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17 September 1987 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 17 September 1987 was a Thursday.
- Irish Chart Song in 1987
- The Irish chart song for 1987 was “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley.
- Top Film of 1987
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1987 was Fatal Attraction.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 17 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 17 September 1987 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 17 September 1987 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 17 September
- 1978 The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
- 1980 After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
- 1983 Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
- 1991 Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
- 1991 The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
Famous people born on 17 September
- Kyle Chandler, American actor (born 1965)
- Narendra Modi, Indian politician; Chief Minister of Gujarat and 14th Prime Minister of India (born 1950)
- Patrick Mahomes, American football player (born 1995)
- John Ritter, American actor and producer (1948–2003)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1987 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1987 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – The halfpenny coin was withdrawn from circulation.
- 20 January – Labour Party ministers resigned from the government because of disagreement over budget proposals.
- 19 February – A general election returned a Fianna Fáil minority government after the Fine Gael–Labour Party coalition collapsed. Charles Haughey became taoiseach by one Dáil vote. The new Progressive Democrats party won 14 seats.
Life in Ireland in 1987
Taoiseach
Charles Haughey
Petrol (per litre)
£1.18/gal
Loaf of Bread
£0.49
Average House
£29,000
Weekly Wage
£72
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Famous Faces Born in the 1980s
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