Lake Central High School - Class of 1988.

Year of 1987

Sports
  • NBA: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics Series: 4-2
  • NCAA Football: Miami-Fl Record: 12-0-0
  • Heisman Trophy: Tim Brown, notre dame, WR points: 1,442
  • Stanley Cup: Edmunton Oilers vs. Philadelphia Flyers Series: 4-3
  • Super Bowl XXI: New York Giants vs. Denver Broncos Score: 39-20
  • US Open Golf: Scott Simpson Score: 277 Course: Olympic Club Location: San Francisco, CA
  • World Series: Minnesota Twins vs. St. Louis Cardinals Series: 4-3
Popular Music
  • 1."Open Your Heart" ... Madonna
  • 2."Livin' on a Prayer" ... Bon Jovi
  • 3 ."Jacob's Ladder" ... Huey Lewis and the News
  • 4."Lean on Me" ... Club Nouveau
  • 5."Nothing's Going to Stop Us Now" ... Starship
  • 6."I Knew You Were Waiting" ... Aretha Franklin & George Michael
  • 7."Died in Your Arms" ... Cutting Crew
  • 8."With or Without You" ... U2
  • 9."You Keep Me Hangin' On" ... Kim Wilde
  • 10."Always" ... Atlantic Starr
Popular Movies
  • 1. Beverly Hills Cop III
  • 2. Dirty Dancing
  • 3. Dragnet
  • 4. Fatal Attraction
  • 5. Full Metal Jacket
  • 6. La Bamba
  • 7. Lethal Weapon
  • 8. The Living Daylights
  • 9. A Nightmare on Elm Street
  • 10. Outrageous Fortune
Most Popular Books
Fiction
  • 1. "The Cardinal" of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy
  • 2. "The Sands of Time" by Sidney Sheldon
  • 3. "Zoya" by Danielle Steel
  • 4. "The Icarus Agenda" by Robert Ludlum
  • 5. "Alaska" by James Michener
Nonfiction
  • 1. "The Eight-Week Cholesterol Diet" by Robert Kowalski
  • 2. "Talking Straight" by Lee Iacocca
  • 3. "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
  • 4. "Trump" by Donald Trump
  • 5. "Gracie: A Love Story" by George Burns
Most Popular Television Shows
  • 1. The Cosby Show (NBC)
  • 2. Roseanne (ABC)
  • 3. A Different World (NBC)
  • 4. Cheers (NBC)
  • 5. 60 Minutes (CBS)
  • 6. The Golden Girls (NBC)
  • 7. Who's the Boss? ( ABC)
  • 8. Murder, She Wrote (CBS)
  • 9. Empty Nest (NBC)
  • 10. Anything But Love (ABC)
Academy Awards
  • Best Picture: "The Last Emperor"
  • Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci ... "The Last Emperor"
  • Best Actor: Michael Douglas ... "Wall Street"
  • Best Actress: Cher ... "Moonstruck"
Grammy Awards
  • Record of the Year: "Graceland" ... Paul Simon
  • Song of the Year: "Somewhere Out There" ... James Horner & Barry Mann
  • Best Album: "The Joshua Tree" ... U2
  • Male Vocalist: Sting ... "Bring on the Night"
  • Female Vocalist: Whitney Houston ... "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"