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A LOOK
AT THE WORLD IN 1987 |
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In
The News In 1987
Wall Street crashes sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average
plummeting a record 508 points-22.6%.
President Reagan and Soviet Leader Gorbachev meet in Washington
and sign an unprecedented missile reduction agreement.
Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns amid accusations of sexual
infidelity and financial impropriety.
Wall Street financier Ivan Boesky is sentenced to three years in
prison in an insider-trading scandal.
Gary Hart withdraws from the 1988 presidential campaign under
accusations of infidelity. |
Entertainment
in 1987
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Joseph Brodsky - U.S.S.R.-U.S.
* Best Selling Fiction - The Tommyknockers, Stephen King
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - Time Flies, Bill Cosby
* Best Picture - The Last Emperor, Columbia
* Best Director - Bernardo Bertolucci, The Last Emperor
* Best Actress - Cher, Moonstruck
* Best Actor - Michael Douglas, Wall Street |
Sport
champions in 1987
* MLB - Minnesota Twins
* NFL - New York Giants
* NBA - Los Angeles Lakers
* NHL - Edmonton Oilers
* NCAA-Basketball - Indiana
* KY Derby - Alysheba
* U.S. Open Golf - Scott Simpson
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Ivan Lendl
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Martina Navratilova |
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