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30 November 1987 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 November 1987 was a Monday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “(I've Had) The Time of My Life” by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.
- 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 30 November is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 November 1987 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 November 1987 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 30 November
- 1981 Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)
- 1995 Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
- 1995 U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men".
- 1999 Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
- 1999 In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
Famous people born on November 30
- Kaley Cuoco, American actress (born 1985)
- Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (1874–1965)
- Ridley Scott, English director, producer, and production designer (born 1937)
- Ben Stiller, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (born 1965)
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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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