Discover what happened on 19 January 1987 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Lawrence Kohlberg (American psychologist)
- Harry Keller (American film editor, producer and director (1913-1987))
- Josef Henselmann (German sculptor (1898–1987))
- Gerhard Stein (German diplomat)
- Pál Pándi (literary historian (1926–1987))
- Fred Lohse (German composer and music educator (1908–1987))
- Albert Delahaye (Dutch archivist (1915–1987))
- Fernand Fabre (French actor)
- Gerald Brenan (British writer and Hispanist (1894-1987))
- František Zajíček (Czechoslovak bobsledder)
- George Selkirk (Canadian baseball player)
- Daniel Brick (Swedish translator, writer and journalist (1903–1987))
- Runo Ewe-Ericson
- Manuel Martínez Báez (Mexican writer and physician)
- Veniamin Levich (Ukrainian physicist (1917-1988))
- Stefan Listowski (Polish architect)
- Ljubomir Kotsev (Bulgarian association football player (1935-1987))
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- Humphrey Edwardes-Jones (Royal Air Force air marshals)
- Alice Krayenbühl (Danish tennis player (1895-1987))
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- Arild Wikstrøm (Norwegian pianist (1941-1987))
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- Richard Milford (Milford, (Theodore) Richard (1895–1987), Church of England clergyman and philanthropist)
- Inga Serning (Swedish archaeologist (1920-1987))
- Maiju Ollilainen (Finnish artist)
- Karin Borgström (Swedish artist (1903-1987))
- Ira C. Kepford (American flying ace)
- Agnellus Andrew (Roman Catholic archbishop)
- Michelangelo Iorio (Italian politician)
- Fujio Nakamura
- Norman Ella (Australian rower)
- T. Julian Brown (English palaeographer)
- Countess Ghislaine de la Gardie ((died 1987))
- František Pokorný
- Marcello Simonacci (Italian politician (1921-1987))
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- Cecilia Johanna van Tuyll van Serooskerken