Date in year · 1987 · The 1980s
On November 22, 1987, the Max Headroom signal hijacking incident takes place, in which a pirate broadcast interrupts television broadcasts in Chicago. 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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Featured · November 22, 1987
The Max Headroom signal hijacking was a hijacking of the television signals of two stations in Chicago, Illinois, on November 22, 1987, that briefly sent a pirate broadcast of an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume to thousands of home viewers.
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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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1987 Chicago television hijacking incident
The Max Headroom signal hijacking was a hijacking of the television signals of two stations in Chicago, Illinois, on November 22, 1987, that briefly sent a pirate broadcast of an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume to thousands of home viewers.
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