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March 20, 1987

On March 20, 1987, the Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT. 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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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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On March 20, 1987

  1. 1987 The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.

    Federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety, tobacco products, caffeine products, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications), vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED), cosmetics, animal foods & feed, and veterinary products.

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Born on March 20, 1987

Daniel Maa Boumsong 1987– Cameroonian footballer
Jon Brockman 1987– American basketball player (born 1987)
1987– Brazilian footballer (born 1987)
Pedro Ken 1987– Brazilian footballer
Sergei Kostitsyn 1987– Belarusian ice hockey player (born 1987)

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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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