Timeline March 1987

Events in March 1987 12

• 1898 – 1987 Randolph Scott (1898-1987) American actor, the stoic hero of westerns, including a celebrated series with Budd Boetticher.
• 1913 – 1987 Danny Kaye (1913-1987) Died 3 March 1987, aged 74 Kaye was an American actor, singer and comedian known for films including The Court Jester and White Christmas. He was also a longtime goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles.
• 1918 – 1987 Robert Preston (1918-1987) American actor who became Harold Hill in The Music Man on Broadway and film.
• 1987 Iditarod 1987 Winner: Susan Butcher — 11 days 2h Susan Butcher successfully defended her title in 1987 with a faster time, beginning an era of dominance.
• 1987 Kurt Cobain plays his first show with Nirvana Raymond, Washington A house party in a small town near Aberdeen.
• 1987 Randolph Scott dies in Beverly Hills Randolph Scott dies aged 89.
• 1987 Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes off Zeebrugge Cross-Channel ferry disaster kills 193 people The roll-on/roll-off ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized minutes after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge because its bow doors had been left open. The disaster killed 193 passengers and crew. The inquiry led to major reforms in ferry safety design.
• 1987 U2 release The Joshua Tree With or Without You Their biggest album, with I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.
• 1987 – present Teimour Radjabov Azerbaijani chess grandmaster Teimour Radjabov defeated elite grandmasters at a young age and became one of Azerbaijan's greatest chess players.
• 1987 Robert Preston dies in Montecito Robert Preston dies aged 68.
• 1987 U2 play a rooftop gig in Los Angeles Where the Streets Have No Name Filming a video on a liquor store roof until the police stop it.
• 1987 Prince releases Sign o' the Times Double album Often seen as his masterpiece.