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16 August 1987 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 16 August 1987 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For” by U2.
- Top Film of 1987
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1987 was Fatal Attraction.
- Bestselling Novel of 1987
- “The Tommyknockers” by Stephen King was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1987.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The Cosby Show” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1987–88 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 16 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 16 August 1987 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 16 August 1987 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 16 August
- 1966 Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
- 1972 In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
- 1975 Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically hands over land to the Gurindji people after the eight-year Wave Hill walk-off, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 song by Paul Kelly and an annual celebration.
- 1989 A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading.
- 2008 The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
Famous people born on August 16
- Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director (born 1958)
- Sophie Cunningham, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Jannik Sinner, Italian tennis player (born 2001)
- James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1954)
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Events of 1987 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1987 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 3 – Ruthless Records was founded by Eazy-E & Jerry Heller.
- March 30 – The 59th Academy Awards, hosted by Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn and Paul Hogan, are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Oliver Stone's Platoon wins four awards out of eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
- April 19 – The Simpsons cartoon first appears as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.
Life in the US in 1987
President
Ronald Reagan
Gas (per gallon)
$0.90
Loaf of Bread
$0.68
Average House
$92,000
Weekly Wage
$358
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