L to R: Seymour, Finn, Hester. In June 1987, a year after its release, Crowded House finally reached number one on the Kent Music Report Album Charts.

* 1951 – Jaco Pastorius, American bassist ( Weather Report )( d. 1987 )

* 1987 – Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, composer, and producer ( Weather Report and Trio of Doom ) ( b. 1951 )

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In 1987, the United Nations released the Brundtland Report, which included what is now one of the most widely recognised definitions: " Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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In 1987, the publication of the Brundtland Report by the United Nations had paved the way to establish a environmental governance.

The Dowd Report documented his alleged bets on 52 Reds games in 1987, where Rose wagered a minimum of $ 10, 000 a day.

* Constitutional Commission, Executive Government Advisory Committee, Report ( AGPS, 1987 ).

* American Memory: A Report on the Humanities in the Nations Public Schools ( 1987 ) ( ISBN 0-16-004284-4 )

However, her first success as a novelist, Report for Murder: The First Lindsay Gordon Mystery, did not appear until 1987.

* Report for Murder ( 1987 )

" The Behavior of Matter under Nonequilibrium Conditions: Fundamental Aspects and Applications in Energy-oriented Problems: Progress Report for Period September 1984 -- November 1987 ", Department of Physics at the University of Texas-Austin, United States Department of Energy, ( 7 October 1987 ).

Ever since U. S. News & World Report began ranking law schools in 1987, Columbia Law has appeared in the Top 5 each year, an honor shared only with Yale, Harvard, and Stanford .< ref >

Robinson resigned briefly as DUP Deputy Leader in 1987 when the Task Force Report, written jointly with Ulster Unionists, Harold McCusker MP and Frank Millar and calling for a strategic unionist rethink in the wake of the Anglo-Irish Agreement was rejected by their respective leaders, Ian Paisley and James Molyneaux.

Tower delivers the Tower Report to President of the United States | President Ronald Reagan | Reagan in the White House Cabinet Room, Edmund Muskie at right, 1987.

* Robert S. Sutor and Richard D. Jenks " The type inference and coercion facilities in the Scratchpad II interpreter " Research Report RC 12595 IBM T. J. Watson Research Center ( 1987 )

" Low Temperature and Neutron Physics Studies: Final Progress Report, March 1, 1986 -- May 31, 1987 ", Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ), United States Department of Energy, ( July 27, 1989 ).

The Brundtland Commission officially dissolved in December 1987 after releasing the Brundtland Report in October 1987.

Also, Report RC 13220, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, Oct. 1987.

Sullivan tapped the journalist Dennis E. Curran, a native of Wisconsin, to serve from 1987 to 1994 as his press secretary, after which time Curran launched the Wyoming Business Report.

* The Biden Report a 1987 dossier in opposition to the Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork.

* 1987 – Iran-Contra affair: start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America

In November 1986 as the sale of weapons was made public, North was fired by President Ronald Reagan, and in July 1987 he was summoned to testify before televised hearings of a joint Congressional committee formed to investigate Iran-Contra.

In 1987 the Congressional Research Service prepared a report that explored the cases for and against preserving the Glass – Steagall act.

Wolfgang Reinicke argues that Glass-Steagall “ repeal ” gained unexpected Congressional support in 1987 because large banks successfully argued that Glass-Steagall prevented US banks from competing internationally.

In a 1987 “ issue brief ” the Congressional Research Service ( CRS ) summarized “ some of ” the major arguments

By 1995, however, some of these concerns ( which had been identified by the Congressional Research Service in 1987 ) seemed less important.

A 1987 Congressional report entitled " NRC Coziness with Industry " concluded that the NRC " has not maintained an arms length regulatory posture with the commercial nuclear power industry ... has, in some critical areas, abdicated its role as a regulator altogether ".

In 1987, Chapin was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his humanitarian work.

On December 7, 1987, on what would have been his 45th birthday, Chapin was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his campaigning on social issues, particularly his highlighting of hunger around the world and in the United States.

In 1987, Congress, through legislation, transferred control of the airport from the FAA to the new Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority with the Authority's decisions being subject to a Congressional review panel.

During a Congressional hearing in May 1987, some defenders of U. S. policy in Nicaragua responded, launching personal attacks on Linder's family and other witnesses.

US President Ronald Reagan welcomed the Canadian initiative and the United States Congress gave the President the authority to sign a free trade agreement with Canada, subject to it being presented for Congressional review by October 5, 1987.

Joel M. Hefley ( born April 18, 1935 ) is a U. S Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 5th Congressional District of Colorado from 1987 to 2007.

In October 1987, at a Congressional hearing, pilots told of being forced to fly unsafe planes.

On July 30, 1987, McBride was assigned to NASA Headquarters to serve as Assistant Administrator for Congressional Relations, with responsibility for NASA's relationship with the United States Congress, and for providing coordination and direction to all Headquarters and Field Center communications with Congressional support organizations.

Weldon founded the Congressional Fire Services Caucus in 1987 and has consistently fought for increased funding for firefighters.

1987 – 1988 Official Congressional Directory, 100th Congress.

1987 – 1988 Official Congressional Directory, 100th Congress.

Coburn and McCain noted that the practice of members of Congress adding earmarks has risen dramatically over the years, from 121 earmarks in 1987 to 15, 268 earmarks in 2005, according to the Congressional Research Service.

* US Rep. Lamar S. Smith, representing the 21st Congressional District from 1987 to the present

The 1987 bipartisan " Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran / Contra Affair " found it guilty of "′ white propaganda ′: pro-Contra newspaper articles by paid consultants who did not disclose their connection to the Administration.

Johnston's daughter, Elizabeth Johnston Patterson, served in the U. S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's Fourth Congressional District from 1987 to 1993.

Britt ran unsuccessfully for the 5th Congressional District of California in 1987, narrowly losing to Nancy Pelosi in a special election to fill the seat left when Sala Burton died.