Top News Stories of 1987

  1.    Baby Jessica falls into a well October 14th, 1987. 
  2.      Lenny Kravitz marries Lisa Bonet.
  3.      Liberace dies of AIDS but refuses to admit he has it.
  4.      PTL Evangelist Jim Bakker admits to affair with Jessica Hahn.
  5.      Michael Jackson attempts to buy the bones of The Elephant Man.
  6.      Vanna White can be seen everywhere including lingerie ads in Playboy, and her new book Vanna Speaks.
  7.      Bruce Willis weds Demi Moore.
  8.      Condom commercials can be seen on tv for the first time.
  9.      Hot Toys: Koosh balls, Jenga, Couch Potato Dolls & talking Pee Wee Herman Dolls.
10. Fox airs first episode of Married With Children.
11. Johnny Depp gets his start on a show called 21 Jump Street.
12. The Simpsons!
13. "Faith" by George Michael was #1 hit of the year.
14. Tiffany tours America’s shopping malls.
15. Best Video of the Year: "Sledgehammer" Peter Gabriel.
16. Shelley Long's character Diane leaves Cheers.
17. Top Grossing Movie of 1987: Three Men and a Baby.
18. Cher takes home Best Actress Oscar for Moonstruck and Michael Douglas gets the  Best Actor Oscar for Wall Street.
19. The battle of the "Corey's" begins - Feldman and Haim.
20. Sonny and Cher reunite on David Letterman.


Top 40 Songs of 1987
  1. Living On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
  2. Mony Mony - Billy Idol (1st released in 1981)
  3. (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
  4. The Lady In Red - Chris Deburgh
  5. Lean On Me - Club Nouveau
  6. Always - Atlantic Starr
  7. Fight For Your Right (To Party) - Beastie Boys
  8. La Bamba - Los Lobos
  9. Faith - George Michael
  10. True Faith - New Order
  11. Big Time - Peter Gabriel
  12. Keep Your Hands To Yourself - Georgia Satellites
  13. Girls - Beastie Boys
  14. With Or Without You - U2
  15. Songbird - Kenny G
  16. Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott
  17. Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
  18. You Got It All - the Jets
  19. The Final Countdown - Europe
  20. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
  21. Heart and Soul - T' Pau
  22. I Want Your Sex - George Michael
  23. Bad - Michael Jackson
  24. Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston
  25. I'm No Angel - Gregg Allman Band
  26. I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
  27. Come Go With Me - Expose
  28. Only In My Dreams - Debbie Gibson
  29. Catch Me I'm Falling - Pretty Poison
  30. Girls, Girls, Girls - Motley Crew
  31. Point Of No Return - Expose
  32. At This Moment - Billy Vera and the Beaters
  33. When Smokey Sings - ABC
  34. Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram
  35. It's Tricky - Run DMC
  36. Rhythm Is Gonna Get You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
  37. Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead
  38. Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
  39. I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
  40. Luka - Suzanne Vega

Economy and Government

President - Ronald W. Reagan

Vice President - George Bush

Population - 242,288,918

Life expectancy - 74.9 years

Dow-Jones - High 2,722

Federal spending - $1,003.91 billion

Federal debt - $2,346.1 billion

Inflation - 3.6%

Unemployment - 7%

Prices

Cost of a new home - $127,200

Median Household Income - $26,061

Cost of a first-class stamp - $0.22

Cost of a gallon of regular gas - $0.95

Cost of a dozen eggs - $0.78

Cost of a gallon of Milk - $2.28