Born in 1987
Turns 39 in 2026
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1987 Front PageTheir name. The news from their year.Unframed from $50.50Add their name
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BACK TO 1987 · Australia
A little history to go with their gift.
Dirty Dancing arrived in cinemas as Kylie Minogue released her first single, “The Loco-Motion.” New Zealand’s netball team won a third world title in Glasgow. The year’s records move from dance and pop to an international sporting triumph.
What happened in 1987?
Countdown signs off after a decade of music
The final episode of Australian music television program Countdown aired on 19 July 1987.
New Zealand wins the first Rugby World Cup
New Zealand beat France 29–9 in Auckland to win the inaugural men’s Rugby World Cup.
Wall Street suffers the Black Monday crash
On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 22.6 percent, its largest one-day percentage fall.
The United States and Soviet Union sign the INF Treaty
President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in Washington on December 8, 1987.
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library · Arms Control Association
Firsts and new ideas
A new star appears in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Observers in the Southern Hemisphere first saw Supernova 1987A on February 24, 1987, in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · European Southern Observatory
CompuServe dates its GIF specification to June 1987
CompuServe’s Graphics Interchange Format specification is dated June 15, 1987. The U.K. National Archives format registry records the same release date for GIF 87a.
Number ones and music in 1987
Chart positions belong to the country and chart named in each record.
The Bangles top Australian singles chart
The Bangles' ‘Walk Like an Egyptian’ was number one on the Australian singles chart dated 15 February 1987.
Kendrick Lamar is born in Compton
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born in Compton, California, on June 17, 1987.
Biography.com · Routledge; Anthony B. Pinn and Christopher M. Driscoll, editors
Prices and everyday money in 1987
Australia figures in the money of the time. Units and sources matter: these are not today's prices.
| Item or measure | Then | Unit and source |
|---|---|---|
| Bread, sliced milk loaf (about 1½ lb loaf) | about 110 cents | per about 1½ lb loaf Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| Tea (½ lb equivalent) | about 140 cents | per ½ lb equivalent Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| Sugar (2 lb equivalent) | about 74 cents | per 2 lb equivalent Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| Potatoes (per lb equivalent) | about 32 cents | per lb equivalent Australian Bureau of Statistics |
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