Featured moment
Black Monday Stock Market Crash
The Dow Jones plummeted 508 points (22.6%) in a single day, the largest one-day percentage drop in history.
Black Monday and Final Fantasies.
Wall Street crashed, The Simpsons debuted on Tracey Ullman, and Square released its "Final" Fantasy.
The Cost of Living in 1987
Gallon of Gas
$1.14
Loaf of Bread
$0.63
Gallon of Milk
$2.43
World Population
5.05 billion
Featured moment
The Simpsons First Appear
The dysfunctional yellow family debuted as a series of animated shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.
Featured moment
Final Fantasy Released
Facing bankruptcy, Square released what they thought would be their final game, instead launching a legendary RPG franchise.
The wider picture
More from 1987
A few more things worth remembering.
Science & Space
First Antidepressant Prozac Approved
The FDA approved fluoxetine (Prozac), which revolutionized the treatment of depression and became a cultural phenomenon.
Music
Guns N' Roses Releases "Appetite for Destruction"
The gritty, hard-rock album became the best-selling debut album in US history.
Cinema & TV
Star Trek: The Next Generation Premieres
Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D launched a highly successful revival of the sci-fi franchise.
Music
Aretha Franklin Inducted to Rock Hall of Fame
The Queen of Soul became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Cinema & TV
The Princess Bride Released
Rob Reiner's fairy-tale adventure performed modestly in theaters but became an immensely quotable cult classic.
Cinema & TV
Predator Released
Arnold Schwarzenegger battled an invisible alien hunter in the jungle in this sci-fi action classic.
You arrivedin 1987.
The longer view
This was only the opening scene.
Follow the world as it changed around you, from 1987 to today.