1987
Events
August 7 - Lynne Cox swam across the Bering Strait in 2 hours and 6 minutes
The 11th edition of the American textbook on internal medicine "Fundamentals of Internal Medicine" was published, ed. T. Harrison.
March 8 - Burda Fashion begins publishing in the USSR, becoming the first European magazine to be published.
Accidents and catastrophes
March 6 - A Herald of Free Enterprise trailer dives off the coast of Belgium, killing 188 people.
Born
See also: Category: Born 1987
January 9 - Olena Pidhrushna, Ukrainian biathlete, champion of the Olympic Games in Sochi.
January 17 - Oleksandr Usyk, Ukrainian boxer, Olympic champion.
January 26 - Nelya Shovkoplias, Ukrainian TV presenter.
February 1 - Iryna Fedyshyn, Ukrainian singer.
February 9 - Michael B. Jordan, American actor
February 20 - Miles Teller, American actor and musician.
February 27 - Valery Andriytsev, Ukrainian freestyle wrestler, silver medalist of the Olympic Games.
March 21 - Andriy Bednyakov, Ukrainian TV presenter and actor.
April 4 - Junior Moraes, Ukrainian footballer of Brazilian origin.
April 10 - Oleksandr Rybka, Ukrainian football player.
April 15 - Oleksandr Hvozdyk, Ukrainian professional light heavyweight boxer. Bronze medalist of the Olympic Games (2012).
April 19 - Maria Sharapova, Russian professional tennis player, once the world's first racket.
April 21 - Anastasia Prykhodko, Ukrainian pop singer, public figure.
May 4 - Nastya Kamenskykh, Ukrainian singer.
May 21 - Santa Dimopoulos, Ukrainian singer, former soloist of VIA Gra. World champion in bodybuilding and fitness.
May 26 - Dmytro Cherkasov, Ukrainian and Turkish swimmer, hero of the "Bachelor" program.
May 30 - Artem Prima, Ukrainian biathlete.
June 10 - Oleksandr Stoyanov, Ukrainian ballet dancer, Prime Minister of the National Opera of Ukraine.
June 16 - Denis Oliynyk, Ukrainian football player.
June 18 - Sevgil Musaeva, Ukrainian journalist, editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian Pravda online publication.
June 21 - Taras Topolya, Ukrainian singer, frontman of the band "Antibody", volunteer.
June 24
Lionel Messi, player of the Argentine national football team.
Andriy Ilyenko, Ukrainian