1987 QUICK STATS
President: Ronald Reagan ~ Vice President: George Bush
US Population: 242,288,918 (300,894,532 today)
World Population: 5 billion (6.6 billion today)
US Median Household Income: $26,061 ($46,326 in 2005)
1987 COSTS
| 1987 | 2007 | | | 1987 | 2007 |
| Stamp | $.22 | $.39 | | House | $127,200 | $264,540 |
| Dozen eggs | $.78 | $.89 | | Minimum wage | $3.10 | $5.15 |
| Gallon gas | $.95 | $2.29 | | Hard disk storage | $45/mb | $.30/gb |
| Gallon milk | $2.28 | $2.89 | | | | |
1987 ENTERTAINMENT
Popular Music
1."Open Your Heart" ... Madonna
2."Livin' on a Prayer" ... Bon Jovi
3."Jacob's Ladder" ... Huey Lewis and the News
4."Lean on Me" ... Club Nouveau
5."Nothing's Going to Stop Us Now" ... Starship
6."I Knew You Were Waiting" ... Aretha Franklin & George Michael
7."Died in Your Arms" ... Cutting Crew
8."With or Without You" ... U2
9."You Keep Me Hangin' On" ... Kim Wilde
10."Always" ... Atlantic Starr
Popular Movies
1. Beverly Hills Cop III
2. Dirty Dancing
3. Dragnet
4. Fatal Attraction
5. Full Metal Jacket
6. La Bamba
7. Lethal Weapon
8. The Living Daylights
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street
10. Outrageous Fortune
Most Popular Television Shows
1. The Cosby Show
2. Roseanne
3. A Different World
4. Cheers
5. 60 Minutes
6. The Golden Girls
7. Who's the Boss?
8. Murder, She Wrote
9. Empty Nest
10. Anything But Love
1987 NEWS
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,000 for the first time, gaining 8.30 to close at 2,002.25 (Jan 8).William Buckley, American hostage in Lebanon, reported slain (Jan 20).Andy Warhol (b. 1928), artist, director, and writer dies (Feb 22)In Charlotte, North Carolina, televangelist Jim Bakker, head of PTL Ministries, resigns after admitting an affair with church secretary Jessica Hahn (Mar 19).US Supreme Court rules Rotary Clubs must admit women (May 4).US Senator Gary Hart drops out of the running for the Democratic presidential nomination, amid allegations of an extra-marital affair with Donna Rice (May 8).Iraqi missiles kill 37 in attack on US frigate Stark in Persian Gulf (May 17); Iraqi president Hussein apologizes (May 18).Regina High School, Iowa City, IA graduates an outstanding group of young people (May).During a visit to Berlin, Germany, US President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall (June 10).Klaus Barbie, 73, Gestapo wartime chief in Lyon, sentenced to life by French court for WWII war crimes (July 4). Hilary Duff, actress and singer, born (Sep 29).The US is caught up in a drama that unfolds on television as a young child, Jessica McClure, falls down a well in Midland, Texas, and is later rescued (Oct 14-16).Black Monday: stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world (Oct 19).Iran-Contra affair: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair (Nov 18).PSA Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-supervisor on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself (Dec 7).Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank (Dec 8).Prozac makes its debut in the United States (Dec 29).
1987 SPORTS
NBA: Los Angeles Lakers d. Boston Celtics 4-2
NCAA Football Champions: Miami-Fl 12-0-0
NCAA Basketball Championship: Indiana d. Syracuse 74-73
Stanley Cup: Edmunton Oilers d. Philadelphia Flyers 4-3
Super Bowl XXI: New York Giants d. Denver Broncos 39-20
Wimbledon: Women - Martina Navratilova d. S. Graf (7-5 6-3); Men - Pat Cash d. I. Lendl (7-6 6-2 7-5)
World Series: Minnesota Twins d. St. Louis Cardinals 4-3