Born in 1987
Turns 39 in 2026
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1987 Front PageTheir name. The news from their year.Unframed from £21.50Add their name
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BACK TO 1987 · United Kingdom
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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?
New Zealand netballers win a third world title
The team won the world championship in Glasgow. A world championship celebrated by New Zealand netball.
Richard Deacon wins the 1987 Turner Prize
Tate’s Turner Prize archive and Lisson Gallery’s artist biography both identify Deacon as the 1987 winner.
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.
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.
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
Paul Simon’s Graceland wins Album of the Year
The Recording Academy’s 29th Grammy Awards took place on February 24, 1987, in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times reported the next day that Graceland had won Album of the Year.
Prices and everyday money in 1987
United Kingdom figures in the money of the time. Units and sources matter: these are not today's prices.
| Item or measure | Then | Unit and source |
|---|---|---|
| Average weekly earnings per person in the United Kingdom (Bank of England series) | £153.50 per week | GBP per week Bank of England (series republished by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED) |
| sugar (annual average) | 49p | perkg source-table measure Office for National Statistics |
| flour (annual average) | 47p | per1.5kg source-table measure Office for National Statistics |
| bread (annual average) | 44p | 800g source-table loaf Office for National Statistics |
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