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.

He was a pioneer in computer-generated art using Amiga computers that were introduced in 1985, just before his death in 1987.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination was first remixed in 1987 for release on CD, and included narration by Orson Welles which had been recorded in 1975, but arrived too late to be included on the original album.

The outcome was a decision by the 14th International Botanical Congress in 1987 that Amaryllis should be a conserved name ( i. e. correct regardless of priority ) and ultimately based on a specimen of the South African Amaryllis belladonna from the Clifford Herbarium at the British Museum.

The best selling model, the Amiga 500, was introduced in 1987 and became the leading home computer of the late 1980s and early 1990s in much of Western Europe.

By 1987 Ethernet was clearly winning the standards battle over Token Ring, and in the middle of that year Apple introduced EtherTalk 1. 0 for the newly released Macintosh II computer.

By 1987 a comprehensive survey of the phylum was completed: in all, 4516 species and 339 genera had been named.

In 1987, that company was renamed to Aon, a Gaelic word meaning oneness.

She is a Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010.

She was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1987 general election as member for the constituency of Maidstone ( which became Maidstone and The Weald in 1997 ).

The overall population in 1987 was estimated at about 5, 000.

The common law offence of affray was abolished for England and Wales on 1 April 1987.

* Telecom New Zealand — Operated an AMPS / TDMA network in New Zealand from 1987 until 2007 throughout the whole country and the network was renowned for its superb coverage, In 2000 Telecom announced that they would discontinue the AMPS network within 5 years ( 2005 ) to give customers an opportunity to transition to the CDMA2000 and later 1XRTT technologies that replaced it.

A book of Lerner's lyrics entitled A Hymn To Him, edited by British writer Benny Green, was published in 1987.

The most recent case was in early 1987, which was the most severe winter in Scandinavia since that date.

In 1987, there was media speculation Clinton would enter the race after then-New York Governor Mario Cuomo declined to run and Democratic front-runner Gary Hart withdrew owing to revelations of marital infidelity.

The Amiga Skyline BBS software was the first in 1987 featuring a script markup language communication protocol called Skypix which was capable to give the user a complete graphical interface, featuring rich graphic content, changeable fonts, mouse-controlled actions, animations and sound.

The duo named themselves Gemini, and a second album with more music by Björn and Benny was released in April 1987, containing the big hit " Mio My Mio "; also to be found on the soundtrack to the film Mio in the Land of Faraway, for which Andersson co-produced the music.

DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, months after the release of BDP's debut album, Criminal Minded.

The award was renamed the Jackie Robinson Award in July 1987, 40 years after Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line.

Turbo C was released on May 18, 1987 and an estimated 100, 000 copies were shipped in the first month of its release.

One of the other songs from the project called " European Boy " was recorded in 1987 by disco group Splash.

In 1987, HBC sold off its Canadian fur-auction business to Hudson's Bay Fur Sales Canada.

From 1984 to 1987, Bakker and his PTL associates sold $ 1, 000 " lifetime memberships ", which entitled buyers to a three-night stay annually at a luxury hotel at Heritage USA.

* 1987 – In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit ( fourth generation ) video game console, the PC Engine, which was later sold in other markets under the name TurboGrafx-16.

** USA Networks ( also including what is now called Syfy ) – Paramount owned a stake starting in 1982, 50 % owner ( with Universal Studios ) from 1987 until 1997, when Paramount / Viacom sold their stake to Universal ( now part of NBCUniversal )

Whereas the previous five Rush albums sold platinum or better, Hold Your Fire only went gold in November 1987, although it managed to peak at number 13 on the Billboard 200.

The Spectrum was ultimately released as eight different models, ranging from the entry level model with 16 kB RAM released in 1982 to the ZX Spectrum + 3 with 128 kB RAM and built in floppy disk drive in 1987 ; together they sold in excess of 5 million units worldwide ( not counting numerous clones ).

Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards was a great hit ( although it first became famous as an early example of software piracy, as Sierra sold many more hintbooks than actual copies of the game ) and won the Software Publishers Association's Best Adventure Game award of 1987.

* Massive Entertainment in Malmö, Sweden, founded in 1987, acquired by Vivendi Games in 2002, sold to Ubisoft on November 10, 2008.

Soon the whole Chrysler / Simca range was sold under the revived Talbot badge until production of Talbot-branded passenger cars was shelved in 1987 and on commercial vehicles in 1992.

* 1987: Howard Schultz leads purchase of the Starbucks brand from its founders ( who adopted the name Peet's ) and begins offering coffee drinks modeled after those sold in Italian coffee bars

As a result, in 1987 it sold its PathLab Laboratory Information System to 3M.

Red Bull is an energy drink sold by Austrian company Red Bull GmbH, created in 1987.

Sony has sold around 660, 000 DAT products since its introduction in 1987.

In South Dakota v. Dole ( 1987 ), the Supreme Court upheld the withholding of some federal highway funds to South Dakota, because beer with an alcohol content below a specified percentage could be lawfully sold to adults under the age of 21 within the state.

HWT bought The West Australian in 1969, but sold it to Robert Holmes à Court in 1987 as part of the News Limited takeover.

* Sterling ( car ), a British automobile brand, sold in the U. S. from 1987 to 1991

Jumpman became a best-seller for Epyx, who sold all versions of the game until 1987.

The video sold hundreds of thousands of copies in the United States and Canadian markets, and was in the top ten rankings for sales and rentals in December and January 1987.

In 1987 after a corporate putsch, the renamed UAL Corp. sold Hilton International to Ladbroke Group plc, a British leisure and gambling company, which in May 1999 adopted the name Hilton Group plc.

A large portion of the Pickman land, Huckins Farm, was sold to a developer for condominium development in 1987, and other parcels including the large Pickman house ( Stearns Farm ) were sold to private parties.

Forstmann Little then sold Piper to M. Stuart Millar in 1987.

The Great Storm of 1987 caused significant damage to Commission owned forests, though most of the downed trees were recovered and eventually sold.

Coburn sold the Spyder in 1987 after 24 years of ownership.

All subsidies terminated in 1984, and the lines were sold to CSX Transportation in 1987, which dismantled the tracks shortly thereafter.