1987

19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s

1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

Births

Deaths

• February 27 - Andy Warhol, American artist

Events

• February 11 - British Airways begins trading stocks.
• February 11 - Philippines constitution goes into effect.
• February 11 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• February 24 - Supernova 1987a is observed, within hours of its explosion; astronomers worldwide go into a feeding frenzy.

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [J. Georg Bednorz]?, [[K. Alexander Müller]]
• Chemistry [Donald J Cram]?, [Jean-Marie Lehn]?, [[Charles J Pedersen]
• Medicine - [Susumu Tonegawa]?
• Literature - [Joseph Brodsky]?
• Peace- [Oscar Arias Sanchez]?
• Economics - [Robert Solow]?