chetan Anand, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
Names that were popular for boys in 1987
- Michael
- Jan
- Thomas
- Mark
- Kevin
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- Joshua
- David
- Dennis
- Pieter
- Peter
- Robert
- Sander
- Tim
- Bart
Names that were popular for girls in 1987
- Maria
- Jessica
- Laura
- Sarah
- Linda
- Anna
- Kim
- Esther
- Sanne
- Nicole
- Johanna
- Amanda
- Anne
- Michelle
- Chantal
- Marieke
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.
- January 4 » The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
- January 22 » Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
- April 21 » The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
- May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
- July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
- 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.
Weather July 6, 1987
The temperature on July 6, 1987 was between 13.9 °C and 27.9 °C and averaged 21.4 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.