Historical Events
- 10 die as US Air Force jet crashed into a Ramada Inn near Indianapolis
- Dow-Jones increases 102.27 pts/608,120,000 shares traded (record)
- Subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz sentenced to 6 months in jail
Famous Deaths
- Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (theory of probability), dies at 84
About October 20, 1987
Day of the Week: Tuesday
How Long Ago? 35 years, 11 months and 15 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Millennial
Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit
Star Sign: Libra
Music Charts
#1 Song: Bad - Michael Jackson
#1 Song: You Win Again - Bee Gees