Historical Events
Event of Interest
American televangelist Jim Bakker resigns amid rape accusation by his secretary, Jessica Hahn
World Record
Bonnie Blair skates ladies' world record 500 m (39.43 sec)
- Fred Currey acquires Greyhound Bus Company
- Hassanali inaugurated as president of Trinidad & Tobago
World Record
Yvonne van Gennip skates ladies world record 3 km (4:16.85)
1987 History
Famous Birthdays
- Michal Švec, Czech footballer
Famous Deaths
- Arch Oboler, American director, screen and radio writer, and producer (Lights Out, Bwana Devil), dies at 77
- Emile Meyer, actor (Young Jesse James, Lineup), dies
- Louis Victor de Broglie, French quantum physicist (studied electrons, Nobel Prize for Physics, 1929), dies at 94
- Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53
About March 19, 1987
Day of the Week: Thursday
How Long Ago? 36 years and 9 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Millennial
Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit
Star Sign: Pisces
Music Charts
#1 Song: Lean On Me - Club Nouveau
#1 Song: Everything I Own - Boy George
