Previously, the Twins had narrowly beat out the Royals for the 1987 American League West pennant, in which the Twins later took the World Series versus the St. Louis Cardinals.

The " TC " remained on the Twins ' caps until 1987, when they adopted their current uniforms.

Tom Kelly managed the Twins to World Series victories over the St. Louis Cardinals in 1987 and the Atlanta Braves in 1991.

The quirks of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, including the turf floor and the white roof, gave the Twins a significant home-field advantage that played into their winning the World Series in both 1987 and 1991, at least in the opinion of their opponents, as the Twins went 12 – 1 in post season home games during those two seasons.

The 1987 World Series matched the Cardinals against the American League champion Minnesota Twins.

He would have given anything to be going up north to play the Minnesota Twins in the 1987 World Series.

Although the Tigers have been the predominant MLB parent of the IL Mud Hens ( 1967 – 73 and since 1987 ), the team has also been affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1974 – 75 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1976 – 77 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1978 – 86 ) and the Yankees ( 1965 – 66 ).

Once there, Puckett helped lead the Twins to the 1987 World Series, the Twins ' second series appearance since relocating to Minnesota and fifth in franchise history.

Anderson led the Tigers to the majors ' best record in 1987, but the team was upset in the ALCS by the Minnesota Twins.

" The Suicide Twins " project disbanded in 1987

The Twins won the 1987 World Series and 1991 World Series by winning all four games held at the Dome in both seasons.

However, the Twins, who had been a bad team for most of the 1980s, would go on to a surprising win in the 1987 World Series, albeit without Carlton on the postseason roster, to earn him a third World Series ring and a trip to the White House to meet President Reagan along with his teammates.

Niekro finished his career with the Minnesota Twins, where he pitched in the World Series for the only time, in 1987.

* The Minnesota Twins released a bobblehead set of the 1987 World Series team ; Niekro's included a nail file in his back pocket.

Carew's number 29 was retired by the Twins on July 19, 1987.

Armed with a fastball, slider, devastating forkball and a fierce competitive spirit, Morris was a five-time All-Star ( 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1991 ), and played on four World Championship teams ( 1984 Tigers, 1991 Twins, and 1992 and 1993 with the Blue Jays ).

The Tigers headed to the postseason again in 1987, but this time Morris ' performance was below expectations as Detroit lost the ALCS to the eventual World Champion Minnesota Twins.

) Blyleven was unhappy playing for the lackluster Indians and forced a trade back to the Twins, where he passed the 3, 000-strikeout mark and helped the Twins to a 1987 World Series victory.

During the Minnesota Twins ' 1987 pennant chase, one of their starting pitchers, Joe Niekro, was suspended when he was caught on the field with a nail file in his back pocket.

In 1987, Denise and Dian Gallup spoofed their roles as the Doublemint Twins in cameo roles in the Mel Brooks film, Spaceballs.

This remix was itself sampled in the remix of " Pump Up the Volume " by MARRS that reached # 1 in the UK, also in October 1987.

Originally active from 1985 to 1996, the band have had consistent commercial and critical success in Australia and New Zealand and international chart success in two phases, beginning with their self-titled debut album, Crowded House, which reached number twelve on the US Album Chart in 1987 and provided the Top Ten hits, " Don't Dream It's Over " and " Something So Strong ".

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.

They increased the production of oil in 1986, reduced it in 1987 with a subsequent increase in 1988, but not to the levels of 1980 when production reached its highest level.

This was about 12 years after world population reached 5 billion in 1987, and 6 years after world population reached 5. 5 billion in 1993.

The Reg Grundy Organisation subsequently reached even higher levels of success with women's-prison drama Prisoner ( 1979 – 1986 ) on Network Ten, and melodramatic family saga Sons and Daughters ( 1981 – 1987 ) on the Seven Network.

The number of telephones in use in 1987 reached 9. 2 million, a considerable increase from 1980, when there were 2. 8 million subscribers ( which, in turn, was four times the number of subscribers in 1972 ).

The light from the new supernova reached Earth on February 23, 1987.

Two years later, in 1987, its lexicon reached 20, 000 words, entering the realm of human vocabularies, which range from 10, 000 to 150, 000 words.

" Fairytale of New York " was released as a single in 1987 and reached No. 1 in the Irish charts and No. 2 in the British charts over Christmas ( the time of peak sales ).

The previous LLNL record of seven awards was reached five times – in 1987, 1988, 1997, 1998 and 2006.

Eventually Rabin took over final production, and the album was released in September 1987 which reached number 17 in the UK and number 15 in the US.

Political agreement to restart work was reached in 1986, with a construction law () being passed in 1987.

Peres met secretly with Hussein in London in 1987 and reached a framework agreement with him, but this was rejected by Israel's then Prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir.

Funding of the project allegedly reached $ 2. 3 billion in fiscal 1987, according to a 1986 procurement document obtained by Aviation Week.

In early 1987 the single " Shoplifters of the World Unite " was released and reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.

The band released " You're Gone " as the lead single from the album, which reached No. 7, making it the first Marillion song to reach the UK Top Ten since " Incommunicado " in 1987 and the band's first Top 40 entry since " Beautiful " in 1995.

In 1987, The Cure released the double LP Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, which reached number six in the UK, the Top 10 in several countries and was the band's first entry into the U. S. Top 40 at number 35 ( where it was certified platinum ), due to the combination of the band's rising popularity and the success of lead single, " Why Can't I Be You ?".

He reached the temporary rank of Vice Admiral but was allowed to retire in 1987 at the lower rank of Rear Admiral as a result of his role in the Iran-Contra Affair.

A new IMF arrangement was reached in July 1987, only to collapse in March 1988.

" In 1987, the team reached the Eastern Conference Finals, the farthest it had advanced since moving from Fort Wayne, against the Celtics.

The hottest temperature recorded in Sudan was reached on June 25, at in Dongola, breaking a record set in 1987.

The club reached the next two Grand Finals, losing in 1986 and winning in 1987, both times against.