World Events of 1987

Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher won a third term of office.

Former WWII Gestapo officer, Klaus Barbie, sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes in WWII.

The scandal surrounding the funding of Contra rebels continued in the US.

Australian Pat Cash won the men's Wimbledon final.

The main movies were Moonstruck and Fatal Attraction.

AZT is developed as an AIDS treatment.

An international treaty calls for a 50% reduction in the use of CFCs by 2000.

Richard Branson began the first of his flying exploits by piloting a hot air balloon across the Atlantic.

Controversial artist Any Warhol died.