In 1987, Rebecca Howe (Kirsty Alley) was the newest member of the "Cheers" gang. "Rolling Stone" magazine celebrated 20 years of publication. Artist Andy Worhol passed away. The most popular catch phrase was "Isn't that special" started by Dana Carvey--The Church Lady, on "Saturday Night Live". Pee-Wee's Playhouse was a popular Saturday morning cartoon enjoyed by children as well as adults. American's watched and waited as rescuers spent 57 hours trying to get 18 month old "Baby Jessica" out of a well she had fallen into. At the store, we first saw disposable cameras and 3-inch CD's. MTV debuted in 14 countries in Europe. Tiffany, still in High School, spent her summer promoting herself with the "Tiffany Shopping Mall Tour, 1987" where she sang for free at shopping malls.
| Pop | Country |
| *Livin' On A Prayer-Bon Jovi | *Forever & Ever, Amen-Randy Travis |
| *Faith-George Michael | *What Am I Gonna Do About You-Reba McEntire |
| *La Bamba-Los Lobos | *I Will Be There-Dan Seals |
| *Alone-Heart | *You've Got The Touch-Alabama |
| *With Or Without You-U2 | *I'll Still Be Loving You-Restless Heart |
| *Lean On Me-Club Nouveau | *All My Ex's Live In Texas-George Strait |
| *Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now-Starship | *Mornin' Ride-Lee Greenwood |
| *(I Just) Died In Your Arms-Cutting Crew | *Cry Myself To Sleep-The Judds |
| *I Think We're Alone Now-Tiffany | *You Still Move Me-Dan Seals |
| *I Wanna Dance With Somebody-Whitney Houston | *Kids Of The Baby Boom-Bellamy Brothers |
| *Bad-Michael Jackson | *Don't Go To Strangers-T. Graham Brown |
| *I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For-U2 | *Ocean Front Property-George Strait |
| *At This Moment-Billy Vera & The Beaters | *Small Town Girl-Steve Wariner |
| *I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)-Aretha Franklin & George Michael | *Rose In Paradise-Waylon Jennings |
| *Night Court | *Alf |
| *Growing Pains | *The Golden Girls |
| *Murder, She Wrote | *The Cosby Show |
| *60 Minutes | *Who's The Boss? |
| *A Different World | *Cheers |
*Beverly Hills Cop
*Hoosiers
*Moonstruck--Best Actress, Cher
*Raising Arizona
*Police Academy 4
*Wall Street--Best Actor, Michael Douglas
*The Witches Of Eastwick
*Plains, Trains, and Automobiles
*The Last Emperor--Best Picture
*Saudi Arabia contributed $20 million in
aid to the contra rebels in Nicaragua.
*Eastman Kodak and Fuji both marketed a disposable camera.
*Rev. Jim Bakker resigned from t.v. ministry due to charges of sexual misconduct.
*60 minutes started it's 20th season on CBS.
*The Dow Jones industrial average plunged a record 508 points in a single day.
*Sony started testing the 3 inch CD.
*A 19 year old German pilot landed a single engine plane in Moscow's Red Square.
*Presidential nominee Gary Hart dropped out of the race after being linked to part-time
actress and model Donna Rice.
*The Minnesota Twins beat the St. Louis
Cardinals 4 games to 3.
*The Los Angles Lakers beat the Detroit Pistons 4 games to 3.
*The Edmonton Oilers beat the Boston Bruins 4 games to 0.
*The 1987-88 football season ended at Super Bowl XXII with the Washington Redskins on top
of the Denver Broncos 42-10.
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