1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar, the 987th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1980s decade.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1950s  1960s  1970s  – 1980s –  1990s  2000s  2010s
Years: 1984 1985 198619871988 1989 1990
1987 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1987
MCMLXXXVII
Ab urbe condita2740
Armenian calendar1436
ԹՎ ՌՆԼԶ
Assyrian calendar6737
Bahá'í calendar143–144
Balinese saka calendar1908–1909
Bengali calendar1394
Berber calendar2937
British Regnal year35 Eliz. 2 – 36 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2531
Burmese calendar1349
Byzantine calendar7495–7496
Chinese calendar丙寅(Fire Tiger)
4683 or 4623
    — to —
丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit)
4684 or 4624
Coptic calendar1703–1704
Discordian calendar3153
Ethiopian calendar1979–1980
Hebrew calendar5747–5748
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2043–2044
 - Shaka Samvat1908–1909
 - Kali Yuga5087–5088
Holocene calendar11987
Igbo calendar987–988
Iranian calendar1365–1366
Islamic calendar1407–1408
Japanese calendarShōwa 62
(昭和62年)
Javanese calendar1919–1920
Juche calendar76
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4320
Minguo calendarROC 76
民國76年
Nanakshahi calendar519
Thai solar calendar2530
Tibetan calendar阳火虎年
(male Fire-Tiger)
2113 or 1732 or 960
    — to —
阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
2114 or 1733 or 961
Unix time536457600 – 567993599

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