A Look Back At

Born in 1987

What Was Life Like in 1987?

Who Was in Charge?

President

Ronald Reagan

What Things Cost

Gas (per gallon)

$0.90

Loaf of Bread

$0.68

Average House

$92,000

Weekly Wage

$358

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.
  • June 12 – During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
  • August 31 – Michael Jackson releases Bad, his first studio album since Thriller, the best-selling album of all time. The album would produce five number one singles in the US, a record which has not been broken.
  • October 14–16 – A young child, Jessica McClure, falls down a well in Midland, Texas, and is later rescued.
  • October 19 – Black Monday: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.
  • December 8 – The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popular Toys & Games

  • Koosh Ball
  • Nintendo NES
  • Sylvanian Families

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 on 1 January 1987

Walk Like an Egyptian

The Bangles