1987

From top to left, in the sense of clock needles: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise zobra after exiting the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, Ronald Reagan killing 193; Northwest Airlines flight 255 crashes after taking off from the Metropolitan Airport of Detroit, killing everyone except a girl; King's Crossig's fire kills 31 people after a fire below a escalator.

1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year beginning on a Thursday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the year of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. It was declared the International Year of Housing for the Homeless by the United Nations Organization.

It was the last year to have all four digits different, until 2013.

Events

January

• January 3: Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman to enter the Rock Fame Hall.
• January 13: 54 people die near Asmara Airport when an Ethiopian military plane crashes.
• January 13: in Budapest, Hungary: a hit man at the service of the Medellin cartel shoots the former Colombian justice minister Enrique Parejo González, who survived.
• January 21st: In the vicinity of the city of Lautaro (Chile) 44 people die in a car accident between a bus and a truck.
• January 22: In Harrisburg (Pensilvania), U.S. politician Robert Budd Dwyer (47) committed suicide in public to avoid being imprisoned for several crimes.
• January 25: Helmut Kohl wins federal elections in Federal Germany.

February

• 2 February: the city of Mianeh (Iran) has an Iraqi air strike; in two schools 79 pupils die.
• February 2nd: In the United States, William Casey (the director of the CIA and key part in the Irangate scandal) resigns from his post "for health reasons".
• February 3: The Spanish Film Academy is officially presented to the public.
• 4 February: In the waters of the Jiao River, south of China, there is the shipwreck of a ferry with 120 passengers, with a final balance of 31 dead and more than 60 disappeared.
• February 4: In Colombia the authorities captured Carlos Lehder and extradited it to the United States.
• February 5: The Soviet Union launches the Soyuz TM-2 astronave with two cosmonauts on board, which aims to launch a permanent space station.
• 7 February: in Madrid, at the extraordinary congress of Alianza Popular, Antonio Hernández Mancha is proclaimed new president of the party with 1930 votes, compared to the 729 obtained by his opponent Miguel Herrero de Miñón.
• 7 February: In Seoul there is a battle between the demonstrators and the police, with the result of more than 2000 arrests.
• 13 February: In Spain, the Ministry of Health imposes the application of the AIDS test to all blood donations.
• 15 February: In the Vatican City there is an example of the restoration carried out in the Sistine Chapel, the work of Michelangelo Buonarrotti, by a team led by Gianluigi Colaucci.
• February 16: In Israel the trial against the Nazi Ivan Demjanjuk, known as Ivan the Terrible, deported from the United States and charged with crimes against humanity in the Treblinka extermination camp.
• February 17: The United States lifts economic sanctions against Poland, established by the introduction of martial law in 1981.
• 17 February: Charles Haughey wins the general elections in the Republic of Ireland.
• February 18: in Cali, Colombia, members of the Medellin cartel attack with bombs the La Rebaja Drugs premises, which were owned by the Cali Cartel.
• 19 February: Morocco builds a sixth wall in Western Sahara, to prevent the passage of the Frente Polisario to the Saharawi coasts of the Atlantic Ocean.
• February 20: a bomb by Theodore Kaczynski, better known as Unabomber, explodes in Salt Lake City.
• 21 February: 4,000 Syrian soldiers enter the western part of Beirut, after a week of hard fighting to try to stop the fire of the militias confronted.
• February 22: In Llevin (France), the athlete José Luis González gets the gold medal at 3000 meters in the European Championships of covered track.
• 22 February: In Argentina the Law of the Final Point comes into force, which puts an end to complaints against the crimes of the military dictatorship of Jorge Rafael Videla.
• February 24: the Cardinal Archbishop of Madrid-Alcalá, Ángel Suquía Goicoechea, is elected president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference.
• February 24: The training of the supernova SN 1987A is observed.

March

• March 1st: In New York, a UN expert meeting confirms that a hole in the ozone layer is opening over Antarctica.
• March 2: Chrysler Corporation acquires the American Motors Corporation.
• March 3: award at the Berlin Film Festival The year of the lights, from Spanish Fernando Trueba.
• 5 March: two earthquakes of 6.7 and 7.1 shook the north-eastern zone of Ecuador, leaving a balance of 1000 dead and 60 000 injured. The material losses were quantified at $1 billion. The epicenter was recorded near the Reventador volcano.
• March 6th: The Herald of Free Enterprise ferry flies outside the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium; 193 dead.
• March 12: In Reinosa (Cantabria) incidents of police charges against workers of Aceros and Forjas de Reinosa, who protested against five hundred impending dismissals, who left with one dead and hundreds of wounded.
• March 17th: first award of the Goya Awards.
• 22 March: The Greek Orthodox Church launches a campaign to oppose the expropriation of its lands by the Government.
• March 23: Willy Brandt resigns as president of the SPD after the spy scandal.
• March 23: Daimiel Tables (Spain) are threatened due to fires and excessive boreholes.
• March 23: Spain's fiscal ministry filed a complaint against the Hierarchy artist Lola Flores for alleged fiscal offence.
• 25 March: John Paul II publishes his sixth encyclical, Redemptoris Mater.
• March 27: In Spain, a civilian guard dies when a bomb was popped inside a van stationed in the port of Barcelona.
• March 29: The third edition of WrestleMania is held from the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan.
• March 31: John Paul II travels to Uruguay.

April

• April 1: In Chile, Juan Pablo II begins a 6-day visit.
• April 5: In the town of Aranjuez, drinking water from the Isabel II Canal finally arrives.
• April 6: In Argentina, Juan Pablo II begins a 6-day visit.
• April 9: in Spain, a car bomb explodes in the confluence of the streets Pau Claris and Mallorca of Barcelona, without causing fatalities.
• April 17: Race in the village of San Martin in San Luis Potosí del thunder against the tlacuache, winning the thunder and the Sanchez family.
• April 19: The animated series is broadcast for the first time in the United States The Simpsons as space inside Tracey Ullman Show.
• April 20: in Santiago de Chile, Cecilia Bolocco wins the Miss Chile contest.
• During Holy Week, in Campo de mayo, Argentina, a group of officers and non-commissioned officers led by Colonel Aldo Rico were subdued by a series of uprisings of the so-called "carapintada" sector.

May

• 6 May: General elections are held in South Africa.
• 9 May: in Brussels, the song Hold me now by the singer Johnny Logan, wins for Ireland the XXXII Eurovision Edition.
• May 22: In New Zealand, the selection of New Zealand All Blacks won the 1987 Rugby World Cup I.
• May 25: In Suriname, a new constitution is approved in referendum to open up a democratic transition.
• May 26: in Singapore, the Chilean model Cecilia Bolocco wins the Miss Universe contest (it is the first Chilean to get that title).
• Undated: In North Korea, political prisoners in the Onsong concentration camp are mutinied, unsuccessful, against the guards. Following the uprising, between 1 660 and 5000 prisoners in the camp are executed.

June

• 6 June: Rashid Karami, Prime Minister of Lebanon, was killed in a terrorist attack.
• 10 June: in Buenos Aires, Argentina, unknown – possibly related to the Italian anti-communist criminal Licio Gelli (1919-2015) – desecrate the tomb of former president Juan Domingo Perón, cut off his hands with an electric saw and make them disappear.
• 10 June: municipal elections are held in Spain.
• 11 June: Margaret Thatcher wins her third and last consecutive term after winning the general elections in the United Kingdom.
• June 12: The exemper of the Central African Empire, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, is sentenced to death.
• June 12: U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev meet at the Berlin Wall in Berlin the capital of the RDA and RFA.
• 14 June: general elections are held in Italy.
• 19 June: in Spain the terrorist attack of ETA took place at the Hipercor in Barcelona, with the result of 21 deaths and about 40 wounded.
• June 27: the 33rd edition of the Copa América 1987 in Argentina begins.
• June 28: In the framework of the Iran-Irak War, the Iraqi Air Force twice bombards the Iranian city of Sardasht, in the province of Western Azerbaijan.

July

• July 1st: In Argentina and Brazil, Ford and Volkswagen form a company or joint venture called Autolatina
• July 4th: In France, Klaus Barbie (mainly head of GESTAPO, known as the "Butcher of Lyon") is sentenced for crimes against humanity to life imprisonment.
• 10 July: about 40,000 people gather in the immediate vicinity of the Carmen Church in Panama, in protest at the abuses of the dictatorship of Manuel Antonio Noriega, where they are brutally repressed by anti-Motine forces. That day he was known as black Friday.
• July 11: According to the UN, there are 5 billion people in the world.
• July 11: Bob Hawke wins Australia's federal elections for the third time.
• July 12: in Buenos Aires (Argentina) the Copa América 1987 and the Uruguayan team Conquer their 13th title by winning the Chilean team for the minimum difference 1-0.
• July 15: U2 gives its first concert in Spain and gathers the largest crowd seen so far in a concert, at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid: 135,000 people.
• July 17: the acclaimed Robocop cult film is released in the United States.
• July 19: Legislative elections are held in Portugal.
• July 21: American rock band Guns N' Roses publishes the best-selling debut album in history: Appetite for Destruction.
• July 27: the song of Never Gonna Give You Up is released by the artist Rick Astley
• 31 July: four hundred Iranian pilgrims die in Mecca in clashes with the Saudi police forces during the annual Islamic pilgrimage.

August

• 6-7 August: the Esquipulas II Agreement is carried out in Guatemala City, Guatemala, signed by the 5 Central American Presidents, Vinicio Cerezo de Guatemala, José Napoleón Duarte de El Salvador, José Azcona del Hoyo de Honduras, Daniel Ortega de Nicaragua and Óscar Arias de Costa Rica.
• August 9: Between Colombia and Venezuela the Caldas Corvette Crisis is happening.
• August 15: General elections are held in New Zealand.
• August 16: Northwest Airlines flight 255 crashes in its take-off of Detroit airport (Míchigan): 156 people die on board and only a 4-year-old girl survives.
• August 23: On the Island of Wight, (England) the Italian atonement Didier Pironi died in maritime accident.
• August 29: In the handicrafts factory El Sky, of the association Odaeyang Co—founded by Soon-Ja Park (48), called La Madre— located in the city of Yongin (South Korea) 32 people were found shaved and strangled (although they had drunk a non-lethal dose of poison). Among the dead were Mother herself and her three children. The remaining 59 workers in the group disappeared and were never found. Park was wanted by the police because he owed his creditors about $8.5 million.
• August 31: Michael Jackson releases his seventh album, Bad, which makes him the first and only artist to have five singles in the number one of the Billboard list.

September

• 6 September: in Maracay (Venezuela), the torrential rains provoke the overflow of the river El Limón leave more than 200 people dead and about a thousand disappeared (which was known as La Tragedia de El Limón).
• 6 September: legislative elections are held in Argentina.
• 8 September: the meeting between the two German chancellors is held: Erich Honecker (RDA) and Helmut Kohl (RFA).
• 8 September: the parliamentary elections are held in Denmark.
• September 10: in Miami, United States, Pope John Paul II begins his visit to that country.
• 11 September: In Paris the Van Gogh painting is auctioned Sunflowers at a record price at the time, 320 million francs.
• September 11: In the United States, CBS Evening News' main presenter, Dan Rather, angry that he was replaced by a tennis match, left the stage, leaving the viewers with an empty news table for six minutes.
• September 12: In Japan, Michael Jackson begins his Bad World Tour.
• 13 September: In the Middle East, the Shia militia and the Palestinian guerrillas agree to put an end to the war on the refugee camps in Lebanon.
• September 15: In Santiago, Chile, the third section of the Santiago Metro Line 2 opens from Los Heroes to Puente Cal and Canto.
• 16 September: the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer is signed.
• September 24: at the Nevada Test Site, at 15:00 United States detonates the Lockney atomic bomb, 150 kiloton. (In comparison, the Hiroshima bomb was 13 kilotons.) It is the 1064 bomb of the 1132 that the United States exploded between 1945 and 1992.

October

Dow Jones Index Behavior during Black Monday

• October 1st: In the city of Whittier, California there is an earthquake of 5.9 that leaves 3 dead, 200 wounded and losses of up to 358 million dollars.
• 1 October: in Fiyi, Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka gives a coup d ' état; 15 days later his country will be expelled from the Commonwealth.
• 2 October: in the Peruvian province of Santiago de Chuco there is an earthquake of 5.6 that leaves 3 dead and damages to homes.
• 4 October: Carlos Salinas de Gortari was Secretary of Programming and Budget and later precandidate to the Presidency of the Republic and replaces Pedro Aspe Armella.
• 10 October: Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka turns the Fiyi into a republic and is self-proclaimed president.
• 10 October: the 6th edition of the 1987 Sub-20 World Cup of Football begins for the first time in Chile.
• October 11: In Colombia, Jaime Pardo Leal, leader of the Patriotic Union, was murdered.
• October 14, Oscar Arias is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1987.
• October 15: In Burkina Faso, President Thomas Sankara was overthrown and subsequently killed in a coup led by Blaise Compaoré, who would assume the post as president of that country.
• October 15-16: "The Great Storm": winds with hurricane forces hit most of southern England, causing the death of 23 people.
• October 18: Federal elections are held in Switzerland.
• October 18, the American actor Zac Efron was born in San Luis Obispo (California)
• October 19: In New York, Black Monday happens: the Dow Jones loses more than 500 points, the worst fall since the 1929 crack.
• 19 October: U.S. warships destroy two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
• October 20: in Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany, Foreign Minister Helmut Kohl and French President François Mitterrand sign new cooperation agreements.
• October 22: the poet Joseph Brodsky, a Soviet dissident with U.S. nationality, obtains the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• October 24: in Lisbon, the song Happiness is in a corner of your heart of the singer Alfredo Alejandro, wins for Venezuela the 16th edition of the OTI Festival.
• 25 October: in Santiago (Chile) the World Championship is finished sub-20 where for the first time the World Champion of this category is crowned the Selection of Yugoslavia by beating 5-4 its similar in Federal Germany after equating 1-1 in regulatory time.

• 26 October: the concern lived on the previous Monday of 15 October in the Spanish financial indexes in the rest of the pairs is repeated. The general indexes of Madrid and Barcelona decreased more than five percent, 5.38% and 5.42% respectively. The Dow Jones index, referenced in the rest of the bags, marked a value that served as support in the surroundings of the 1800 points, value on which it remained during the instability lived in the following months.
• October 29: in Chile, the Federation of Students of the University of Chile managed to call a general strike of the University of Chile, including almost all of the academic cloister, officials and students against the appointed rector José Luis Federici, paralyzing the functions of the University of Chile for two months, until, in a great political victory, it was replaced by Juan de Dios Vial Larraín.

November

• November 3: British singer George Michael, launches his solo studio debut album titled Faith.
• 7 November: at UNESCO, the Spanish scientist Federico Mayor Zaragoza is appointed Director General.
• 7 November: In Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumes power through a coup d'etat, overthrowing the Habib Burguiba government.
• 8 November: the nuclear referendum is held in Italy.
• November 18: In London, a fire runs through the King's Cross-Saint Pancras Metro Station, leaving a balance of 31 dead.
• November 18: In Medellin (Colombia) the Hetores Awards, an important university event, are inaugurated.
• 21 November: in Colombia, he is captured for the second time, on roads in Valle del Cauca, Jorge Luis Ochoa.
• November 23 and 24: In the state of California, near the border with Mexico, there are two earthquakes of 6.0 and 6.5 that leave 2 dead and several wounded.
• 25 November: In Suriname is elected Ramsewak Shankar, leader of an opposition coalition against the dictatorship.
• 28 November: northeast of Mauritius is on fire and South African Airways flight 295 falls. All 159 people die aboard.
• 29 November: in South Korea, Korean Air's 858 flight explodes in full flight: 115 people die between passengers and crew. Two North Korean agents are found guilty of placing a bomb on the plane, are captured and attempted to commit suicide; one of them, Agent Kim Hyon Hui, fails in the attempted suicide and is sentenced to death, being subsequently pardoned.
• 29 November: General elections are suspended in Haiti.

December

• December 1st: in a tunnel 183 meters underground, in the U3Lu area of the Nevada atomic testing site (about 100 km northwest of the city of Las Vegas), at 8:30 (local time) United States detonates its Waco atomic bomb, less than 20 kilotons. It is the 1068 bomb of 1132 that the United States detonated between 1945 and 1992.
• 2 December: Spain and the United Kingdom come to an agreement in London on the joint use of Gibraltar airport.
• 2 December: in a tunnel 271 meters underground, in the U12p.02 area of the Nevada atomic testing site (about 100 km northwest of the city of Las Vegas), at 8:00 (local time) United States detonates its 2 kiloton Mission Cyber atomic bomb. It is the 1069 bomb of 1132 that the United States detonated between 1945 and 1992.
• 4 December: in Costa Rica, Óscar Arias signed Decree No. 268, for which he granted the company COMCEL (subsidaria de Millicom).
• December 7: The United States: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachov signed a nuclear weapons elimination treaty in Washington D.C.
• 7 December: Pacific Southwest Airlines flight 1771 flying from Los Angeles to San Francisco crashes near San Luis Obispo County: its 43 occupants die, including David Burke, who kidnapped that flight.
• 8 December: opposite the sea in Ventanilla (Peru) falls the naval plane AE-560 Fokker-27 when he returned from Pucallpa with 43 passengers on board, 36 of whom were members of the Club Alianza Lima. It is considered one of the greatest tragedies in the history of that country.
• 8-20 December: in Numea, New Caledonia, South Pacific Games.
• December 9: Microsoft Releases Windows 2.0, but was not as popular as Windows 1.0
• 10 December: in Oslo, Norway, the Costa Rican Oscar Arias is named Nobel Peace Prize 1987.
• 11 December in Spain, the terrorist group ETA perpetrates the attack on the Saragossa quarter-house, causing 11 deaths and 88 wounded.
• 14 December: In the Gaza Strip, thousands of Palestinians celebrated the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).
• December 16: Italy concludes the trial of the Sicilian Mafia: the 338 mafia were sentenced to a total of 2665 years for extortion and murder, among many other crimes.
  • Presidential elections are held in South Korea.
• December 17: launches the video game Mega Man, created by Capcom for the NES console
  • In Japan, an earthquake of 7.3 leaves 2 dead and 144 wounded.
• 20 December: the MV Doña Paz ferry crashes into an oil tanker in the sea of the Philippines, leaving a balance of more than 4000 dead.
• 30 December: John Paul II publishes his seventh encyclical, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis.
• December 30: in Uruguay, the government of Dr. Julio María Sanguinetti announces a decree for the total deletion of the passenger railroad from 2 January next year.
• 31 December: it is taken a second a year, so that it matches the Gregorian calendar.
• December 31: In Zimbabwe, Prime Minister Robert Mugabe assumes the presidency of the country happening to Canaan Sodindo Banana, the position of prime minister is immediately abolished.
• Centenary of the creation of the Esperanto artificial language.
• Creation of the Tuvalu Trust Fund, a country union (such as Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand and South Korea) that will provide help to strengthen the economy in Tuvalu.

Births

January

Shelley Hennig

• January 2: Shelley Hennig, American actress and model.
• January 5: Kristin Cavallari, American actress.
• January 5: Fabiola Guajardo, Mexican actress and model.

Lyndsy Fonseca

• January 7: Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress.
• January 7: Davide Astori, Italian footballer (f. 2018).
• January 7: Lambda García, Mexican actor.
• January 8: Saori Gotō, Japanese voice actress.
• January 9: Mao Inoue, Japanese actress.
• January 11: Jamie Vardy, British footballer.
• January 11: Diosa Canales, singer, actress, model and vedette venezolana.
• January 12: Naya Rivera, American actress (f. 2020).
• January 13: Lee Seung-gi, South Korean actor and singer
• January 15: Kelly Kelly Kelly, American fighter.
• January 16: Greivis Vásquez, Venezuelan basketball player.
• January 16: Michael Seater, Canadian actor.
• January 18: Zane Holtz, Canadian actor and model.
• January 20: Marco Simoncelli, Italian bike rider (f. 2011).
• January 20: Evan Peters, American actor.
• January 21: Pablo Caballero González, Uruguayan footballer.
• January 22: Shane Long, Irish footballer.
• January 24: Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer.
• January 26: Rigoberto Urán, Colombian cyclist.
• January 27: Ashley Grace, American singer and composer, of the Ha*Ash duo.
• January 29: Sylvia Sáenz, Mexican actress.
• January 29: Melissa Martínez Artuz, Colombian sports presenter and journalist.
• January 30: Phil Lester, youtuber British.
• January 30: Becky Lynch, Irish fighter.

February

• February 1st: Heather Morris, American actress.
• February 1st: Costel Pantilimon, Romanian footballer.
• 1 February: Shiori Izawa, Japanese seiyu.

Gerard Piqué

• February 2: Gerard Piqué, Spanish footballer.
• February 2nd: Victoria Song, Chinese singer and actress.
• February 3: Vanesa González, an Argentine actress and singer.
• February 5: Darren Criss, American actor.
• February 6: Pedro Alvarez, Dominican baseball player.
• February 6: Natalia Reyes, Colombian actress.
• February 7: Kerli, composer, singer and musical producer Estonian.
• February 10: Benjamin Pineda, Costa Rican arbitrator
• February 12: Argenis Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player.
• February 12: April Schreiber, Venezuelan actress.
• February 12: Asami Tano, seiyū and Japanese actress.
• February 13: Gabriel Coronel, actor, singer and Venezuelan model.
• February 14: Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer.
• February 16: Luc Bourdon, Canadian professional advocate for ice hockey (f. 2008).
• February 16: Mauricio Henao, Colombian actor and model.
• 17 February: Isis Valverde, Brazilian actress.
• February 18: Carla Hernández, Mexican actress.
• February 19: Daniel Orozco, Spanish footballer.
• February 21: Elliot Page, Canadian actor.

Ashley Greene

• February 21: Ashley Greene, American actress and model.
• February 21: Burgess Abernethy, Australian actor.
• February 24: Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese actress and gravure idol.
• February 25: Robert Topala, creator of Swedish and instrumentalist video games.
• February 26: Julia Bond, American porn actress.
• February 28: Antonio Candreva, Italian footballer.

March

Kesha

• March 1st: Kesha, American singer.

Bow.

• March 3: Mauricio Lambiris, a Uruguayan automotive pilot.
• March 4: Bow Wow, American actor and rapper.
• March 7: Hatem Ben Arfa, French footballer.
• March 7: Nicole Santamaría, Colombian actress.
• March 10: Ebba Jungmark, Swedish athlete.
• March 11: Estefanía Villarreal, Mexican actress.
• 17 March: Federico Fazio, Argentine footballer.
• March 17: Brody King, American musician and professional fighter.
• March 18: Aislinn Derbez, Mexican actress and model.
• March 19: AJ Lee, American Professional Fighter
• March 20: Emilia Attias, model, actress and Argentine singer.
• March 21: Carlos Carrasco, Venezuelan baseball player.
• March 22: Jessi Uribe, Colombian singer and musician.
• March 23: Husky Harris, American professional fighter.
• March 24: Juan Diego Covarrubias, Mexican actor.
• March 24: Maria Valverde, Spanish actress.
• March 26: Jessica Hart, Australian model.
• March 27: Buster Posey, American baseball player.
• March 30: Trent Beretta, American professional fighter.
• March 31: Georg Listing German bassist, from the Tokyo Hotel band.

April

• April 1: Karol Cariola, Chilean Communist Policy.
• April 2: Dalma Maradona, actress, driver and Argentine singer.
• April 3: Julian Simon, professional biker.
• April 4: Sami Khedira, German footballer.
• April 4: Cameron Maybin, American baseball player.
• April 4: Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress.
• April 5: Calu Rivero, actress and Argentine model.
• April 8: Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer.
• April 8: Jeremy Hellickson, American baseball player.

Jesse McCartney

• April 9: Jesse McCartney, American actor and singer.
• April 9: Craig Mabbitt, American singer, from the band Escape the Fate
• April 10: Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress.
• April 11: Joss Stone, British singer.
• April 11: Juan Gabriel Calderón, Costa Rican arbitrator
• April 12: Brendon Urie, American singer, from the Panic band at the Disco.
• April 12: Brooklyn Decker, American model.
• April 18: Sandra Lyng Haugen, Norwegian singer.
• April 18: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, British model.

María Sharápova

• April 19: María Sharápova, Russian tennis player.
• April 22: David Luiz, Brazilian footballer.
• April 23: Constanza Hernández, Colombian actress.
• April 23: Christopher Dijak, American professional fighter.
• April 27: Wang Feifei, actress, singer, model and Chinese dancer.
• April 27: William Moseley, British actor.
• April 28: Bradley Johnson, British footballer.
• April 28: Drew Gulak, American professional fighter.
• April 29: Alejandro Bedoya, American footballer of Colombian origin.
• April 29: Daniela Tapia, Cuban actress.
• April 30: Brian Moreno, Colombian actor.
• April 30: Simone Iacoponi, Italian footballer.

May

• May 1st: Leonardo Bonucci, Italian footballer.
• May 2: Nana Kitade, Japanese singer.
• May 3: Damla Sönmez, Turkish actress.
• 4 May: Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish footballer.
• 4 May: Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycling pilot.
• May 6: Gerardo Parra, Venezuelan baseball player.
• 7 May: Jérémy Ménez, French footballer.
• May 7: Angélico, South African professional fighter.
• May 11: Monica Roşu, Romanian gymnast.
• May 13: Candice Accola, American actress.
• May 13: Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer.
• 13 May: Charlotte Wessels, vocalist of the Dutch symphonic metal group Delain
• May 15: Andy Murray, British tennis player.

Luisana Lopilato

• May 18: Luisana Lopilato, an Argentine actress and singer.
• May 19: Lenny Tavárez, Puerto Rican singer.
• May 21, Ashlie Brillault, American actress.
• May 22: Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player.
• May 22: Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer.
• May 23: Bray Wyatt, American professional fighter.
• May 24: Jimena Barón, an Argentine actress.
• May 25: Mathías Vidangossy, Chilean footballer.
• May 26: Bella Heathcote, Australian actress.
• May 27: Lene Egeli, Norwegian model.
• May 27: Nicolás Isasi, director of the Argentine film and opera.
• May 29: Víctor Barrio, Spanish bullfighter (f. 2016).

June

• 2 June: Matthew Koma, American singer.
• June 3: Lalaine, American singer and actress.
• June 3: Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress.
• June 5: David Lombán, Spanish footballer.
• June 5: Barbara de Regil, Mexican actress.
• June 6: Cássio Ramos, Brazilian footballer.
• June 11: Ezequiel Carrera, Venezuelan baseball player.
• June 12: Chris Galya, American actor.
• June 12: Antonio Barragán, Spanish footballer.
• June 16: Kelly Blatz, American actor.

Kendrick Lamar

• June 17: Kendrick Lamar, American rapper
• June 18: Marcelo Martins, Bolivian footballer.
• June 18: Sebastián Vega, Colombian actor.
• June 19: Chelsea Wilson, American actress.
• June 19: Mutsumi Tamura, Japanese voice actress.
• June 20: Raphael Rossatto, actor, singer, and Brazilian Dublator.
• June 21: Ryeowook, member of the Super Junior group.
• June 22: Joseph Dempsie, British actor.
• June 22: Lee Min-ho, actor, singer and South Korean model.
• June 22: Kissa Sins, American pornographic actress.

Lionel Messi

• June 24: Lionel Messi, Argentine soccer player.
• June 24: LiSA, Japanese singer.
• June 26: Samir Nasri, French footballer.
• June 27: Ed Westwick, British actor.
• June 29: Jena Lee, French singer of Chilean origin.
• June 30: Matías Rodríguez, Argentine pilot.

July

• 2 July: Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer.
• July 3: Sebastian Vettel, German Formula 1 pilot.
• July 5: Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor and singer.
• July 9: Rebecca Sugar, producer, screenwriter, cheerleader.
• July 11: Begoña Narváez, Mexican actress.
• July 11: Camila Zárate, Colombian actress.
• July 14: Dan Reynolds, American singer.
• July 17: José Ramón Rodríguez Gómez, Spanish footballer.
• July 19: Luz del Sol Neisa, Colombian actress.
• July 23: Luiz Gustavo, Brazilian footballer.

Mara Wilson

• July 24: Mara Wilson, American actress.

Marek Hamšík

• July 27: Marek Hamšík, Slovak footballer.
• July 28: Pedro Rodriguez, Spanish footballer.
• July 29: Genesis Rodriguez, American actress.
• July 30: Juan Colucho, actor and Argentine model.
• July 31: Michael Bradley, American footballer.

August

• August 1st: Iago Aspas, Spanish footballer.
• August 1st: Rumi Hiiragi, Japanese seiyū.
• August 3: Brandon Peniche, Mexican actor and driver.
• August 3: Daniel Zamudio, Chilean assassinated by homophobic group (f. 2012).
• August 4: Jang Keun-suk, actor, singer, model and South Korean dancer.
• August 5: Luis Fernando Orozco, Colombian footballer.
• August 6: Gabriela Carrillo, Mexican actress.
• August 6, Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch murderer.
• August 7: Sidney Crosby, Canadian Ice Hockey Player.
• August 8: Katie Leung, British actress.
• August 8: Joe Gacy, American professional fighter.
• August 10: Wilson Ramos, Venezuelan baseball player.
• August 14: David Peralta, Venezuelan baseball player.
• August 16: W. Morrissey, American professional fighter.
• August 18: Mika Boorem, American film and television actress.
• August 19: Nico Hülkenberg, German Formula 1 pilot.
• August 19: Romero Frank, Peruvian footballer.
• August 20: Gunther, Austrian professional fighter.
• August 21: Megan Montaner, Spanish actress and model.
• August 23: Natalia Salas, Peruvian actress.
• August 25: Amy Macdonald, British singer.

Blake Lively

• August 25: Blake Lively, American actress and model.
• August 25: Justin Upton, American baseball player.

Liu Yifei

• August 25: Liu Yifei, Chinese actress and singer.
• August 30: Johanna Braddy, American actress.
• August 31: Andrea Martí, Mexican actress.

September

• September 2: Spencer Smith, American drummer, Panic band at the Disco.
• September 2: Scott Moir, Canadian ice dancer.
• September 7: Evan Rachel Wood, American actress.
• September 8: Wiz Khalifa, American rapper.
• September 9: Afrojack, DJ and Dutch producer.
• September 9: Natalia Guerrero, Mexican actress.
• 9 September: Milan Stanković, Serbian singer.
• September 10: Paul Goldschmidt, American baseball player.
• September 10: Nana Tanimura, Japanese singer.

Tyler Hoechlin

• September 11: Tyler Hoechlin, American actor.
• September 11: Elizabeth Henstridge, British actress.
• September 15: Christian Cooke, British actor.
• September 15: Aly Cissokho, French footballer.
• September 16: Heather Rae Young, American actress and model.
• September 16: Laura Dundovic, Australian model.
• September 18: Margarita Muñoz, Colombian actress.
• September 18: Mona Johannesson, Swedish model.
• September 19: Danielle Panabaker, American actress and television cinema.
• September 21: Ryan Guzmán, Mexican-American actor and model.
• September 22: Tom Felton, British actor.
• September 23: Skylar Astin, American actor.
• September 24: Grey Damon, American actor.
• September 24: Spencer Treat Clark, American film and television actor.

Hilary Duff

• September 25: Ione Belarra, a psychologist and Spanish politics.
• September 27: Karen Carreño, Colombian actress and model.
• September 28: Hilary Duff, American actress and singer.
• September 28: Jinny, British professional fighter.
• September 29: Josh Farro, American guitarist, from the Paramore band.
• September 29: David del Rio, American actor.
• September 30: Joo Won, South Korean actor and singer.

October

Matthew Daddario

• October 1st: Matthew Daddario, American actor.
• October 2nd: Christopher Larkin, American actor and musician.
• October 3: Zuleyka Rivera, beauty queen, cheerleader and Puerto Rican actress.
• October 3: Margaret Clunie: British actress and model
• October 7: Sam Querrey, American tennis player.
• October 8: Aya Hirano, singer, actress and Japanese seiyū.
• October 8: Griffin Frazen, American actor.
• October 9: Alejandra Buitrago, actress, model and Colombian television presenter.
• October 12: Annie Oliv, Swedish model.

Zac Efron

• October 18: Zac Efron, American actor and singer.
• October 19: Fumino Kimura, Japanese actress.
• October 22: Mikkel Hansen, Danish basketball player.
• October 23: Félix Doubront, Venezuelan baseball player.
• October 23: Carmella, American professional fighter.
• October 26: Elianis Garrido, Colombian actress and model.
• October 26: Isidora Urrejola, Chilean actress.
• October 27: Andrew Bynum, American basketball player.
• October 28: Frank Ocean, American singer and composer.
• October 29: Tove Lo, Swedish singer.
• October 29: Manuel Medrano, Colombian singer and composer.
• October 30: Yumi Uchiyama, Japanese voice actress.

November

• 4 November: T.O.P, member of the Big Bang group.

Kevin Jonas

• November 5: Kevin Jonas, actor, guitarist and American singer, by the Jonas Brothers band.
• November 5: Ruud Boffin, Belgian footballer.
• 7 November: Rachele Brooke Smith, American actress.
• November 8: Julio César Domínguez, Mexican footballer.
• November 8: Samantha Droke, American actress.
• November 10: Jessica Tovey, Australian actress.
• November 10: Jercy Puello, Colombian skater.
• November 12: Juan José Ballesta, Spanish actor.
• November 15: Carolina López Piedrahita, Colombian actress.
• November 18: Daniella Mastricchio, an Argentine actress.
• November 18: Jake Abel, American actor
• November 20: Amelia Rose Blaire, American actress.
• November 22: Elias, musician and professional American fighter.
• November 24: Jeremain Lens, Dutch footballer.
• 25 November: Alejo Malia, Spanish artist.

Karen Gillan

• November 28: Karen Gillan, Scottish actress.
• November 29: Sandro Wagner, German footballer.
• November 30: Dougie Poynter, British singer, McFLY band.
• November 30: Trinity Fatu, American professional fighter.
• November 30: Eduardo Amer, Mexican actor.

December

• December 1st: Cornelia Gröschel, German actress.

Michael Angarano

• December 3: Michael Angarano, American actor.
• December 3: Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast.
• December 4: Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper.
• December 6: Jack DeSena, American actor.
• December 6: Vanessa Veracruz, American pornographic actress.

Aaron Carter

• December 7: Aaron Carter, American singer and actor (f. 2022).
• December 10: Gonzalo Higuaín, Franco-Argentine footballer.
• December 12: Andrés Sánchez, Venezuelan footballer.
• December 11: Fabian Johnson, American footballer.
• December 13: Michael Socha, British actor.
• December 14: Ana María Polvorosa, Spanish actress.
• December 16: Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer.
• December 17: Bradley Manning, an American soldier, who denounces human rights violations.
• December 18: Yūki Furukawa, Japanese actor and model.
• December 18: Ayaka, Japanese singer.
• December 19: Karim Benzema, French footballer.
• December 19: Aaron Renfree, British singer, actor and dancer, S Club 8 band.
• December 20: Taliana Vargas, Colombian actress and model.
• December 21: Julio Ramírez Eguia, Mexican guitarist, of the band Reik.
• December 22: Zach Britton, American baseball player.
• 23 December: Thomas Bourgin, French motorcyclist.
• December 24: Juanita Gómez, Colombian journalist.
• December 28: Thomas Dekker, American actor.
• December 28: Hannah Tointon, British actress.
• December 31: Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player.
• December 31: Seydou Doumbia, Ivorian footballer.

Unknown date

• Jezabel Curbelo, Spanish scientist, professor at the UPC mathematics department.

Deaths

Art and literature

• January 6: Juan José Saer gets the Nadal award for his novel The occasion.

Beauty pageants

• In Singapore, Chile wins the Miss Universe contest.
• In the UK, Austria wins the Miss World contest.
• In Japan, Puerto Rico wins the Miss International contest.

Science and technology

Astronomy

• The supernova SN 1987A is observed in the Great Magellan Cloud.

Medicine

* In September 1987, Carson made history as lead surgeon on the 70-person team that successfully performed, after 22 hours, the complex procedure of separating two German conjoined twins who were conjoined at the back of the head. Operations of this type had always failed, resulting in the death of one or both babies.

• In the United States, zidovudine is approved, first virostatic treatment against AIDS.
• The first female condom patent is presented in Denmark.
• In Mexico, a patient with Parkinson's disease is first given a black substance transplant.
• For the first time, 32 countries agree on a common front in the fight against tobacco.
• In Europe, the number of reported AIDS cases is 7.2 million.
• Cooper performs the simultaneous transplant of two lungs.
• In December 1987, FDA approved fluoxetin as an ISRS antidepressant, with the name Prozac brand, of the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. It marks a revolution in the treatment of depression and is considered one of the most important moments in psychiatry.

Video Games

• Megaman is born, one of the most successful games Capcom has created for the Nintendo Entertainment System, which is still in the race until today.
• In Japan, the first Fantasy Final for the Nintendo Entertainment System of the Squaresoft company was released as a last resort to bankruptcy.
• The Abbey of Crime, one of the most valued video games in the history of Spain developed by Opera Soft for the Amstrad CPC, Spectrum, MSX and PC platforms.
• Konami brings out the first game of the Metal Gear saga with the same name for the MSX computer.
• The first game of the saga Street Fighter appears
• Pac-Mania appears.
• It comes out for sale Maniac Mansion.

Sports

Pan American Games

• Pan American Games are held in Indianapolis.

Motor Racing

• Formula 1: Nelson Piquet is proclaimed (for the third time) world champion Formula 1 before the finalization of the Championship.
• WRC: Juha Kankkunen wins the title on board a Lancia Delta HF 4WD
• Rally Dakar: Ari Vatanen wins competition on board a Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
• NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt wins the title aboard a Chevrolet Monte Carlo
• Champ Car: Bobby Rahal wins the title for the second consecutive time on board a Lola Cosworth
• 500 Miles from Indianapolis: Al Unser wins the competition
• Tourism: Oscar Castellano wins the title aboard a Dodge GTX
• Competition 2000: Silvio Oltra wins the title aboard a Renault Fuego

Football

• Golden Ball: Dutchman Ruud Gullit, of the AC Milan, is appointed best footballer of the world of the year by the magazine France Football.
• European Cup: the FC Porto is imposed on the Bayern of Munich for 2 to 1.
• Professional Colombian Football: Millionaires (12th time).
• First division of Argentina: Rosario Central gets her fourth professional title, May 2.
• Chilean National Football Championship: Catholic University champion.
• Peruvian National Soccer Championship: Club Universitario de Deportes Campeón.
• Ecuadorian National Football Championship: Barcelona Champion.
• Copa Libertadores de América: Peñarol imposes itself to the Americas of Cali by winning its fifth release cup
• Oceania Club Championship: Adelaide City Champion.
• First division of the Spanish league: Real Madrid champion.
• Mexican League: Chivas de Guadalajara Champion, ninth title.
• Costa Rica First Division League: Club Sport Herediano
• Bolivian Professional Football League: Bolivar Club, Champion. Club Oriente Petrolero, Sub Campeón

Athletics

• World Athletic Championship: the second edition is held in Rome, Italy.

Basketball

• League ACB: FC Barcelona is proclaimed champion.
• FC Barcelona is proclaimed champion of the King of Basketball Cup.
• FC Barcelona, champion of the Korac Cup.
• NBA: Season 86-87. Los Angeles Lakers Champions. 4-2 series against Boston Celtics.

Motorcycling

• World Trial Championship: Jordi Tarrés (Spain), world champion.

Cycling

• Cycling Tour to Spain: Lucho Herrera (Colombia).
• Tour de France: Stephen Roche (Ireland).
• Giro de Italia: Stephen Roche (Ireland).

Rugby

• Central Chilean rugby Championship: Catholic Champion University.
• 1987 Rugby World Cup: New Zealand's rugby selection champion

Tennis

• Open from Australia: Men: Stefan Edberg to Pat Cash. Women: Hana Mandlíková to Martina Navratilova.
• Roland Garros: Men: Ivan Lendl to Mats Wilander. Women: Steffi Graf to Martina Navratilova.
• Wimbledon: Men: Pat Cash to Ivan Lendl. Women: Martina Navratilova to Steffi Graf.
• US Open: Men: Ivan Lendl to Mats Wilander. Women: Martina Navratilova to Steffi Graf.

Cinema

• 007 High Voltage John Glen, Timothy Dalton, Miriam D'Abo and Jeroen Krabbé.
• Lethal Weapon Richard Donner with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.
• Fatal attack Adrian Lyne, with Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer.
• Best Seller John Flynn, James Woods and Brian Dennehy.
• Blind date Blake Edwards, Bruce Willis, Kim Basinger and John Larroquette.
• Predator John McTiernan, with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• Dirty Dancing Emile Ardolino, with Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey.
• Innerspace Joe Dante, Dennis Quaid, Martin Short and Meg Ryan.
• The color of money Martin Scorsese, with Paul Newman, Tom Cruise and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
• The Heart of the Angel Alan Parker, with Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro and Charlotte Rampling.
• The Sun EmpireSteven Spielberg, with Christian Bale and John Malkovich.
• The secret of my success Herbert Ross, with Michael J. Fox.
• The last emperor Bernardo Bertolucci, with John Lone, Peter O'Toole and Joan Chen.
• Full Metal Jacket Stanley Kubrick, Matthew Modine and Vincent D'Onofrio.
• Hit the American Dream Marek Kanievska, with Robert Downey Jr., Andrew McCarthy and Jami Gertz.
• Moon charm Norman Jewison, with Cher, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello, Olimpia Dukakis, and Vincent Gardenia.
• Hellraiser Clive Barker with Ashley Laurence, Clare Higgings, Doug Bradley, Nicholas Vince, Grace Kirby, Simon Brandfor, Sean Chapman and Andrew Robinson,
• Hidden Jack Sholder, Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Nouri.
• Young hidden Joel Schumacher, with Jason Patrick, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Haim and Jami Gertz.
• The bamba Luis Valdez, with Lou Diamond Phillips and Esai Morales.
• The hill of the burger John Irvin, with Dylan McDermott and Don Cheadle.
• The serpent and the rainbow Wes Craven, with Bill Pullman.
• The Valient Toaster Jerry Rees.
• The Eastwick WitchesGeorge Miller, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson.
• Believers John Schlesinger, Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver and Robert Loggia.
• The Untouchables of Eliot Ness Brian De Palma, with Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Andy Garcia and Robert De Niro.
• The Kings of the Waves Randal Kleiser, with Matt Adler, Nia Peeples and Gregory Harrison.
• No exit.Roger Donaldson, Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman and Sean Young.
• Nightmare on elm street 3: Sleeping warriors. From Chuck Russell Above the law Andrew Davis, Steven Seagal, Sharon Stone and Henry Silva.
• Infernal position II (Evil Dead II) Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell.
• Rest for those who will dieMike Hodges, Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins and Liam Neeson.
• Robocop Paul Verhoeven, Peter Weller and Nancy Allen.
• Saigon Christopher Crowe, with Willem Dafoe and Gregory Hines.
• Suspect suspect Peter Yates, Cher, Dennis Quaid and Liam Neeson.
• A loose detective in Hollywood IITony Scott with Eddie Murphy.
• Superman IV Sidney J. Furie, with Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman.
• The Running Man by Paul Michael Glaser, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Conchita Alonso.
• Get Mom off the train.Danny DeVito, with Billy Crystal, Danny DeVito, Kim Greist and Anne Ramsey.
• BetrayalWalter Hill, with Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe and Maria Conchita Alonso.
• Wall Street Oliver Stone, with Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen and Daryl Hannah.
• The Monster SquadFred Dekker with André Gower and Robby Kiger

Music

Festivals

• The XXXII edition of the XXXII edition of the Eurovision Song Festival in Brussels, .
  • Winner: The singer Johnny Logancon the song "Hold Me Now" representing Ireland .

News

• In the United States the band of grunge Nirvana is created.
• In Mexico the band of pop rock Maná is formed.
• Mexican rock band Caifanes formed in Mexico City

Discography

• Aerosmith: Permanent Vacation
• Alaska and Dinarama: Ten
• Alberto Plaza, On the stairs
• Álex " Christina: Álex " Christina
• Alvaro Torres: More romantic than anyone
• Anthrax: Among the Living
• Harmony 10: Thank you.
• Autocontrol: Dreams
• Barricada: I don't know what to do with you.
• Belinda Carlisle: Heaven Is a Place on Earth
• Billy Joel: КОСРТ
• Gold Binomial: In concert (24 November)
• Black Sabbath: The Eternal Idol
• Bryan Adams: Into the Fire
• Carlos Vives: You can't escape me.
• Charly García: Part of religion
• Chayanne: Chayanne
• Cecilia Echenique: Time fruitful
• Death: Scream Bloody Gore
• Debbie Gibson: Out of the Blue
• Deep Purple: The House of Blue Light
• Def Leppard: Hysteria
• Den Harrow: Day By Day
• Depeche Mode: Music for the Masses
• Diomedes Díaz: Uncontainable
• Don Cornelio and the Area: Don Cornelio and the Area
• Duncan Dhu: The cry of time
• The Great Combo of Puerto Rico: 25th Anniversary
• The Last of the Row: New mixtures
• Green dwarfs: Strange rooms
• Clarified: For love of trade
• Eva Ayllón: Footprints
• Faith No More: Introduce Yourself
• Fandango: Autos, fashion and rock and roll
• Fito Páez: City of poor hearts
• Flans: Light and shadow
• Fleetwood Mac: Tango in the Night
• Foreigner: Inside Information
• Strawberries with cream: Tour
• Cabinet Caligari: Camino Soria
• George Harrison: Cloud Nine
• Germán Coppini: The thief of Baghdad
• Glenn Medeiros: Glenn Medeiros
• Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine: Let it loose
• Niche Group: With strings
• Grim Reaper: Rock You To Hell
• Guns N' Roses: Appetite for Destruction
• Hector Lavoe: Strikes Back
• Helloween: Keeper of the seven keys
• Heroes of Silence: Hero of legend
• Ilan Chester: At the foot of the letter
• INXS: Kick
• JAS: You die in your law
• Jean-Michel Jarre: In Concert Houston-Lyon
• Joan Manuel Serrat: Blessed
• Joaquín Sabina: Hotel, sweet hotel
• Jorge "Coco" Mora: Cut the corvine (John Luis Dammert's brief).
• José Feliciano: Your immense love
• José: I am.
• José Luis Perales: Dream of freedom
• José Luis Rodríguez: Lord heart
• Judas Priest: Priest... Live!
• Julio Iglesias: A man alone
• Karina: No mask
• Kiss: Crazy Nights
• La Frontera: Midnight train
• Can Girls: My general
• Laureano Brizuela: South Wind
• Level 42: Running in the Family
• Lorenzo Antonio: Twelve roses
• The Chichos: Because we love each other.
• The Fabulous Cadillacs: I warned you.
• The Nikis: Submarines in full sun
• Prisoners: The culture of garbage
• Secrets: Continue
• The Temeraries: It was a game.
• The Dead Toreros: By Biafra
• Luis Miguel '87: I'm like I want to be
• Madonna: You can dance
• Madonna: Who's That Girl?
• Magneto: Everything's fine.
• Mana: Mana
• Manowar: Fighting the world
• Mijares: Love and rock and roll
• María Conchita Alonso: Look at me.
• María Jiménez: Wild soul
• Mazapán: The spaceship
• MC Shan: Down by law
• Melissa: Night without end
• Menudo: We are the children of rock
• Metallica: Garage Days Re-Revisited
• Michael Jackson: Bad
• Miguel Bosé: XXX
• Mike Oldfield: Islands
• Miki González: So many times
• Modern Talking: In the Garden of Venus
• Modern Talking: Romantic Warriors
• Mötley Crüe: Girls, Girls, Girls
• Motörhead: Rock 'n' Roll
• Nacha Pop: The moment
• Ozzy Osbourne: Randy Rhoads Tribute
• Pandora: Footprints
• Patricio Rey and his Redonditos de Ricota: A drum for the idiotic eye
• Pet Shop Boys: Actually
• Pimpinela: Valiente
• Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason
• Pink Floyd: Prism
• Prince: Sign o' the times
• Public Enemy: Me! Bum rush the show
• Radio Futura: The Song of Juan Perro
• Red Hot Chili Peppers: The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
• Rick Astley: Never Gonna Give You Up
• Rocío Jurado: Where are you love?
• Roger Hodgson: Hai Hai
• Roger Waters: Radio K.A.O.S.
• Rosendo: ...to the worms
• Rubén Blades: Moon water
• Rubén Blades: Double edge
• Rush: Hold Your Fire
• Sabrina: Sabrina
• Blue Blood: Obsession
• Sasha Sokol: Sasha
• Simple Minds: In the city of light
• Simply Red: Men and women
• Total sinister: Today's not happening
• Siouxsie And The Banshees: Through The Looking Glass
• Soda Stereo: White noise
• Spagna: Dedicated to the moon
• Starship: No protection
• Sting: Nothing like the sun
• Suicide Tendencies: Join the army
• Sumo: After Chabon
• Supertramp: Free as a Bird
• Tatiana: Dance with me
• Terence Trent D'Arby: Introducing to the hardline accord to Terence Trent D'Arby
• Testament: The Legacy
• The Alan Parsons Project: Gaudi.
• The Cure: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
• The Housemartins: The people who grinned themselves to death
• The Sisters of Mercy: Floodland
• The Smiths: Strangeways, Here We Come
• Tiffany: Tiffany
• Timbiriche: Timbiriche VII
• Tino Casal: Crocodile tears
• U2: The Joshua Tree
• Virus: Areas of pleasure
• Whitesnake: Whitesnake
• X (later known as X Japan): Vanishing Vision

Television

• On 1 April in Argentina, Susana Giménez (TV) is first broadcast.

Nobel laureates

• Physics: J. Georg Bednorz and Karl Alexander Müller.
• Chemistry: Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen.
• Medicine: Susumu Tonegawa.
• Literature: Joseph Brodsky.
• Paz: Óscar Arias Sánchez.
• Economy: Robert Solow.

Prince of Asturias Awards

• Arts: Eduardo Chillida.
• Social Sciences: Juan José Linz.
• Communication and Humanities: newspaper El Espectador and newspaper El Tiempo.
• Concordia: Villa El Salvador.
• International cooperation: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.
• Sports: Sebastian Coe.
• Scientific and Technical Research: Jacinto Convit and Pablo Rudomín Zevnovaty.
• Letters: Camilo José Cela.

Cervantes Award

• Carlos Fuentes.