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.

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 ).

In 1987 Borland purchased Wizard Systems and incorporated portions of the Wizard C technology into Turbo C. Bob Jervis, the author of Wizard C became a Borland employee.

After a decade as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, he entered parliament as a Labor MP at the 1980 federal election and became Prime Minister within three years, leading Labor to victory at four consecutive federal elections: 1983, 1984, 1987 and 1990.

Julie Manet became the subject for many of her mother's paintings and a book of her memoirs Growing Up with the Impressionists: The Diary of Julie Manet, was published in 1987.

Between 1985 an 1987 the relationship of the PG with the local Comorians became worse.

Released in October 1987, it became a breakthrough hit for Eric B & Rakim outside the U. S., reaching # 15 in the UK and the top 20 in a number of European countries.

The team set a major-league record by scoring 658 runs at home on the season, and Burks and Bichette became the first pair of teammates since Darryl Strawberry and Howard Johnson of the 1987 New York Mets to both steal 30 bases and hit 30 homers in the same season.

It was released in the summer of 1987 and quickly became popular with bulletin board system ( BBS ) operators and other users.

" Bum " Bright purchased the Dallas Cowboys from Clint Murchison, Jr. As the Cowboys suffered through progressively poorer seasons ( from 10 – 6 in 1985 to 7 – 9 in 1986, 7 – 8 in 1987, and 3 – 13 in 1988 ), Bright became disenchanted with the team.

SQL became a standard of the American National Standards Institute ( ANSI ) in 1986, and of the International Organization for Standards ( ISO ) in 1987.

Fantasy Football Index became the first annual fantasy football guide in 1987.

He became CEO in 1979 and chairman in 1987, succeeding Jack and becoming the first non-family member to hold that post.

Historian Patrick O ' Farrell noted in The Irish in Australia ( 1987 ) that the term " Australia first " became " what amounted to the Australian Irish Catholic slogan ".

The party became the Green Alliance in 1983 and in 1987 was renamed to its current title in English.

Goa was invaded by India in 1961 and became an Indian state in 1987 ; East Timor was abandoned in 1975 and was then invaded by Indonesia.

Following boundary changes, Major became Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Huntingdon in 1983 and retained the seat in the 1987, 1992 and 1997 general elections.

In 1987 ISO TC 97 became ISO / IEC JTC1 and in 1992 CCITT became ITU-T.

Lübeck's restored historic city centre became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

Soon however, Marl's records became more sample heavy, as can be seen by comparing the MC Shan LPs Down By Law ( 1987 ) and Born to be Wild ( 1988 ); the rhythms less electronic, with drum samples and patterns becoming more prominent.

The chorus of the chant became the title of a compilation album from Anagram Records ( Catalog #: GRAM 28 ) released in 1987.

In 1987 he also became Minister of External Relations and in 1988 Deputy Minister of Finance.

" In 1987, Mikhail Gorbachev became the first Soviet leader to visit Washington, D. C. since Nikita Khrushchev in 1959, and Nancy Reagan was in charge of planning and hosting the important and highly anticipated state dinner.

Regan became so angry with Nancy that he hung up on her during a 1987 telephone conversation.

According to a report in the Cork Examiner, the Continuity IRA's first chief of staff was Dáithí Ó Conaill, who also served as the first chairman of RSF from 1986 to 1987.

In 1987 he took up a two-year post as chief scientist at the Department of Transportation, and in 1989 joined the Institute of Space Science and Technology in Gainesville, Florida where he contributed to a paper on the results from the Interplanetary Dust Experiment using data from the Long Duration Exposure Facility satellite.

* 1987 – In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie ( aka the " Butcher of Lyon ") is convicted of crimes against humanity and is sentenced to life imprisonment.

During his time in the Senate, he was chief author of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, served as chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs from 1987 until 1995, sat on the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees and the Special Committee on Aging.

Under Powell's direction, the President and his chief advisers weathered the Persian Gulf crisis in 1987 and the Reagan-Gorbachev relationship culminating in the Moscow Summit of June 1988 ( the smoothest ever seen by observers at the time ).

Zhū Róngjī ( pinyin: Zhū Róngjī ; Wade-Giles: Chu Jung-chi ; IPA: ; born 23 October 1928 in Changsha, Hunan ) is a prominent Chinese politician who served as the Mayor and Party chief in Shanghai between 1987 and 1991, before serving as Vice-Premier and then the fifth Premier of the People's Republic of China from March 1998 to March 2003.

* June 10: Donald Regan, former U. S. treasury secretary ( 1981 – 1985 ) and White House chief of staff ( 1985 – 1987 )

He became the start-up company's chief operating officer ( COO ), where he directed all management functions, and in 1987 became its chief executive officer ( CEO ).

In the 1987 primary for treasurer, she defeated two legislative colleagues, Kevin P. Reilly, Sr., chief executive officer at the time of Lamar Advertising Company in Baton Rouge, and Claude " Buddy " Leach, a former U. S. representative and the current chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party.

* Manfred Gruber ( born 24 January 1951 in Erkshausen ) is a well known artist ( painting, graphic arts and scenic design ) and was from 1978 to 1987 / 1988 head of decoration and chief scenic designer at the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele

Matthews worked in print media for 15 years, spending 13 years as Washington, D. C. bureau chief for the San Francisco Examiner ( 1987 – 2000 ) and two years as a nationally syndicated columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle.

In 1987, he established an investment banking firm, Whitlam Turnbull & Co Ltd, in partnership with Neville Wran ( former Labor Premier of New South Wales ) and the former State Bank of New South Wales chief executive, Nicholas Whitlam ( son of Gough Whitlam, former Labor Prime Minister of Australia ).

Haig's successor, General Bernard Rogers, became somewhat of an institution in Europe as the former U. S. Army chief of staff occupied the office for nearly eight years ; a brief outcry arose from the other NATO capitals when Rogers was slated for retirement by the U. S. administration in 1987.

The young Australian conductor Stuart Challender, who had taken over some of Mackerras's commitments in 1985, became the orchestra's chief conductor in 1987.

In the NUM, he was a compensation officer from 1978 to 1981, assistant head of general department from 1981 to 1984, and head of general department and chief administration officer from 1984 to 1987.

* Tangier police chief in The Living Daylights ( 1987 )

In 1987 Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to be elected chief of a major Native American tribe ( Cherokee ).

In 1987 he resigned as chief whip to campaign for his unsuccessful private members ' bill which aimed to stop late abortions.

She is chief executive of Floella Benjamin Productions, which has made television programmes since 1987.

As the state's forty-third chief executive from January 18, 1983 to January 20, 1987, White worked to " preserve and enhance ... resources so that Texas would not fall back, but go forward as a state of the future.

Isaacs was the founding chief executive of Channel 4 between 1981 and 1987, overseeing its launch period and setting the channel's original ' high brow ' style.

In 1987, Chandler added to his innovations by founding the Monster Truck Racing Association, which remains today as the chief voice in monster truck safety.

He worked as an employment training supervisor with Midlothian District Council for two years from 1987, and was appointed as a placement officer for the Craigmillar Festival Society in 1989, becoming the chief executive of Craigmillar Opportunities 1992-2000.