August 28 -- In the Persian Gulf, tensions mount as a U.S. gunboat engages in a
scuffle with actor Sean Penn.
-- Dave Barry "Year in Review for 1987"
scuffle with actor Sean Penn.
-- Dave Barry "Year in Review for 1987"
Related:
- April 3 -- In the Persian Gulf, Iranians attack the Islip garbage barge, but
are driven off by courageous flies.
-- Dave Barry "Year in Review for 1987... - August 3 -- Political activist Donna Rice, in her continuing effort to avoid
publicity, sells her story to ABC television.
-- Dave Barry "Year in Review for 1987... - August 10 -- The U.S. space probe Meanderer II, after a journey of six years
and many millions of mile
passes within 400 miles of the surface of Neptune, sending back dramatic color photographs of a Delta Air Lines jet.... - August 25 -- In what is hailed as a landmark ruling
he Supreme Court decides, by a 7-2 vote, that you cannot count three oranges as one item in the Express Checkout Lane "unless they are all in the same package.... - August 6 -- As "Ollie-mania" continues to sweep the country, one of the most
popular video-arcade games in the country is a new one called -- this is
true -- "Contra.
The way it works is, there are are two soldiers on the screen, and when you put in a quarter, it never gets to them.... - April 26 -- Jack Kemp announces that he is running for president, pledging
that, if elected, he will deepen his voice.
-- Dave Barry "Year in Review for 1987... - April 30 -- Following a lengthy and dramatic trial, a confused New Jersey jury
awards custody of a 3-month-old boy to a 6-week-old girl.
-- Dave Barry "Year in Review for 1987... - April 13 -- True Anecdote: In National League baseball action, the Atlanta
Braves' Dion James hits a ball that would have been caught easily,
except that in midair it strikes and kills a dove.
-- Dave Barry "Year in Review for 1987... - April 14 -- In Colorado, Gary Hart declares his candidacy for the presidential
nominatio
making the official announcement while standing in front of a dramatic backdrop of soaring mountains, towering pine trees, and four Miami Herald reporters disguised as rhododendrons....
