1987 Headlines

Popular Music

1."Open Your Heart" ... Madonna
2."Livin' on a Prayer" ... Bon Jovi
3 ."Jacob's Ladder" ... Huey Lewis and the News
4."Lean on Me" ... Club Nouveau
5."Nothing's Going to Stop Us Now" ... Starship
6."I Knew You Were Waiting" ... Aretha Franklin & George Michael
7."Died in Your Arms" ... Cutting Crew
8."With or Without You" ... U2
9."You Keep Me Hangin' On" ... Kim Wilde
10."Always" ... Atlantic Starr

Popular Movies

1. Beverly Hills Cop II
2. Dirty Dancing
3. Dragnet
4. Fatal Attraction
5. Full Metal Jacket
6. La Bamba
7. Lethal Weapon
8. The Living Daylights
9. A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
10. Outrageous Fortune

News Highlights

• Baby Jessica," Jessica McClure falls down the well and is later rescued.

• Condom commericals begin to appear on TV for the first time.

• Jessica Hahn is implicated in the Jimmy Bakker scandal

• Gary Hart scandal with model Donna Rice destroys his career.

• Bruce Willis marries Demi Moore, November 21

• The marriage of Charles and Diana starts to deteriorate, they begin living alone.

• World Population reaches 5 billion