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American Men's Singles Championship – Roy Emerson (Australia) defeats Fred Stolle (Australia) in straight sets 6–4, 6–2, 6–4. American Women's Singles Championship – Maria Bueno (Brazil) defeats Carole Caldwell Graebner (USA) in straight sets 6–1, 6–0. Davis Cup. 1964 Davis Cup – Australia 3–2 United States at Harold Clark ...
The National Lacrosse League of 1974 and 1975 is formed. It is not related to the modern National Lacrosse League. The Rochester Griffens defeat the Philadelphia Wings in the six-game National Lacrosse League (1974–75) championship, 4 to 2 games. The New Westminster Salmonbellies win the Mann Cup.
Colin Pitchfork is sentenced to life imprisonment after admitting the rape and murder of two girls in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986, the first conviction for murder in the UK based on DNA fingerprinting evidence. Peugeot's British-built 405 saloon, winner of the European Car of the Year award, goes on sale in Britain. A five-door estate model ...
February. 3 February – Stamps commemorating the late Diana, Princess of Wales, go on sale in the UK. 7–22 February – Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and win one bronze medal. 8 February – Former Conservative Cabinet Minister Enoch Powell dies in hospital in London aged 85.
Paul Andrew Francis Dempsey (born 16 March 1960) is a British TV and radio sports presenter and commentator now chiefly employed by TNT Sports where he covers football and boxing coverage, as well as TV host and commentary on Indonesian Djarum 's multiplatform Mola TV. After 18 years working for Sky Sports and 7 with the Dublin-based channels ...
October. 3 October – Undertakers go on strike in London, leaving more than 800 corpses unburied. 7 October – Rock band Queen 's power ballad "We Are the Champions" is released. 10 October – Missing 20-year-old sex worker Jean Jordan is found dead in Chorlton, Manchester, nine days after she was last seen alive.
January. 17 January – The number of people affected by norovirus stomach bug in the UK reaches an estimated 3 million. 18 January – Last working of Tower Colliery, the last deep mine in the South Wales Valleys. The official closure is on 25 January.
Events from the year 1987 in the United Kingdom . The major political event of this year is the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in June's general election, making her the longest continuously-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since Lord Liverpool in the early 19th century. The year is also marked by six disasters: the 1987 United ...