Historical Events in November 1987

Nov 2 George Harrison releases "Cloud 9" & McCartney releases "All the Best"

Nov 3 Oakland 1st baseman Mark McGwire wins AL Rookie of Year

Nov 3 Gordon Gould issued US patent US4704583 for the laser, ending his 30-year battle to be credited as the inventor of the laser

Nov 4 Benito Santiago, Padres catcher, wins NL Rookie of Year
Nov 4 Lisa Steinberg, battered into coma by her adoptive father Joel
Nov 4 NBA announces 4 new franchises; Charlotte & Miami for 1988 & Minneapolis & Orlando for 1989
Nov 5 "Into the Woods" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 764 performances
Nov 5 France performs nuclear test
Nov 5 Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic
Nov 5 South Africa ANC-leader Govan Mbeki freed
Nov 5 Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine's musical "Into the Stars," premieres
Nov 5 Supreme Court nominee Douglas H Ginsburg admitted using marijuana
Nov 7 Tunisian premier Zine al-Abidine fires president Habib Bourguiba
Nov 7 3rd College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 32-25 in South Bend
Nov 8 Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup
Nov 8 IRA bomb attack in Enniskillen, North Ireland, 11 killed
Nov 8 Yuko Moriguchi wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
Nov 10 Steve Bedrosian edges Rick Sutcliffe 57-55 to win NL Cy Young Award

Nov 11 Roger Clemens wins consecutive Cy Young Awards

Nov 11 van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 million at auction

Nov 12 "Teddy & Alice" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 77 performances
Nov 12 Heavy snow closes schools from DC to Maine
Nov 12 Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria, 20, crowned 37th Miss World
Nov 13 1st condom commercial on British TV
Nov 14 "La Cage aux Folles" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 1761 performances
Nov 14 Sam's Town National Bowling Pro-Am won by Debbie Bennett
Nov 15 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9, die in crash at Denver
Nov 15 Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34)
Nov 15 Leile McBridge (Denver), crowned Miss Black America
Nov 15 NY Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game
Nov 15 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Nov 15 38th Formula One WDC: Nelson Piquet wins by 12 points

Nov 16 Paul McCartney releases "Once Upon a Long Ago"

Nov 17 The Madonna compilation album "You Can Dance" is released

Nov 18 31 people die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest tube station
Nov 18 Congressional committee reports on Iran-Contra affair

Nov 18 Cubs Andre Dawson is 1st player from a last-place club to win an MVP

Nov 19 France performs nuclear test
Nov 21 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywood
Nov 22 Patriots shutout Indianapolis 24-0
Nov 22 Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) ends his NBA free throw streak of 51 games
Nov 22 Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
Nov 22 37th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
Nov 24 Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in People's Republic of China
Nov 24 "Make It Last Forever" debut album by Keith Sweat is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1988)
Nov 25 Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England at Lahore
Nov 25 India all out for 75 v West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24
Nov 25 Supertyphoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that swallows entire villages. at least 1,036 deaths attributed to the storm.
Nov 27 "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Royal, Sydney
Nov 27 Young man survives 7 attempts at suicide in Somerset, England
Nov 27 52nd Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 10-0 in Birmingham
Nov 28 South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die
Nov 29 "Dreamgirls" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 177 performances
Nov 29 75th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Toronto Argonauts, 38-36
Nov 29 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll

Nov 29 Joe Montana of 49ers completes NFL record 22 consecutive passes

Nov 29 New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season
Nov 29 Ranger's Bob Frosse becomes 2nd goalie to score a goal (vs NY Islanders). It is later ruled that he should not be credited with goal.
Nov 29 A Korean Air Boeing 707 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 115
Nov 30 Afghanistan Constitution adopted