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23 August 1987 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 23 August 1987 was a Sunday.
- 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 23 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 23 August 1987 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 23 August 1987 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 23 August
- 1985 Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
- 1989 Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
- 1990 Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1990 West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
- 1991 The World Wide Web is opened to the public.
Famous people born on 23 August
- River Phoenix, American actor (1970–1993)
- Kobe Bryant, American basketball player and businessman (1978–2020)
- Scott Caan, American actor (born 1976)
- Louis XVI (1754–1793)
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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- 1 January – The halfpenny coin was withdrawn from circulation.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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