1987

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Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s

Years: 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.

Sport

January 25 - Super Bowl XXI New York Giants (39) def. Denver Broncos (20)

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

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