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February 9, 1987

On February 9, 1987, civil unrest broke out across Palestine. The year's #1 song was "Walk Like An Egyptian" by The Bangles. Vitorino Antunes, Ding Junhui, Gianluca Musacci would arrive in the same year.

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1987

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The year in brief

1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1987th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 987th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1980s decade.

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What happened

On February 9, 1987

  1. 1987 Civil unrest broke out across Palestine.

    1987 civil unrest

    The February 1987 Palestinian unrest was a wave of unrest across the West Bank and the Gaza strip in February 1987. The wave began on 9 February, with protests breaking out after Israeli soldiers used live ammunition to disperse a demonstration held at the Balata Camp, in the West Bank. The wave continued until late February, escalating into a grenade attack on an Israeli border post and the killing of a Palestinian cab driver who drove into an Israeli military patrol.

Arrivals

Born on February 9, 1987

Michael B. Jordan 1987– American actor (born 1987)
Davide Lanzafame 1987– Italian footballer (born 1987)
Rose Leslie 1987– Scottish actress (born 1987)
Magdalena Neuner 1987– German biathlete (born 1987)

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Other moments from 1987

The class of 1987

Others born in 1987

Vitorino Antunes 1987– Portuguese footballer
Ding Junhui 1987– Chinese professional snooker player
Gianluca Musacci 1987– Italian footballer
Oliver Turvey 1987– English racing driver
Ahmed Adel Abdel Moneam 1987– Egyptian footballer
Hayley Westenra 1987– New Zealand soprano

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