What Happened In March 1987 In History

Historical Events for March, 1987

• 6th » The British ferry MS known as Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds killing 193.
• 19th » Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
• 20th » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, Zidovudine known as AZT.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1987

• 1st » Kesha, American singer-songwriter
• 1st » Sammie, American singer-songwriter
• 1st » Vintage Crop, Irish race horse (d. 2014)
• 3rd » Jesús Padilla, Mexican footballer
• 4th » Shraddha Das, Indian actress
• 4th » Ben McKinley, Australian footballer
• 4th » Tamzin Merchant, English actress
• 4th » William Njovu, Zambian footballer
• 4th » Cameron Wood, Australian footballer
• 5th » Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player
• 6th » Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
• 6th » José Manuel Flores, Spanish footballer
• 6th » Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress
• 7th » Hatem Ben Arfa, French footballer
• 7th » Niclas Bergfors, Swedish ice hockey player
• 9th » Bow Wow (rapper) known as Bow Wow, American rapper and actor
• 10th » Martellus Bennett, American football player
• 10th » Sita Chan, Hong Kong singer and actress (d. 2013)
• 10th » Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player
• 10th » Emeli Sandé, English-Scottish singer-songwriter
• 10th » Liu Shishi, Chinese actress
• 11th » Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player
• 11th » Tanel Kangert, Estonian cyclist
• 12th » Jessica Hardy, American swimmer
• 12th » Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player
• 12th » Chris Seitz, American soccer player
• 12th » Chris Stark, English radio host
• 12th » Rico Vonck, Dutch darts player
• 13th » Marco Andretti, American race car driver
• 13th » Andreas Beck (footballer) called Andreas Beck, German footballer
• 13th » Rosela Gjylbegu, Albanian singer
• 14th » Robert Clark (actor) called Robert Clark, American actor
• 15th » Taiwan Brown, American television host
• 15th » Adrianne León, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 16th » Paw Diaz, Filipino actress
• 16th » Tiiu Kuik, Estonian model
• 17th » Federico Fazio, Argentine footballer
• 17th » Krisnan Inu, New Zealand rugby player
• 17th » Rob Kardashian, American model
• 17th » Ryan Parent, Canadian ice hockey player
• 17th » Bobby Ryan, American ice hockey player
• 18th » Gabriel Mercado, Argentinian footballer
• 18th » Cesare Rickler, Italian footballer
• 18th » Rebecca Soni, American swimmer
• 18th » Mauro Zárate, Argentinian footballer
• 19th » Lee Jooyeon, South Korean singer and actress (After School (band) or After School)
• 19th » AJ Lee, American wrestler
• 19th » Josie Loren, American actress
• 19th » Alexander Metz, German rugby player
• 19th » Michal Švec, Czech footballer
• 19th » Miloš Teodosić, Serbian basketball player
• 20th » Jô, Brazilian footballer
• 20th » Emilia Attías, Argentinian actress, singer, and dancer
• 20th » Daniel Maa Boumsong, Cameroonian footballer
• 20th » Patrick Boyle (footballer) e.g Patrick Boyle, Scottish footballer
• 20th » Pedro Ken, Brazilian footballer
• 20th » Sergei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player
• 21st » Rocco Nacino, Filipino actor, dancer and model
• 22nd » Björn Barrefors, Swedish decathlete
• 22nd » Ike Davis, American baseball player
• 22nd » Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (d. 2013)
• 23rd » James Foad, English rower
• 23rd » Kangna Ranaut, Indian actress
• 23rd » Vesna Rožič, Slovenian chess player (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Alan Toovey, Australian footballer
• 24th » Ramires, Brazilian footballer
• 24th » Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 24th » Yuma Asami, Japanese porn actress
• 24th » Billy Jones (footballer, born 1987) e.g Billy Jones, English footballer
• 24th » Josh Zeid, American baseball player
• 25th » Jacob Bagersted, Danish handball player
• 25th » Jason Castro (singer) or Jason Castro, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 25th » Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer
• 25th » Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
• 26th » Yui (singer) called YUI, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 26th » Jermichael Finley, American football player
• 26th » Steven Fletcher (footballer) known as Steven Fletcher, Scottish footballer
• 27th » Luís Cláudio Carvalho da Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 27th » Alejandro Castro, Mexican footballer
• 27th » Chad Denny, Canadian ice hockey player
• 27th » Lene Egeli, Norwegian model, Miss Norway known as Miss Norway 2008
• 27th » Samuel Francis (athlete) or Samuel Francis, Nigerian-Qatari sprinter
• 27th » Anthony Levine, American football player
• 27th » Florencio Morán, Mexican footballer
• 27th » Alex Pledger, New Zealand basketball player
• 27th » Buster Posey, American baseball player
• 27th » Ivan Todorov, Bulgarian footballer
• 27th » José Fernando Viana de Santana, Brazilian footballer
• 27th » Victor Vito (rugby union) e.g Victor Vito, New Zealand rugby player
• 27th » Shin Young-Rok, South Korean footballer
• 27th » Alexander Weckström, Finnish footballer
• 27th » Charonda Williams, American sprinter
• 28th » Yohan Benalouane, French-Tunisian footballer
• 28th » Lee Hea-Kang, South Korean footballer
• 28th » Simeon Jackson, Canadian soccer player
• 28th » Kagney Linn Karter, American porn actress
• 29th » Gianluca Freddi, Italian footballer
• 29th » Danielle Byrnes, Australian model and actress
• 30th » Calum Elliot, Scottish footballer
• 30th » Kwok Kin Pong, Hong Kong footballer
• 30th » Marc-Édouard Vlasic, Canadian ice hockey player
• 31st » Nordin Amrabat, Dutch footballer
• 31st » Hugo Ayala, Mexican footballer
• 31st » Amaury Bischoff, Portuguese footballer
• 31st » Justin Braun (soccer) called Justin Braun, American soccer player
• 31st » The Child of Lov, Belgian-Dutch singer (d. 2013)
• 31st » Carl Dickinson, English footballer
• 31st » Allison Falk, American soccer player
• 31st » Koneru Humpy, Indian chess player
• 31st » Georg Listing, German bass player (Tokio Hotel)
• 31st » Eros Pisano, Italian footballer
• 31st » Aridane Santana, Spanish footballer
• 31st » Kirill Starkov, Danish ice hockey player
• 31st » Winston Venable, American football player
• 31st » Nelli Zhiganshina, Russian figure skater

Famous Deaths for March 1987

• 2nd » Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
• 2nd » Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer (b. 1935)
• 3rd » Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1913)
• 4th » Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (b. 1884)
• 7th » Karl Leichter, Estonian musicologist (b. 1902)
• 11th » Joe Gladwin, English actor (b. 1906)
• 12th » Woody Hayes, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
• 15th » Douglas Abbott, Canadian politician (b. 1899)
• 17th » Santo Trafficante, Jr., American mob boss (b. 1914)
• 19th » Louis de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 21st » Walter L. Gordon, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1906)
• 21st » Dean Paul Martin, American tennis player, singer, actor, and pilot (b. 1951)
• 21st » Robert Preston (actor) named Robert Preston, American actor (b. 1918)
• 22nd » Odysseas Angelis, Greek general and politician (b. 1912)
• 23rd » Olev Roomet, Estonian singer and violinist (b. 1901)
• 25th » A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1906)
• 26th » Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902)
• 28th » Patrick Troughton, English actor (b. 1920)
• 28th » Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1905)

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