“La Bamba” by Los Lobos was the most popular song of the year. Television viewers tuned into The Cosby Show and its spinoff A Different World. Three Men and a Baby was tops at the cinema followed by Fatal Attraction. In entertainment, the first Final Fantasy video game came out. An underground fire at King’s Cross Tube Station in London, UK killed 31 people. Stock markets around the world fell after the USA’s dropped 22.6%.
Actor Lorne Greene and author Margaret Laurence passed away. Hockey player Sidney Crosby and actress Ellen Page were born. Edmonton had a summer tornado that killed 27 while Montreal had a flood. Quebec City was the first municipality in North America to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The one dollar coin was introduced, often called the loonie. Rick Hansen returned home to Vancouver after his Man in Motion world tour. 1987 was the year that witnessed the city of Frobisher Bay change its name to Iqaluit.
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