1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1987th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 987th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1980s decade.
1987 was the last year to have four unique digits or no repeating numbers until 2013.
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Events
January
January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency.
January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
January 3 – Afghan leader Mohammad Najibullah says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals.
January 4 –
1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
Televangelist Oral Roberts announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home."
January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives.
January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned general Frank Vargas, who successfully demand the latter's release.
January 17 – The Jumalan teatteri ("The theatre of God") theatre students' group cause a huge scandal at the Oulu City Theatre in Oulu, Finland by throwing excrement, eggs and yoghurt on the audience during their two-minute performance.
January 20 – Terry Waite, the special envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury in Lebanon, is kidnapped in Beirut (released November 1991).
January 24 – 1987 Forsyth County protests: About 20,000 protestors marched in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.
February
February 6 – The Soviet oil tanker Antonio Gramsci suffers a minor shipwreck in Finnish waters en route to the Neste oil refinery in Porvoo, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 570–650 tons.
February 11
British Airways is privatised and listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The new Constitution of the Philippines goes into effect. This new constitution adds Spanish and Arabic as optional languages of the Philippines.
February 20 – A second Unabomber bomb explodes at a Salt Lake City computer store parking lot in the United States, injuring the owner's son.
February 23 – SN 1987A, the first "naked-eye" supernova since 1604, is observed.
February 25
Beginning of the Phosphorite War protest movement in the Estonian SSR.
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in United States v. Paradise that affirmative action is lawful if the organization in question has a history of pervasive racial discrimination in hiring practices; in this case, police departments in the state of Alabama. Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. rules that the government is "justified by a compelling governmental interest in eradicating the Department's pervasive, systematic, and obstinate discriminatory exclusion of blacks."
February 26 – Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes U.S. President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his National Security Council staff.
February 28 – A Rüppell's vulture chick is hatched at the Milwaukee County Zoo, the first time the animal has been successfully bred in North America.
March
March 1 – The first Starbucks outside of the US is opened in Vancouver, Canada.
March 4 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran–Contra affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had "deteriorated" into an arms-for-hostages deal.
March 6
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurs in Napo Province in northeast Ecuador, killing roughly 1,000 people.
Zeebrugge disaster: Roll-on/roll-off cross-channel ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes off Zeebrugge harbor in Belgium; 193 people die.
March 7 – 1987 Lieyu massacre: The Republic of China Army execute 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees on Donggang beach, Lieyu, Kinmen off Mainland China.
March 18 – Woodstock of physics: A marathon session of the American Physical Society's meeting features 51 presentations concerning the science of high-temperature superconductors.
March 20 – AZT is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.
March 24 – Michael Eisner, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, and French Prime Minister and future President of France, Jacques Chirac, sign an agreement to construct the 4,800 acres (19 km2) Euro Disney Resort (now called Disneyland Paris) and to develop the Val d'Europe area of the new town Marne-la-Vallée in Paris, France.
March 28 – The 1987 Aegean crisis, which occurred near the Greek island of Thasos, was a confrontation between Greece and Turkey that was ultimately resolved peacefully. Turkey agreed to withdraw its vessels under the condition of Greece not pursue oil drills beyond its territorial waters.
March 29
April
April 5 – Schoharie Creek Bridge Collapse: I-90 bridge collapse near Fort Hunter leaves 10 people dead. Investigators conclude that the bridge's piers had been weakened by structural flaws and significant scour. The accident leads to stricter safety standards in bridge design and inspection. The body of the 10th victim will ultimately be recovered from the Mohawk River more than two years later.
April 13 – The governments of the Portuguese Republic and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau will be returned to China in 1999.
April 14 – Turkey applied for membership to the European Economic Community (now the European Union).
April 15 – An insurrection in Sri Lanka by the Marxist–Leninist group, JVP, begins.
April 19 – The Simpsons cartoon first appears as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.
April 21 – In Colombo, Sri Lanka, the Central Bus Station Bombing kills 113 civilians.
April 27 – The United States Department of Justice declares incumbent Austrian president Kurt Waldheim an "undesirable alien".
April 30 – Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the Provincial Premiers agree in principle to the Meech Lake Accord which would bring Quebec into the constitution.
May
May 4 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Rotary Int'l v. Rotary Club of Duarte that local Rotary Clubs do not have a constitutional right to deny membership to women. Other clubs thereafter comply with the ruling: Lions International begins admitting women in June, and Kiwanis Club in July.
May 8 – Loughgall ambush: A 24-man unit of the British Army Special Air Service (SAS) ambushed eight members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) as they mounted an attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) barracks. All IRA members were killed as well as one civilian.
May 9 – A Soviet-made Ilyushin Il-62 airliner, operated by LOT Polish Airlines, crashes into a forest just outside Warsaw, killing all 183 people on board.
May 11 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
May 14 – Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka executes a bloodless coup in Fiji.
May 17 – Iran–Iraq War: USS Stark is hit by two Iraqi-owned Exocet AM39 air-to-surface missiles killing 37 sailors.
May 22
The Hashimpura massacre occurs in Meerut, India.
The inaugural Rugby World Cup hosted by both New Zealand and Australia kicks off. In the opening match of the new tournament, New Zealand beat Italy in the pool stage.
May 27
At the Prater Stadium of Vienna, Porto of Portugal defeats Bayern München of West Germany 2–1 and wins its first European Cup.
In one of the densest concentrations of humanity in history, a crowd of 800,000+ packed shoulder-to-shoulder onto the Golden Gate Bridge and its approaches for its 50th Anniversary celebration.
June
June 3 – The Vanuatu Labour Party is founded.
June 8 – The New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act is passed, the first of its kind in the world.
June 11 – The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom, led by Margaret Thatcher, is re-elected for a third term at the 1987 general election.
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.
June 13 – At the Paris Air Show, Boeing announces the sale of their 1,842nd Boeing 737, making the 737 the best-selling airliner of all time.
June 17 – With the death of the last known individual, the dusky seaside sparrow, a subspecies native to the US state of Florida, becomes extinct.
June 19
Teddy Seymour is officially designated the first black man to sail around the world, when he completes his solo sailing circumnavigation in Frederiksted, St. Croix, of the United States Virgin Islands.
Edwards v. Aguillard: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools whenever evolution is taught is unconstitutional.
Hipercor bombing: the Basque terrorist group ETA perpetrate a car-bomb attack at an Hipercor market in Barcelona, killing 21 and wounding 45.
June 20 – New Zealand wins the inaugural Rugby World Cup after beating France in the final.
June 27 – A commercial HS 748 (Philippine Airlines Flight 206) crashes near Baguio, Philippines, killing 50.
July
July 1 – The Single European Act is passed by the European Community.
July 3 – Greater Manchester Police in England recover the body of 16-year-old Pauline Reade from Saddleworth Moor, after her killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley help them in their search, almost exactly 24 years since Pauline was last seen alive.
July 4 – A court in Lyon sentences former Gestapo boss Klaus Barbie to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.
July 8 – A Delta Air Lines L-1011 strays 60 miles off course and nearly collides with a Continental Airlines 747 over the Atlantic Ocean. The two planes are carrying nearly 600 total passengers and may have come within 100 feet of each other.
July 11
1987 Australian federal election: Bob Hawke's Labor government is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the Liberal Party led by John Howard and the National Party led by Ian Sinclair.
World population is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the United Nations.
July 15 – Martial law in Taiwan ends after 38 years.
July 17 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04.
July 22 – Palestinian cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali is shot in London; he dies August 28.
July 23 – The United States Census Bureau reports the biggest population gains in metropolitan U.S. areas of over 1 million people since 1980: Phoenix (population increase of 26%); Dallas-Fort Worth (+25%); Atlanta (+20%); San Antonio (+19%) Tampa-Saint Petersburg (+19%); San Diego (+18%); Sacramento (+17%); and Houston (+17%). The largest population losses were in Rust Belt cities: Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland.
August
August 4
The World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as the Brundtland Commission, publishes its report, Our Common Future.
The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to present alternative views on controversial issues.
August 7
The Colombian frigate Caldas enters Venezuelan waters near the Los Monjes Archipelago, sparking the Caldas frigate crisis between both nations.
American Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim the Bering Strait, crossing from Little Diomede Island to Big Diomede in 2 hours and 5 minutes.
August 9 – Hoddle Street massacre in Australia: Julian Knight, 19, goes on a shooting rampage in the Melbourne suburb of Clifton Hill, Victoria, killing 7 people and injuring 19 before surrendering to police.
August 11 – Apple introduces Hypercard, a precursor to the World Wide Web.
August 14
All the children held at Kai Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid.
Angolan Civil War: The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale begins in Angola and further intensifies the South African Border War.
August 15 – Great Basin National Park is dedicated; it is the 49th national park in the United States and the first in the state of Nevada.
August 16
Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (a McDonnell Douglas MD-82) crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Michigan, just west of Detroit, killing all but one (4-year-old Cecelia Cichan) of the 156 people on board.
September
September 1 – Honda announces plans to build a second U.S. assembly plant, the East Liberty Auto Plant.
September 2 – In Moscow, USSR, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
September 3 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
September 4 – In a village in Rajasthan, an 18-year-old widow, Roop Kanwar is burned alive on her husband's funeral pyre, in a banned practice known as Sati. Though the woman's father-in-law is arrested by authorities, thousands of Hindu pilgrims travel to the cremation site in support of the act.
September 7–21 – The world's first conference on artificial life is held at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States.
September 7 – Erich Honecker makes a visit to Bonn, the first (and last) visit by an East German head of state to West Germany.
September 11 – Chadian–Libyan War: Chad and Libya sign a ceasefire under supervision of the Organisation of African Unity, officially ending the 14-year territorial conflict. Sporadic fighting will continue.
September 13 – Goiânia accident: Metal scrappers open an old radiation source abandoned in a hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, causing the worst radiation accident ever in an urban area.
September 23 – The United States and Poland agree to exchange ambassadors after a four-year break in relations.
October
October 3 – The Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement is reached but still requires ratification. This agreement would be a precursor to NAFTA.
October 6 – Fiji becomes a republic.
October 7
Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India.
The U.S. Department of Education announces new guidelines for teaching about AIDS in public schools, emphasizing the importance of abstinence and "appropriate moral and social conduct."
October 8 – Gaddafi announces that Algeria and Libya have "agreed in principle" to a proposed union of the two states, which Gaddafi suggests should be named "Algibya."
October 8–November 8 – The 1987 Cricket World Cup is held in India and Pakistan with Australia defeating England in the final.
October 15 – In Burkina Faso, a military coup is orchestrated by Blaise Compaoré against incumbent President Thomas Sankara.
October 15–16 – The Great storm of 1987 strikes southern Great Britain and northwestern France. It is one of the strongest storms to affect the region in the past 200 years.
October 19
Black Monday: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.
Operation Earnest Will: US warships destroy two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
Two commuter trains collide head-on on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia; 102 are killed.
November
November 1 – The InterCity 125 breaks the world speed record for a diesel-powered train, reaching 238 km/h (147.88 mph).
November 7
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumes the Presidency of Tunisia.
The Soviet Union celebrates the 70th Anniversary of The October Revolution with a Parade on Moscow's Red Square.
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service.
November 8 – Enniskillen bombing: Twelve people are killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb at a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen.
November 12 – The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Mainland China opens in Beijing, near Tiananmen Square.
November 15 – In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime led by Nicolae Ceaușescu.
November 16 – The Parlatino Treaty of Institutionalization is signed.
November 17 – A tsunami hits the Gulf of Alaska.
November 18
The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31 people and injures a further 100.
Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair.
November 22 – Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion – unknown perpetrators hijack the signal of WGN-TV for about 20 seconds, and WTTW for about 90 seconds, and displays a video of a man in a Max Headroom mask.
December
December 1
NASA announces the names of 4 companies awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell.
December 7 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, United States, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-supervisor on the flight, then shoots both pilots.
December 8
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. It expired in 2019.
Alianza Lima air disaster: A Peruvian Navy Fokker F27 crashes near Ventanilla, Peru, killing 43.
December 9 – General Rahimuddin Khan retires from the Pakistan Army, along with the cabinet of the country's military dictatorship.
December 15 – Production I.G is founded by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Takayuki Goto.
December 17 – Gustáv Husák resigns as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
December 20 – In history's worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
December 21 – Turgut Özal of ANAP forms the new government of Turkey (46th government).
Births
January
January 1 – Meryl Davis, American figure skater
January 2
Shelley Hennig, American actress and model
Loïc Rémy, French professional footballer
January 5
Kristin Cavallari, American actress, fashion designer, and author
Brian Mushana Kwesiga – Ugandan-born entrepreneur, engineer, and civic leader
Jason Mitchell, American actor
January 6 – Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer
January 7
Zaraah Abrahams, English actress
Davide Astori, Italian footballer (d. 2018)
Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress
Sirusho, Armenian singer
January 8 – Freddie Stroma, English actor and model
January 9
Lucas Leiva, Brazilian football player
Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer
Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (d. 2006)
January 10 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
January 11 – Jamie Vardy, English footballer
February
February 1
Heather Morris, American actress and dancer
Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
Ronda Rousey, American martial arts expert, actress and professional wrestler
February 2
Faydee, Australian singer
Gerard Piqué, Spanish footballer
February 4 – Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player
February 5
Darren Criss, American singer and actor
Henry Golding, Malaysian-English actor, model, and television host
Özge Gürel, Turkish actress
February 7 – Joel Freeland, British basketball player
February 8 – Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater
February 9
Michael B. Jordan, American actor and producer
Rose Leslie, Scottish actress
Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
February 10
Choi Siwon, South Korean recording artist
Poli Genova, Bulgarian singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter
March
March 1 – Kesha, American singer
March 2 – Solomon Okoronkwo, Nigerian footballer
March 3 – Elnur Hüseynov, Azerbaijani singer
March 5 – Anna Chakvetadze, Russian professional tennis player
March 6
Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
Alexey Mochanov, Russian free diver
Hannah Taylor-Gordon, English actress, Emmy winner
March 8
Milana Vayntrub, Uzbek-born American actress
Tobe Nwigwe, American rapper and actor
March 9 – Bow Wow, American rapper and actor
March 10
Liu Shishi, Chinese actress
Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player
Emeli Sandé, Scottish recording artist and songwriter
Igor Levit, Russian-German pianist
March 11
Estefanía Villarreal, Mexican actress
Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper
March 12
Maxwell Holt, American volleyball player
April
April 1
Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress
Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player
April 4
Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
Sami Khedira, German footballer
Océane Zhu, Chinese actress
April 7 – Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer
April 8 – Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
April 9
Sarah, Crown Princess of Brunei, wife of the Crown Prince of Brunei, Al-Muhtadee Billah
Paddy Barnes, Irish boxer
Blaise Matuidi, French footballer
Sara Petersen, Danish hurdler
April 10
Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model
April 11
Joss Stone, English singer and actress
Lights Poxleitner, Canadian musician
April 12
Luiz Adriano, Brazilian footballer
Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model and actress
May
May 1
Leonardo Bonucci, Italian footballer
Matt Di Angelo, British Actor
Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player
May 2 – Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
May 3 – Damla Sönmez, Turkish actress
May 4
Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish football player
Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish triple MotoGP world champion
Zbigniew Bartman, Polish volleyball player
May 6
Dries Mertens, Belgian footballer
Moon Geun-young, Korean actress
May 11
Albulena Haxhiu, Kosovo Albanian politician
Enikő Mihalik, Hungarian model
Kamaru Usman, Nigerian born-American mixed martial artist
May 12
Robbie Rogers, American soccer player
Lance Lynn, American baseball player
Kieron Pollard, Trinidadian cricketer
Darren Randolph, Irish footballer
Lee Wai-sze, Hong Kong cyclist
June
June 1 – Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter
June 2
Tobias Arlt, German Olympic luger
Clayton Bartolo, Maltese politician
Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress
June 3
Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress
Lalaine, American actress, singer-songwriter, and bassist
June 6 – Cássio, Brazilian footballer
June 10 – He Chong, Chinese diver
June 11
Robertlandy Simón, Cuban volleyball player
Didrik Solli-Tangen, Norwegian singer
June 12
Abbey Lee, Australian model
Antonio Barragán, Spanish footballer
June 16 – Tobias Wendl, German Olympic luger
June 17
Rebecca Breeds, Australian actress
Kendrick Lamar, American rapper
June 18
Ezgi Asaroğlu, Turkish actress
Niels Schneider, French-Canadian actor
July
July 1 – Ahn Jae-hyun, South Korean model and actor
July 2
Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer
Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (d. 2008)
July 3 – Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver, 4-time champions in Formula One
July 5
David Halaifonua, Tongan rugby union player
Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor
Chen Xiao, Chinese actor and model
July 6
Kate Nash, British singer-songwriter
Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model
July 9
Rebecca Sugar, American animator and creator of Steven Universe
Élodie Fontan, French actress
July 11
Maximilian Müller, German field hockey player
Cristina Vee, American voice actress
July 13
Eva Rivas, Armenian-Russian singer
Ajmal Kasab, Pakistani terrorist (d. 2012)
July 14
Sara Canning, Canadian actress
August
August 1
Iago Aspas, Spanish footballer
Marta Walczykiewicz, Polish sprint canoeist
August 4 – Phil Younghusband, British-Filipino footballer
August 6 – Tosaint Ricketts, Canadian soccer player
August 7 – Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey player
August 8 – Katie Leung, Scottish actress
August 11 – Greysia Polii, Indonesian badminton player
August 16
Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress and singer
Okieriete Onaodowan, Nigerian actor
Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
August 18 – Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Polish mixed martial artist and kickboxer
August 19 – Nico Hülkenberg, German racing driver
August 20
Cătălina Ponor, Romanian gymnast
Tulus, Indonesian singer
August 21 – Anton Shipulin, Russian biathlete
August 24 – Anže Kopitar, Slovene ice hockey player
August 25
Liu Yifei, Chinese actress
September
September 1 – Leonel Suárez, Cuban decathlete
September 2 – Scott Moir, Canadian figure skater
September 3
Flora Duffy, Bermudian triathlete
James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player
September 4 – Maryna Linchuk, Belarusian model
September 6 – Anna Pavlova, Russian artistic gymnast
September 7
Mohammad Ahsan, Indonesian badminton player
Denis Istomin, Russian born-Uzbek tennis player
Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer
Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
September 8
Wiz Khalifa, American rapper
Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian freestyle skier
September 9
Afrojack, Dutch DJ and music producer
Ahmed Elmohamady, Egyptian footballer
Andrea Petkovic, Bosnian born-German tennis player
Alex Song, Cameroonian footballer
Clayton Snyder, American actor
October
October 1
Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Vice President of Indonesia
Ketleyn Quadros, Brazilian judoka
Michaela Coel, British screenwriter and actress
Matthew Daddario, American actor
October 2 – Joe Ingles, Australian basketball player
October 3 – Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican beauty queen (Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006, Miss Universe 2006)
October 5 – Foluke Gunderson, American volleyball player
October 10 – Carla Esparza, American mixed martial artist
October 15
Jesse Levine, American-Canadian tennis player
Mizuho Sakaguchi, Japanese woman footballer
October 16
Seungho, South Korean pop singer (MBLAQ)
Michael Venus, New Zealand tennis player
Zhao Liying, Chinese actress
October 18
Zac Efron, American actor and singer
Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model
October 23 – Carmella, American professional wrestler
November
November 1 – Ileana D'Cruz, Indian actress
November 3
Colin Kaepernick, American football player
Gemma Ward, Australian model
November 4 – T.O.P, Korean rapper
November 5 – Kevin Jonas, American actor and singer-songwriter
November 6
Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
G.O, South Korean singer (MBLAQ)
November 8 – Kazuchika Okada, Japanese professional wrestler
November 9 – Nouchka Fontijn, Dutch boxer
November 10 – Jessica Tovey, Australian actress
November 11 – Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese singer (NEWS, Tegomass)
November 12 – Jason Day, Australian golfer
November 13 – Dana Vollmer, Australian swimmer
November 15 – Sergio Llull, Spanish basketball player
November 22 – Mauro Nespoli, Italian archer
November 23
Nicklas Bäckström, Swedish ice hockey player
Kasia Struss, Polish model
November 24
December
December 1 – Sarah Snook, Australian actress
December 3 – Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast
December 9
Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese born-American chess grandmaster
Keri-anne Payne, South African born-British swimmer
December 10 – Gonzalo Higuaín, Argentine footballer
December 11
Amir Aliakbari, Iranian wrestler and mix martial artist
Shane Gillis, American stand-up comedian
December 12 – Lao Lishi, Chinese diver
December 15 – Mikey Garcia, American boxer
December 18
Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater
Ayaka, Japanese singer
Deiveson Figueiredo, Brazilian martial mixed artist
Yuki Furukawa, Japanese actor
December 19
Shuko Aoyama, Japanese tennis player
Karim Benzema, French footballer
Ronan Farrow, American activist
December 20 – Emmanuel Ekpo, Nigerian footballer
Nobel Prizes
Physics – J. Georg Bednorz, Karl Alexander Müller
Chemistry – Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, Charles J. Pedersen
Medicine – Susumu Tonegawa
Literature – Joseph Brodsky
Peace – Óscar Arias Sánchez
Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Robert Solow