At A Glance

31 October 1987 at a glance

Day of the week
31 October 1987 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Bad” by Michael Jackson.
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 31 October is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 31 October 1987 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 31 October 1987 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 31 October

  • 1998 Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.
  • 1999 Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
  • 2000 Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
  • 2002 A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
  • 2003 Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.

Famous people born on October 31

  • Marcus Rashford, English footballer (born 1997)
  • Nick Saban, American football player and coach (born 1951)
  • John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (1950–1994)
  • Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (1936–1991)

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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.
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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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