What Happened in July 1987
Publish date: 2024-09-30
Historical Events
- Jul 1 New York City radio station WFAN-AM commences first 24 hour all sports radio format
Event of Interest
Jul 1 US President Ronald Reagan nominates Robert Bork for a seat on the Supreme Court, rejected by US Senate in October
- Jul 1 WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format
- Jul 2 KC Royals outfielder Jim Eisenreich hits 1st HR since 1982, in MLB comeback process, retired 1984 (Tourette syndrome)
- Jul 2 Nilde Iotti is named as the first female President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
- Jul 3 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic
Baseball History
Jul 3 Controversial NY Mets MLB star Darryl Strawberry threatens teammates for criticising his play; he is now an ordained minister
- Jul 4 Discovery moves to Launch Pad 39B for STS-26 mission
Butcher of Lyon Sentenced
Jul 4 Nazi Klaus Barbie, "Butcher of Lyon" sentenced to life imprisonment in France
Mark McGwire
Jul 5 A's 1st baseman Mark McGwire becomes first rookie to hit 30 HRs before the MLB All-Star Game as Oakland beats Red Sox, 6-2
- Jul 6 1st of 3 massacres by Sikh extremists takes place in India
Cricket History
Jul 6 Pakistan cricket all-rounder Imran Khan reaches 300th Test wicket milestone, during 3rd Test vs England at Leeds
- Jul 6 USSR performs nuclear test
- Jul 7 Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women
Event of Interest
Jul 7 Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North begins public testimony at Iran-Contra hearing
- Jul 8 Kitty Dukakis reveals an addiction to amphetamines for 26 years
- Jul 9 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime
- Jul 9 Colonel Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence
- Jul 11 Heart's "Alone" single goes #1 for 3 weeks
- Jul 11 Orioles' Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal
- Jul 12 1st time in 20 years a delegation from USSR lands in Israel
- Jul 12 50 white South Africans meets ANCers in Dakar
- Jul 12 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Islesmere GC: Jody Rosenthal wins by 2 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
- Jul 12 Phillies Kent Tekulve pitches his 900th game in relief
Music History
Jul 13 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
- Jul 14 58th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-0 in 13 at Oakland-Alameda Stad
Music History
Jul 14 American rocker Steve Miller's star is unveiled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
- Jul 14 Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million
- Jul 14 Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional testimony
- Jul 14 Taiwan ends 37 years of martial law
Music History
Jul 15 Boy George barred from British TV show, he may be a bad influence
- Jul 15 John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings
- Jul 15 State of siege ends in Taiwan
- Jul 16 Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
Baseball Record
Jul 16 New York Yankees Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season & ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
- Jul 16 Said Aouita runs world record 2000m (4:50.81)
- Jul 17 10 teens die in Guadalupe River flood (Comfort, Tx)
- Jul 17 Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time
- Jul 17 Iran and France break diplomatic relations
- Jul 17 New York Yankees Don Mattingly is 2nd to hit HRs in 7 straight AL games (en route to 8)
- Jul 18 Molly Yard elected new President of National Organization for Women
- Jul 18 New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 consecutive games
- Jul 19 New York Yankees Don Mattingly sets AL record of extra base hits in 10 consecutive games
- Jul 20 New York Yankees Don Mattingly ties 1st base fielding record with 22 put-outs
Appetite for Destruction
Jul 21 Guns & Roses debut album "Appetite for Destruction" is released, and becomes the best-selling debut album of all time with more than 30 million copies sold
- Jul 21 Kristi Addis, of Mississippi, crowned 5th Miss Teen USA
- Jul 22 Said Aouita of Morocco sets 5k record (12:58.39) in Rome
- Jul 22 Soyuz TM-3 launched with 3 cosmonauts (1 Syrian)
- Jul 22 US began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf
- Jul 23 Petra Felke (E Ger) throws javelin 78.89 m (women's record)
- Jul 23 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last year's World Series
- Jul 23 RNI (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
- Jul 23 Said Aouita of Morocco runs world record 5,000 m (12:58.39)
- Jul 24 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.3 (updated) released
- Jul 24 USSR performs underground nuclear Test
- Jul 25 R. Venkataraman becomes the eighth President of India
- Jul 25 Sherri Martel beats Fabulous Moolah for WWF Woman's Championship Belt
- Jul 25 USSR launches Kosmos 1870, 15-ton Earth-study satellite
- Jul 26 74th Tour de France won by Stephen Roche of Ireland
- Jul 26 Catfish Hunter, Billy Williams and Ray Dandridge are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
- Jul 27 First expedited salvaging of Titanic wreck begins by RMS Titanic, Inc.
- Jul 27 John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible", testifies in Israel
- Jul 27 Salt Lake City Trappers lose 7-5 to Billings Mustangs, ending their professional-record winning streak at 29 consecutive
Cherry Garcia
Jul 29 Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and Jerry Garcia agree on new flavor: Cherry Garcia - cherry ice cream with cherries and fudge flakes
- Jul 30 An ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command in Johannesburg South Africa kills 1 person and injures 68
- Jul 31 A rare, class F-4 tornado rips through Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people and causing $330 million in damage
Baseball Record
Jul 31 Baltimore first baseman Eddie Murray hits his 299th and 300th career home runs to lead Orioles to an 8-4 win over Texas Rangers
- Jul 31 Battle between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi-Arabian troops, 402 killed
- Jul 31 Rockwell International awarded contract to build a fifth space shuttle, STS-5
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 2 Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model who died in unexplained circumstances, born in Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (d. 2008)
- Jul 6 Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model, born in Panambi, Brazil
- Jul 6 Kate Nash, English singer-songwriter ("Foundations"), and actress (Powder Room; GLOW), born in London
- Jul 7 Lena Ma, Miss World Canada 4th runner-up, born in Jinan, China
- Jul 8 Vlada Roslyakova, Russian model, born in Omsk, Soviet Union
- Jul 10 Buck Meek, American folk musician (Big Thief), born in Wimberley, Texas
- Jul 11 Matej Gaspar, Coatian designated 5,000,000,000th person in the world (by the UN), born in Zagreb, Croatia
- Jul 11 Shigeaki Kato, Japanese J-pop singer, guitarist and songwriter (NEWS), born in Hiroshima, Japan
- Jul 14 Adam Johnson, English soccer winger (12 caps; Middlesbrough, Manchester City, Sunderland), born in Sunderland, England
- Jul 17 Darius Boyd, Australian rugby player, born in Gold Coast, Australia
- Jul 17 Jan Charouz, Czech racing driver, born in Prague, Czechia
- Jul 17 Jeremih [Jeremy Felton], American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer ("Birthday Sex"; "Don't Tell 'Em"), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jul 17 Moussa Dembélé, Belgian footballer, born in Pontoise, France
- Jul 19 Brian Harman, American golfer (British Open 2023; US Open 2017 runner-up), born in Savannah, Georgia
- Jul 19 Yan Gomes, Brazilian-American MLB player (1st Brazilian-born player in MLB), Chicago Cubs), born in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
- Jul 20 Brent Wilson, American rock bassist (Panic! At The Disco, 2004-06), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Jul 20 Nicola Benedetti, Scottish classical violinist, born in West Kilbride, North Ayrshire
- Jul 21 AnnaLynne McCord, American actress (Nip, Tuck), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Jul 21 Peter Doocy, American journalist (White House correspondent Fox News), born in Washington D.C.
- Jul 24 Mara Wilson, American actress (Mrs Doubtfire), born in Burbank, California
- Jul 25 Michael Welch, American actor (Joan of Arcadia-Luke Girardi), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jul 26 Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress (Degrassi: The Next Generation), born in Oakville, Ontario
- Jul 28 Pedro [Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma], Spanish footballer (Barcelona), born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- Jul 29 Sabra Johnson, Dutch-American dancer (So You Think You Can Dance), teacher, and choreographer, born in The Netherlands
- Jul 31 Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress (Oberon), born in New South Wales, Australia
- Jul 31 Michael Bradley, American soccer defender (USA 150 caps; Borussia Mönchengladbach), born in Princeton, New Jersey
Famous Weddings
- Jul 7 "The Bold and the Beautiful" actress Hunter Tylo (25) weds actor Michael Tylo (38)
Famous Divorces
Famous Deaths
- Jul 1 Snakefinger [Philip Lithman], British singer and songwriter. guitarist, and violinist (The Residents), dies of a heart attack at 38
- Jul 2 Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia
- Jul 2 Michael Bennett, American theater director and choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44
- Jul 3 Viola Dana, American silent screen actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90
- Jul 7 Tibor Frešo, Slovak composer (Fanfares of Peace; A Beetle was Born), and conductor (Slovak National Theatre Opera), dies at 68
- Jul 8 Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (Versos humanos), dies at 90
- Jul 8 Lionel Chevrier, Canadian politician (Canadian Member of Parliament), dies at 84
- Jul 10 John H. Hammond, American music producer, talent scout, promoter, and activist, "discovered" Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen, dies at 76
- Jul 11 Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (b. 1963)
- Jul 11 Thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50
- Jul 11 Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman, American Rosh Yeshiva (b. 1901)
- Jul 13 Patience Collier, dies
- Jul 15 Alfie Bass [Abraham Basalinsky], British actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 71
- Jul 15 Jack O'Hagan, cricketer and composer (Our Don Bradman), dies at 88
- Jul 17 Howard McGhee, American be-bop bebop jazz trumpeter, dies at 69
- Jul 17 Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler (Olympic gold Greco-Roman, freestyle heavyweight 1936), dies at 79
- Jul 17 Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
- Jul 18 Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist (Regionalist Manifesto), dies at 87
- Jul 20 Richard Egan, American actor (Empire; Redigo; Pollyanna), dies of prostate cancer at 65
- Jul 22 A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India), dies
- Jul 24 Dick Wellstood, American jazz pianist, dies at 59
- Jul 25 Alex Sadkin, American audio engineer, and record producer (Grace Jones; Thompson Twins), dies in a car crash in The Bahamas at 38
- Jul 25 Charles Stark "Doc" Draper, American Scientist and Engineer who headed the team that invented the Apollo Guidance Computer and inertial navigation technology for aircraft, space vehicles, and submarines, dies at 85
- Jul 25 Eric Mntonga, co-director of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA), found on a dirt road a day after he had been detained at a police station
- Jul 25 Malcolm Baldrige, American businessman and US Secretary of Commerce (1981-87), dies of internal injuries at 64
- Jul 26 Jim Bishop, American journalist and author (The Day Lincoln was Shot), dies at 79
- Jul 26 Joe Liggins [Theodro Elliott], American jazz, R&B, and jump blues pianist, songwriter, and vocalist ("The Honeydripper"; "Pink Champagne"), dies after a stroke at 71
- Jul 27 Travis Jackson, American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop (World Series 1933; MLB All Star 1934; NY Giants), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 83
- Jul 28 James Burnham, American philosopher, political theorist and Trotskyist (The Managerial Revolution, Coming Defeat of Communism), dies at 81
- Jul 29 Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies
- Jul 29 Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (b. 1894)
- Jul 30 Mary Spinell, actress (Last Horror Film), dies
- Jul 30 Ramón González Barrón, Spanish composer, dies at 89
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