Year of 1987

Sports

• NBA: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics Series: 4-2
• NCAA Football: Miami-Fl Record: 12-0-0
• Heisman Trophy: Tim Brown, notre dame, WR points: 1,442
• Stanley Cup: Edmunton Oilers vs. Philadelphia Flyers Series: 4-3
• Super Bowl XXI: New York Giants vs. Denver Broncos Score: 39-20
• US Open Golf: Scott Simpson Score: 277 Course: Olympic Club Location: San Francisco, CA
• World Series: Minnesota Twins vs. St. Louis Cardinals Series: 4-3

Popular Music

• 1."Open Your Heart" ... Madonna
• 2."Livin' on a Prayer" ... Bon Jovi
• 3 ."Jacob's Ladder" ... Huey Lewis and the News
• 4."Lean on Me" ... Club Nouveau
• 5."Nothing's Going to Stop Us Now" ... Starship
• 6."I Knew You Were Waiting" ... Aretha Franklin & George Michael
• 7."Died in Your Arms" ... Cutting Crew
• 8."With or Without You" ... U2
• 9."You Keep Me Hangin' On" ... Kim Wilde
• 10."Always" ... Atlantic Starr

Popular Movies

• 1. Beverly Hills Cop III
• 2. Dirty Dancing
• 3. Dragnet
• 4. Fatal Attraction
• 5. Full Metal Jacket
• 6. La Bamba
• 7. Lethal Weapon
• 8. The Living Daylights
• 9. A Nightmare on Elm Street
• 10. Outrageous Fortune

Most Popular Books

• 1. "The Cardinal" of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy
• 2. "The Sands of Time" by Sidney Sheldon
• 3. "Zoya" by Danielle Steel
• 4. "The Icarus Agenda" by Robert Ludlum
• 5. "Alaska" by James Michener

• 1. "The Eight-Week Cholesterol Diet" by Robert Kowalski
• 2. "Talking Straight" by Lee Iacocca
• 3. "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
• 4. "Trump" by Donald Trump
• 5. "Gracie: A Love Story" by George Burns

Most Popular Television Shows

• 1. The Cosby Show (NBC)
• 2. Roseanne (ABC)
• 3. A Different World (NBC)
• 4. Cheers (NBC)
• 5. 60 Minutes (CBS)
• 6. The Golden Girls (NBC)
• 7. Who's the Boss? ( ABC)
• 8. Murder, She Wrote (CBS)
• 9. Empty Nest (NBC)
• 10. Anything But Love (ABC)

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: "The Last Emperor"
• Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci ... "The Last Emperor"
• Best Actor: Michael Douglas ... "Wall Street"
• Best Actress: Cher ... "Moonstruck"

Grammy Awards

• Record of the Year: "Graceland" ... Paul Simon
• Song of the Year: "Somewhere Out There" ... James Horner & Barry Mann
• Best Album: "The Joshua Tree" ... U2
• Male Vocalist: Sting ... "Bring on the Night"
• Female Vocalist: Whitney Houston ... "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"