Events from the year 1987 in the United States .
Tip O'Neill (D -Massachusetts ) (until January 3)Jim Wright (D -Texas ) (starting January 6)Bob Dole (R -Kansas ) (until January 3)Robert Byrd (D -West Virginia ) (starting January 3)
Governors and lieutenant governors
Governor of Alabama : George Wallace (Democratic ) (until January 19), H. Guy Hunt (Republican ) (starting January 19)Governor of Alaska : Steve Cowper (Democratic )Governor of Arizona : Bruce Babbitt (Democratic ) (until January 5), Evan Mecham (Republican ) (starting January 5)Governor of Arkansas : Bill Clinton (Democratic )Governor of California : George Deukmejian (Republican )Governor of Colorado : Richard Lamm (Democratic ) (until January 13), Roy Romer (Democratic ) (starting January 13)Governor of Connecticut : William A O'Neill (Democratic )Governor of Delaware : Michael Castle (Republican )Governor of Florida :
Governor of Georgia : Joe Frank Harris (Democratic )Governor of Hawaii : John D. Waihee III (Democratic )Governor of Idaho : John V. Evans (Democratic ) (until January 5), Cecil D. Andrus (Democratic ) (starting January 5)Governor of Illinois : James R. Thompson (Republican )Governor of Indiana : Robert D. Orr (Republican )Governor of Iowa : Terry E. Branstad (Republican )Governor of Kansas : John W. Carlin (Democratic ) (until January 12), Mike Hayden (Republican ) (starting January 12)Governor of Kentucky : Martha Layne Collins (Democratic ) (until December 8), Wallace G. Wilkinson (Democratic ) (starting December 8)Governor of Louisiana : Edwin W. Edwards (Democratic )Governor of Maine : Joseph E. Brennan (Democratic ) (until January 7), John R. McKernan Jr. (Republican ) (starting January 7)Governor of Maryland : Harry R. Hughes (Democratic ) (until January 20), William Donald Schaefer (Democratic ) (starting January 20)Governor of Massachusetts : Michael Dukakis (Democratic )Governor of Michigan : James Blanchard (Democratic )Governor of Minnesota : Rudy Perpich (Democratic )Governor of Mississippi : William Allain (Democratic )Governor of Missouri : John Ashcroft (Republican )Governor of Montana : Ted Schwinden (Democratic )Governor of Nebraska : Bob Kerrey (Democratic ) (until January 9), Kay A. Orr (Republican ) (starting January 9)Governor of Nevada : Richard Bryan (Democratic )Governor of New Hampshire : John H. Sununu (Republican )Governor of New Jersey : Thomas Kean (Republican )Governor of New Mexico : Toney Anaya (Democratic ) (until January 1), Garrey Carruthers (Republican ) (starting January 1)Governor of New York : Mario Cuomo (Democratic )Governor of North Carolina : James G. Martin (Republican )Governor of North Dakota : George A. Sinner (Democratic )Governor of Ohio : Dick Celeste (Democratic )Governor of Oklahoma : George Nigh (Democratic ) (until January 12), Henry Bellmon (Republican ) (starting January 12)Governor of Oregon : Victor G. Atiyeh (Republican ) (until January 12), Neil Goldschmidt (Democratic ) (starting January 12)Governor of Pennsylvania : Dick Thornburgh (Republican ) (until January 20), Robert P. Casey (Democratic ) (starting January 20)Governor of Rhode Island : Edward D. DiPrete (Republican )Governor of South Carolina : Richard Riley (Democratic ) (until January 14), Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (Republican ) (starting January 14)Governor of South Dakota : William J. Janklow (Republican ) (until January 6), George S. Mickelson (Republican ) (starting January 6)Governor of Tennessee : Lamar Alexander (Republican ) (until January 17), Ned McWherter (Democratic ) (starting January 17)Governor of Texas : Mark White (Democratic ) (until January 20), Bill Clements (Republican ) (starting January 20)Governor of Utah : Norman H. Bangerter (Republican )Governor of Vermont : Madeleine M. Kunin (Democratic )Governor of Virginia : Gerald L. Baliles (Democratic )Governor of Washington : Booth Gardner (Democratic )Governor of West Virginia : Arch A. Moore Jr. (Republican )Governor of Wisconsin : Tony Earl (Democratic ) (until January 5), Tommy Thompson (Republican ) (starting January 5)Governor of Wyoming : Edgar J. Herschler (Democratic ) (until January 7), Mike Sullivan (Democratic ) (starting January 7)
Lieutenant governors
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Lieutenant Governor of Alabama : Bill Baxley (Democratic ) (until January 19), Jim Folsom Jr. (Democratic ) (starting January 19)Lieutenant Governor of Alaska : Stephen McAlpine (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas : Winston Bryant (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of California : Leo T. McCarthy (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : Nancy E. Dick (Democratic ) (until January 13), Mike Callihan (Democratic ) (starting January 13)Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Joseph J. Fauliso (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Delaware : Shien Biau Woo (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Florida :
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia : Zell Miller (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii : Ben Cayetano (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : David H. Leroy (Republican ) (until January 5), Butch Otter (Republican ) (starting January 5)Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : George H. Ryan (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : John Mutz (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : Robert T. Anderson (Democratic ) (until January), Jo Ann Zimmerman (Democratic ) (starting January)Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : Thomas R. Docking (Democratic ) (until January 12), Jack D. Walker (Republican ) (starting January 12)Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : Steve Beshear (Democratic ) (until December 8), Brereton Jones (Democratic ) (starting December 8)Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : Robert "Bobby" Freeman (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Maryland : J. Joseph Curran (Democratic ) (until January 21), Melvin A. Steinberg (Democratic ) (starting January 21)Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : vacant (until month and day unknown), Evelyn Murphy (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : Martha W. Griffiths (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : Marlene Johnson (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : Brad Dye (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : Harriett Woods (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Montana : George Turman (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : Donald F. McGinley (Democratic ) (until January 9), William E. Nichol (Republican ) (starting January 9)Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Bob Cashell (Democratic ) (until January 5), Bob Miller (Democratic ) (starting January 5)Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico : Mike Runnels (Democratic ) (until January 1), Jack L. Stahl (Republican ) (starting January 1)Lieutenant Governor of New York : Stan Lundine (Democratic ) (starting January 1)Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : Robert B. Jordan, III (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : Ruth Meiers (Democratic ) (until March 19), Lloyd Omdahl (Democratic ) (starting March 19)Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : vacant (until January 12), Paul R. Leonard (Democratic ) (starting January 12)Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma : Spencer Bernard (Democratic ) (until January 12), Robert S. Kerr III (Democratic ) (starting January 12)Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : William Scranton, III (Republican ) (until January 20), Mark Singel (Democratic ) (starting January 20)Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : Richard A. Licht (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : Michael R. Daniel (Democratic ) (until January 14), Nick Theodore (Democratic ) (starting January 14)Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : Lowell C. Hansen II (Republican ) (until January 6), Walter Dale Miller (Republican ) (starting January 6)Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : John S. Wilder (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Texas : William P. Hobby Jr. (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Utah : W. Val Oveson (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : Peter Plympton Smith (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Howard Dean (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : Douglas Wilder (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Washington : John Cherberg (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : James Flynn (Democratic ) (until January 5), Scott McCallum (Republican ) (starting January 5)
March 2 – American Motors Corporation is acquired by the Chrysler Corporation .
March 4
March 11 – The Watsonville Cannery strike comes to an official end with companies agreeing to union protection of wage cuts, among other benefits.
March 12 – AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, abbreviated to ACT UP , is formed at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in New York City.
March 18 – Woodstock of physics : The marathon session of the American Physical Society ’s meeting features 51 presentations concerning the science of high-temperature superconductors .
March 19 – In Charlotte, North Carolina , televangelist Jim Bakker , head of PTL Ministries, resigns after admitting an affair with church secretary Jessica Hahn .
March 29 – World Wrestling Entertainment presents WrestleMania III in Pontiac, Michigan . Hulk Hogan retains the WWF World Heavyweight Championship defeating his former friend André The Giant .
March 30 – The 59th Academy Awards , hosted by Chevy Chase , Goldie Hawn and Paul Hogan , are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles . Oliver Stone 's Platoon Best Picture and Best Director . The film is tied in nominations by James Ivory 's A Room with a View May 8 – U.S. Senator Gary Hart drops out of the running for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination, amid allegations of an extramarital affair with Donna Rice .
May 17 – The USS Stark is hit by two Iraqi owned Exocet AM39 air-to-surface missiles, killing 37 sailors.
May 21 – Andrew Wyeth , with his "Helga Pictures," becomes the first living American painter to have a one-man show of his work in the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
May 24
Approximately 800,000 people gather for a walk to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
Five days before his 48th birthday, Al Unser became the oldest winner of the Indianapolis 500 and only the second driver to win the event four times. June 12: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall !" VH-3D landing on White House south lawn, July 1987 December – The unemployment rate drops to 5.7%, the lowest since July 1979.
December 1 – NASA announces the names of four companies who were awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom : Boeing Aerospace , General Electric 's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas , and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell .
December 2 – Hustler Magazine v. Falwell U.S. Supreme Court .
December 7 – Pacific Southwest Airlines 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.
December 8 – The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev .
December 10 – A squirrel closes down the Nasdaq Stock Exchange when it burrows through a telephone line.[ 5]
December 22–28 – Ronald Gene Simmons goes on a 6-day killing spree in Russellville, Arkansas , killing his wife, children, and grandchildren as they arrived to celebrate the holidays at his home. On the 28th he went on a shooting spree, killing an additional woman and wounding 5 others before surrendering to police. The final death toll was 16. He was tried and eventually executed.
December 29 – Prozac makes its debut in the United States.
Gia Coppola Kristin Cavallari Lyndsy Fonseca Naya Rivera Kelly Kelly Evan Peters Tyler Hubbard Marcus Mumford January 1
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Arin Hanson , internet personality, comedian, voice actor, songwriter, rapper, animator and cartoonistNdamukong Suh , football player
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January 10 – Perrish Cox , football player
January 11 – Scotty Cranmer , BMX rider
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January 14 – James Belfer , producer, founder and CEO of Cartuna , founder and CEO of Dogfish Pictures , and founder and managing director of Dogfish Accelerator
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January 21 – Brandon Crawford , baseball player
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January 25 – Isaako Aaitui , football player
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Rucka Rucka Ali , rapper, singer, comedian, and YouTuber Ashley Avis , screenwriter, director, and producerMarcus Brown , football playerAnthony Pettis , mixed martial artistKaty Rose , singer/songwriterHannah Teter , Olympic snowboarder
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January 30 – Phil Lester , YouTube personality
January 31
Pat Angerer , football playerKurt Baker , musician, songwriter, music producer, and multi-instrumentalistBrandon Bollig , ice hockey playerTyler Hubbard , country singer and one half of Florida Georgia Line Marcus Mumford , English-born singer/songwriter, musician, and frontman for Mumford & Sons Heather Morris Ronda Rousey Darren Criss Michael B. Jordan Candace Wiggins Jon Ossoff Miles Teller Ashley Greene February 1
February 2
February 4 – Cameron Achord , football coach
February 5
Adassa , reggaeton singerBrandon Bender , mixed martial artistKyle Bochniak , mixed martial artistAlex Brightman , actor, singer, and writerChris Brooks , football playerDavid Buehler , football playerDarren Criss , actorRaymond Lee , actorDonald Sanford , American-born Israeli Olympic sprinter
February 6
February 7 – Cynthia Barboza , volleyball player
February 8 – Jessica Jerome , Olympic ski jumper
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February 15 – Chris Cook , football player
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February 24 – Ulysses Cuadra , actor and voice actor
February 25 – Natalie Dreyfuss , actress
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Kesha Milana Vayntrub Bow Wow Marco Andretti AJ Lee Kyle J. White Jonathan Van Ness March 1
March 2
March 4 – Dan Cortes , baseball player
March 7 – Justin Bamberg , politician
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March 9 – Bow Wow , rapper
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March 13 – Marco Andretti , race car driver
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March 15 – Steve Cilladi , baseball player
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March 23 – Earl Bennett , football player
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Rachel Bloom Hilary Rhoda Craig Mabbitt Jesse McCartney Brooklyn Decker Ilana Glazer Brendon Urie Daequan Cook April 3
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April 8 – Jake Anderson , basketball player
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April 14 – Michael Baze , jockey (d. 2011 )
April 15 – Samira Wiley , actress and model
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April 19 – Courtland Mead , actor
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April 30 – Al Iaquinta , mixed martial artist Candice King Hunter Parrish Mondaire Jones Bray Wyatt Brandi Cyrus Jessica Rothe Alessandra Torresani Noah Reid Shaun Fleming Matthew Koma Ross A. McGinnis Cameron Russell Diana DeGarmo Kendrick Lamar Melanie Iglesias Rashard Mendenhall June 1
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June 7 – Cassius Chaney , boxer
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June 11 – Nichole Cheza , dirt track motorcycle racer
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June 15 – Van Ferro , actor
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June 17 – Kendrick Lamar , rapper
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June 28 – Brandon Brooks , basketball player
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June 30 – Ryan Cook , baseball player Matt O'Leary Steven Crowder Richie Steamboat Rebecca Sugar Tilian Pearson Cristina Vee Dan Reynolds Peter Doocy Mara Wilson Michael Welch Genesis Rodriguez July 1
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July 5 – Erik Cook , football player
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July 13 – Cynthia Calvillo , mixed martial artist
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July 22 – Bre-Z , actress and rapper
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July 30 – Brandon Caleb , football player
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Johnny Gargano Tim Tebow Apollo Crews Blake Lively Liu Yifei August 2
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August 9 – Jabari Brisport , politician
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August 15 – Ryan D'Imperio , football player
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August 17 – Dominick Casola , stock car racing driver
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August 24 – Jon Scheyer , basketball player
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August 26 – Ryan Brasier , baseball player
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August 28 – David Carr , politician
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Evan Rachel Wood Ray Fisher Wiz Khalifa Tyler Hoechlin Danielle Panabaker Skylar Astin Spencer Treat Clark Austin Carlile Hilary Duff September 1
September 2 – Spencer Smith , musician
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September 11 – Tyler Hoechlin , actor
September 12 – Huey , rapper (d. 2020 )
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September 15 – Alex Torres , metalcore guitarist
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September 17 – Lionel Brown , soccer player
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September 22 – Teyonah Parris , actress
September 23 – Skylar Astin , actor, model and singer
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September 30 – Melinda Sullivan , dancer, choreographer and actress Matthew Daddario Christopher Larkin Mike Conley Jr. Jay Pharoah Zac Efron Frank Ocean October 1
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October 3 – Kaci Battaglia , singer/songwriter, dancer, and actress
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October 8 – Chris Baker , football player
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October 17 – Seth Mosley , singer/songwriter and frontman for Me in Motion
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October 19 – Rick Boogs , wrestler
October 20 – Jerry Brown , football player (d. 2012)
October 23 – Carmella , wrestler, dancer, and model
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October 29 – Ariana Berlin , artistic gymnast, dancer, film actress, and senior producer at Fox Sports
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October 31 – Clara Chung , singer/songwriter, producer, and composer Colin Kaepernick Kevin Jonas Jason Kelce D. J. Augustin Vinny Guadagnino Jesse Barnett Snooki Summer Lee November 1
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Erin Brady , television host, model, and Miss USA 2013 Kevin Jonas , actor, singer/songwriter, and member of the Jonas Brothers [ 8] Jason Kelce , football playerChris Knierim , figure skaterO. J. Mayo , basketball playerStephanie Edwards , singerAllysin Kay , wrestler
November 6 – Caleb Cotham , baseball player
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November 8 – Sam Bradford , football player
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November 11 – Vinny Guadagnino , TV personality
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November 15 – Tyler Allen , NASCAR race engineer
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November 19 – Clare Egan , Olympic biathlete
November 20 – Amelia Rose Blaire , actress
November 21 – Alex Carnerio , Brazilian-born personal trainer
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November 27 – Darnell Carter , football player
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Michael Angarano Aaron Carter Michael Chiesa Alex Gaskarth Chelsea Manning Ronan Farrow Demaryius Thomas Thomas Dekker Katie Blair December 1 – Jill Costello , activist (d. 2010)
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December 10 – David Carter , football player
December 11 – Clifton Geathers , football player
December 13 – Brett Brackett , football player
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December 17 – Chelsea Manning , whistleblower
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December 22 – Zack Britton , baseball player
December 23 – James Brewer , football player
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December 27 – Andy Leavine , wrestler
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December 31 – Javaris Crittenton , basketball player Brooke Annibale Kimberly Cole Phillipe Cunningham Josh Adams , comic book and commercial artistBrooke Annibale , singer/songwriterKatherine Arden , novelistBrandon Stirling Baker , lighting designerAndrew Bayer , DJ and music producerJeremy Blackman , actor and musicianKenneth Bogner , politicianMia Borders , singer/songwriterKent Brantly , doctorAshley Bratcher , actressMelvin LaThomas Brimm , singer/songwriter, vocal producer, dancer-choreographer, and actorLeigh Brooklyn , figurative artistMichael Brown , pianist and composerShaun Brown , actorRembert Browne , writerTim Bueler , media and political consultantJulia Bullock , opera singerAisha Burns , singer/songwriter and violinistEmily Calandrelli , science communicator, MIT engineer, and host and executive producer of Xploration Outer Space and Emily's Wonder Lab Yvanna Cancela , politicianCaitlin Cherry , painter, sculptor, and educatorLauren Chief Elk , feminist educator and writerTracy Chou , software engineer and advocate for diversity in technology related fieldsVivian Chu , roboticist and entrepreneurKen Clausen , lacrosse playerDave Clauss , recording and mixing engineerKimberly Cole , pop singer/songwriter, music correspondent, and hostMatt Conn , founder of MidBoss and creator of GaymerX Ashley Connor , cinematographerFidel Corrales Jimenez , Cuban-born chess grandmasterAlexandra Crandell , model and television personalityPhillipe Cunningham , politicianMichelle Curran , Air Force major and pilotShaghayegh Cyrous , Iranian-born artist and curator
January 1 – Lloyd Haynes , actor (born 1934 )
January 13 – Taddy Aycock , politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana (born 1915 )
January 14 – Sam Wagstaff , art curator and collector (born 1921 )
January 15 – Ray Bolger , actor, singer and dancer, Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz 1904 )
January 16 – Joyce Jameson , actress (born 1932 )
January 22 – R. Budd Dwyer , 30th State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (born 1939 )
February – Lou Darvas , artist and cartoonist (born 1913 )
February 4 – Liberace , pianist, singer, and actor (born 1919 )
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February 25 – James Coco , actor (born 1930 )
March 2 – Randolph Scott , actor (born 1898 )
March 3 – Danny Kaye , singer, actor, and comedian (born 1911 )[ 9]
March 18 – Bil Baird , puppeteer (born 1904 )
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March 22 – Joan Shawlee , actress (born 1926 )
March 26 – Walter Abel , actor (born 1898 )
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April 1 – Victor D'Amico , teaching artist, Director of the Department of Education of the Museum of Modern Art (born 1904 )
April 2 – Buddy Rich , drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader (born 1917 )
April 12 – Mike Von Erich , professional wrestler (born 1964 )
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April 19 – Hugh Brannum , composer, vocalist, and actor (born 1910 )
April 26 – Bill Amos , college football player and coach (born 1898 )
May – John Pierotti , cartoonist (born 1911 )
May 4 – Paul Butterfield , blues harmonica player (born 1942 )
May 5 – Phil Woolpert , basketball coach (born 1915 )
May 6 – William J. Casey , Director of the C.I.A. from 1981 to 1987 (born 1913 )
May 13 – Richard Ellmann , literary critic and biographer (born 1918 )
May 14 – Rita Hayworth , actress (born 1918 )
May 21 – Alejandro Rey , Argentine-American actor and television director (born 1930 )
May 24 – Hermione Gingold , English actress (born 1897 )
May 28 – Charles Ludlam , actor, director, and playwright (born 1943 )
June 2 – Sammy Kaye , bandleader and songwriter (born 1910 )
June 3 – Will Sampson , Muscogee Nation painter, actor, and rodeo performer (born 1933 )
June 13 – Geraldine Page , actress (born 1924 )
June 17 – Dick Howser , baseball player and manager (born 1936 )
June 22 – Fred Astaire , dancer, singer, and actor (born 1899 )
June 24 – Jackie Gleason , actor, comedian, and writer (born 1916 )
June 27 – Althea Flynt , model and publisher (born 1953 )
June 25 – Boudleaux Bryant , American songwriter (born 1920 )
July 2 – Michael Bennett , musical theatre director, writer, choreographer, and dancer (born 1943 )
July 11 – Joe Bennett , baseball player (born 1900 )
July 29 – Arthur J. Bressan Jr. , American filmmaker and writer (born 1943 )
August 10 – Casey Donovan , American pornographic actor (born 1943 )
August 11 – Clara Peller , Russian-born television personality (born 1902 )
August 14 – Edgar Rosenberg , German-born British television producer (born 1925 )
August 19 – Hayden Rorke , actor (born 1910 )
August 24 – Bayard Rustin , African American civil rights activist (born 1912 )
August 27 – Scott La Rock , American disc jockey (born 1962 )
August 28 – John Huston , filmmaker and actor (born 1906 )
August 29 – Lee Marvin , actor (b. 1924 )
September 5 – Quinn Martin , television producer (born 1922 )
September 11 – Lorne Greene , Canadian actor and musician (born 1915 )
September 21 – Jaco Pastorius , American musician and producer (born 1951 )
September 22 – Dan Rowan , actor (born 1922 )
September 23 – Bob Fosse , actor, choreographer, dancer, and director (born 1927 )
September 25 – Mary Astor , actress (born 1906 )
September 29 – Henry Ford II , chairman, CEO & president of the Ford Motor Company (born 1917 )
October 9 – Clare Boothe Luce , writer, politician, and U.S. ambassador (born 1903 )
October 12
October 18 – Pete Carpenter , musician and arranger (born 1914 )
October 29 – Woody Herman , jazz musician and bandleader (born 1913 )
November 2 – Claude J. Jasper , Wisconsin politician (born 1905/1906)
November 10 – Jackie Vernon , comedian and actor (born 1924 )
November 22 – W. Haydon Burns , 35th Governor of Florida (born 1912 )
November 28 – Goo Choo San , Singaporean dancer and choreographer (b. 1948 )
December 1 – James Baldwin , author and civil rights activist (born 1924 )
December 4 – Arnold Lobel , children's book author (born 1933 )
December 4 – Rouben Mamoulian , film and theatre director (born 1897 in Russia )
December 5 – Molly O'Day , country singer (born 1923 )
December 8 – Fay Baker , actress and writer (born 1917 )
December 10
December 11 – George Harold Brown , research engineer (born 1908 )
December 17 – Linda Wong , American pornographic actress (born 1951 )
December 21
^ Lubasch, Arnold H. (February 27, 1985). "U.s. Indictment Says 9 Governed New York Mafia" . The New York Times – via NYTimes.com. ^ "U.S. Invalidates Passports for Traveling to Lebanon : Situation Too Chaotic for Safety" . Los Angeles Times . January 28, 1987.^ Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1 ^ Varroa Jacobsonii/Destructor ^ Gilpin, Kenneth N.Squirrel Shuts Down Nasdaq System , December 10, 1987, New York Times
^ "Paul Goldschmidt #46" . mlb.com .^
^ "Kevin Jonas news, photos and more on" . Usmagazine.com. Retrieved May 24, 2012 .^ "Actor-comedian Danny Kaye dies" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved December 15, 2010 .^ [Obituary, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) December 19, 1987 ]
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