Andy Warhol ( August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987 ) was an American artist who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art.

* 1909 – Hermann Lang, German race car driver ( d. 1987 )

* 1916 – Vincent Ellis McKelvey, American geologist ( d. 1987 )

* 1987 – Levi Porter, English footballer

* 1987 – Hilary Rhoda, American model

* 1987 – Brooklyn Decker, American model and actress

* 1987 – Shawn Gore, Canadian football player

* 1987 – Brendon Urie, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Panic at the Disco )

* 1987 – Alipate Carlile, Australian rules footballer

* 1987 – Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer

* 1987 – Nikki Webster, Australian singer

* 1987 – Darren McFadden, American football player

* 1928 – Andy Warhol, American artist ( d. 1987 )

* 1933 – A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer ( d. 1987 )

* 1987 – Charley Chase, American porn actress

* 1987 – Aditya Narayan, Indian actor, singer, and composer

* 1987 – Joran van der Sloot, Dutch murderer

* 1919 – Joop den Uyl, Dutch politician ( d. 1987 )

* 1987 – Marco Carmona, Mexican illustrator and animator

* 1987 – Pepe Diokno, Filipino director, screenwriter, and producer

* 1924 – James Baldwin, American writer ( d. 1987 )

* 1987 – Rumi Hiiragi, Japanese actress

* 1987 – Sébastien Pocognoli, Belgian footballer

* 1987 – Lee Wallace, Scottish footballer

* 1987 – Kim Hyung-jun, Korean singer, dancer, and actor ( SS501 )

* " Boys ( Summertime Love )", by Sabrina Salerno, 1987

In late 1987, she released her first album, Sabrina, which was entirely sung in English.

* 1987 – The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that explodes in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo, killing 106 people.

* 1987 – First instance of the LTTE using suicide attacks on Sri Lankan Army.

* 1987 – Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.

* 1987 – Start of Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka that killed few thousand ethnic Tamil civilians, several hundred Tamil Tigers and few hundred Indian Army soldiers.

He was also responsible for first intervening and then sending Indian troops ( Indian Peace Keeping Force or IPKF ) for peace efforts in Sri Lanka in 1987, which soon ended in open conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

In 1987, the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord was signed and Indian Peace Keeping Force ( IPKF ) was deployed in northern Sri Lanka to stabilize the region by neutralising the LTTE.

But they didn't have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils following several decades of increasing demand for a decentralisation of the Government of Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lankan Civil War began in 1983, including an armed youth uprising in 1987 – 1989, with the 25 year-long civil war ending in 2009.

Organ donation in Sri Lanka was ratified by the Human Tissue Transplantation Act No. 48 of 1987.

In April 1987, New Zealand traveled to Sri Lanka where Hadlee recorded his second test century.

He made only 194 runs at 32. 33 in five Tests in 1987 – 88 against the touring New Zealand, England and Sri Lanka teams.

The Sri Lankan military launched an offensive, called " Operation Liberation " or Vadamarachchi Operation, during May – June 1987, to regain control of the territory in the Jaffna peninsula from the LTTE.

Beginning in August 1983, till May 1987, Indian government, through its intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing ( RAW ), provided arms, training and monetary support to 6 Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups including LTTE, Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization ( TELO ), People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam ( PLOTE ), Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students ( EROS ) Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front ( EPRLF ) and Tamil Eelam Liberation Army ( TELA ).

India became more actively involved in the late 1980s, and on 5 June 1987, the Indian Air Force airdropped food parcels to Jaffna while it was under siege by Sri Lankan forces.

Negotiations were held, and the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord was signed on 29 July 1987, by Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President Jayewardene.

The Indian Army also sent a contingent to Sri Lanka in 1987 as a part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force.

In 1987 he visited Sri Lanka, Fiji and other countries.

By 1987, the Sri Lankan military had cornered the LTTE in Jaffna, on the tip of the island and were confident of bringing an end to the conflict.

** the Official Languages Act of 1987 ( Sri Lanka ) passed in Sri Lanka in 1987 to make Tamil an official language of the country