| Facts About 1987 |
Southeast High School
20 Year Class Reunion
20 Year Class Reunion
Event Coordinators
Tina (Battles) Harrill
Phone: 402-328-0160
Email
Michelle (Oglesby)
Winklepleck
Phone: 402-420-1990
Ed Pallesen
Phone: 212-902-7242
Committee Members
Jennifer (Strauss) Doggett
Nancy (Beachell) Gormley
Stephanie (Nickeson)
PharesMike Renn
Jeff Johnson
Karis (Kussatz) Murray
Lincoln Southeast Alumni
Tina (Battles) Harrill
Phone: 402-328-0160
Michelle (Oglesby)
Winklepleck
Phone: 402-420-1990
Ed Pallesen
Phone: 212-902-7242
Committee Members
Jennifer (Strauss) Doggett
Nancy (Beachell) Gormley
Stephanie (Nickeson)
PharesMike Renn
Jeff Johnson
Karis (Kussatz) Murray
Lincoln Southeast Alumni
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December 20, 1986 - January 16, 1987: Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles
January 17 - January 23: Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott
January 24 - February 6: At this Moment - Billy Vera and The Beaters
February 7 - February 13: Open Your Heart - Madonna
February 14 - March 13: Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
March 14 - March 11: Jacob's Ladder - Huey Lewis & the News
March 21 - April 3: Lean On Me - Club Nouveau
April 4 - April 17: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
April 18 - May 1: I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - Aretha Franklin & George Michael
May 2 - May 15: (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
May 16 - June 5: With Or Without You - U2
June 6 - June 12: You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde
June 13 - June 19: Always - Atlantic Starr
June 20 - June 6: Head to Toe - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
June 27 - July 10: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)- Whitney Houston
July 11 - July 31: Alone - Heart
August 1 - August 7: Shakedown - Bob Seger
August 8 - August 21: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
August 22 - August 28: Who's That Girl - Madonna
August 29 - September 18: La Bamba - Los Lobos
September 19 - September 25: I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
September 26 - October 9: Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston
October 10 - October 16: Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
October 17 - October 23: Lost In Emotion - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
October 24 - November 6: Bad - Michael Jackson
November 7 - November 20: I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
November 21 - November 27: Mony Mony "Live" - Billy Idol
November 28 - December 4: (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
December 5 - December 11: Heaven Is a Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
December 12, 1987 January 8, 1988: Faith - George Michael
January 17 - January 23: Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott
January 24 - February 6: At this Moment - Billy Vera and The Beaters
February 7 - February 13: Open Your Heart - Madonna
February 14 - March 13: Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
March 14 - March 11: Jacob's Ladder - Huey Lewis & the News
March 21 - April 3: Lean On Me - Club Nouveau
April 4 - April 17: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
April 18 - May 1: I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - Aretha Franklin & George Michael
May 2 - May 15: (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew
May 16 - June 5: With Or Without You - U2
June 6 - June 12: You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde
June 13 - June 19: Always - Atlantic Starr
June 20 - June 6: Head to Toe - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
June 27 - July 10: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)- Whitney Houston
July 11 - July 31: Alone - Heart
August 1 - August 7: Shakedown - Bob Seger
August 8 - August 21: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
August 22 - August 28: Who's That Girl - Madonna
August 29 - September 18: La Bamba - Los Lobos
September 19 - September 25: I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
September 26 - October 9: Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston
October 10 - October 16: Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
October 17 - October 23: Lost In Emotion - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
October 24 - November 6: Bad - Michael Jackson
November 7 - November 20: I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
November 21 - November 27: Mony Mony "Live" - Billy Idol
November 28 - December 4: (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
December 5 - December 11: Heaven Is a Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
December 12, 1987 January 8, 1988: Faith - George Michael
| #1 Songs 0f 1987 According To Billboard Magazine |
US GDP (1998 dollars): $4,692.30 billion
Federal spending: $1003.91 billion
Federal debt: $2346.1 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $26,061
Consumer Price Index: 113.6
Unemployment: 6.2%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.22
Federal spending: $1003.91 billion
Federal debt: $2346.1 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $26,061
Consumer Price Index: 113.6
Unemployment: 6.2%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.22
| 1987 Economic Facts |
Super Bowl
NY Giants d. Denver (39-20)
World Series
Minnesota d. St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)
NBA Championship
LA Lakers d. Boston (4-2)
Stanley Cup
Edmonton d. Philadelphia (4-3)
Wimbledon
Women: Martina Navratilova d. S. Graf (7-5 6-3)
Men: Pat Cash d. I. Lendl (7-6 6-2 7-5)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Alysheba
NCAA Basketball Championship
Indiana d. Syracuse (74-73)
NCAA Football Champions
Miami-FL (12-0-0)
NY Giants d. Denver (39-20)
World Series
Minnesota d. St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)
NBA Championship
LA Lakers d. Boston (4-2)
Stanley Cup
Edmonton d. Philadelphia (4-3)
Wimbledon
Women: Martina Navratilova d. S. Graf (7-5 6-3)
Men: Pat Cash d. I. Lendl (7-6 6-2 7-5)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Alysheba
NCAA Basketball Championship
Indiana d. Syracuse (74-73)
NCAA Football Champions
Miami-FL (12-0-0)
| 1987 Sports Facts |
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: A Summons to Memphis, Peter Taylor
Music: The Flight Into Egypt, John Harbison
Drama: Fences, August Wilson
Oscars awarded in 1987
Academy Award, Best Picture: Platoon
Arnold Kopelson, producer (Orion)
Nobel Prize for Literature: Joseph Brodsky (US)
1987 Emmy Awards
1987 Tony Awards
Grammys awarded in 1987
Record of the Year: "Higher Love," Steve Winwood
Album of the Year: Graceland, Paul Simon
Song of the Year: "That's What Friends Are For," Burt
Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager, songwriters
Miss America: Kellye Cash (TN)
Fiction: A Summons to Memphis, Peter Taylor
Music: The Flight Into Egypt, John Harbison
Drama: Fences, August Wilson
Oscars awarded in 1987
Academy Award, Best Picture: Platoon
Arnold Kopelson, producer (Orion)
Nobel Prize for Literature: Joseph Brodsky (US)
1987 Emmy Awards
1987 Tony Awards
Grammys awarded in 1987
Record of the Year: "Higher Love," Steve Winwood
Album of the Year: Graceland, Paul Simon
Song of the Year: "That's What Friends Are For," Burt
Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager, songwriters
Miss America: Kellye Cash (TN)
| 1987 Entertainment Facts |
President: Ronald W. Reagan
Vice President: George Bush
Population: 242,288,918
Life expectancy: 74.9 years
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 55.5
Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 49.4
Vice President: George Bush
Population: 242,288,918
Life expectancy: 74.9 years
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 55.5
Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 49.4
| 1987 US Facts |
"Baby Jessica," Jessica McClure falls down the well and is later rescued. Wednesday October 14th, 1987 --9:30am cst
through Friday October 16th, 1987--8:30pm cst.
Battle for "Baby M" begins. William and Eilizabeth Stern of New Jersey hired Mary Beth Whitehead to carry a baby to term for
them. After it was all over, surrogate contracts were declared illegal and the Sterns won the right to bring "Baby M" up and
allow Mrs. Whitehead visitation rights.
Herald of Free Enterprise sinks in North Sea; 189 die.
German lands airplane on Red Square, Moscow.
Thatcher re-elected (again).
The INF agreement between the US and the USSR.
Black Monday - Stock market drops 22% on October 19th.
Artists protest the ongoing Sistine Chapel restoration.
Condom commericals begin to appear on TV for the first time.
US budget reaches the trillion dollar mark.
Robert Bork was denied a Supreme Court appointment after opposition to his involvement in Richard Nixon's "Saturday
Night Massacre" was raised.
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.
Klaus Barbie is convicted of Nazi war crimes and sentenced to life in prision. On a similar note, Rudolf Hess strangled
himself at age 93 after having been in prision since 1941. He was the sole prisioner at the facility.
Porn star Cicciolina wins a seat in the Italian parliment.
The last California Condor was taken in to captivity. There were only 27 in captivity at that point. By 1992 57 were in captivity
and were beginning to be re-released into the wild.
The marriage of Charles and Diana starts to deteriorate, they begin living alone.
World Population reaches 5 billion.
The largest stock-market drop in Wall Street history occurred on "Black Monday" -- October 19, 1987 -- when the Dow
Jones Industrial Average plunged 508.32 points, losing 22.6% of its total value. That fall far surpassed the one-day loss of
12.9% that began the great stock market crash of 1929 and foreshadowed the Great Depression.
The year that Lane Frost won the PRCA World Championship in Bull Riding.
Les Miserables is awarded 8 Tony awards, including Best Musical.
through Friday October 16th, 1987--8:30pm cst.
Battle for "Baby M" begins. William and Eilizabeth Stern of New Jersey hired Mary Beth Whitehead to carry a baby to term for
them. After it was all over, surrogate contracts were declared illegal and the Sterns won the right to bring "Baby M" up and
allow Mrs. Whitehead visitation rights.
Herald of Free Enterprise sinks in North Sea; 189 die.
German lands airplane on Red Square, Moscow.
Thatcher re-elected (again).
The INF agreement between the US and the USSR.
Black Monday - Stock market drops 22% on October 19th.
Artists protest the ongoing Sistine Chapel restoration.
Condom commericals begin to appear on TV for the first time.
US budget reaches the trillion dollar mark.
Robert Bork was denied a Supreme Court appointment after opposition to his involvement in Richard Nixon's "Saturday
Night Massacre" was raised.
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.
Klaus Barbie is convicted of Nazi war crimes and sentenced to life in prision. On a similar note, Rudolf Hess strangled
himself at age 93 after having been in prision since 1941. He was the sole prisioner at the facility.
Porn star Cicciolina wins a seat in the Italian parliment.
The last California Condor was taken in to captivity. There were only 27 in captivity at that point. By 1992 57 were in captivity
and were beginning to be re-released into the wild.
The marriage of Charles and Diana starts to deteriorate, they begin living alone.
World Population reaches 5 billion.
The largest stock-market drop in Wall Street history occurred on "Black Monday" -- October 19, 1987 -- when the Dow
Jones Industrial Average plunged 508.32 points, losing 22.6% of its total value. That fall far surpassed the one-day loss of
12.9% that began the great stock market crash of 1929 and foreshadowed the Great Depression.
The year that Lane Frost won the PRCA World Championship in Bull Riding.
Les Miserables is awarded 8 Tony awards, including Best Musical.
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