1987 in Germany

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Events in the year 1987 in Germany.

Incumbents

• President - Richard von Weizsäcker
• Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

Events

• 25 January - West German federal election, 1987
• 20 February - 3 March - 37th Berlin International Film Festival
• 12 March - The third cabinet Kohl led by Helmut Kohl was sworn in.
• 26 March - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987
• 17 May - Rhineland-Palatinate state election, 1987
• 12 June - 20 September - documenta 8
• 12 June - Tear down this wall! in Berlin
• September - Olof Palme Peace March
• Date unknown: German company Mannesmann acquired German company ZF Sachs.

Births

• January 8 - Carmen Klaschka, German tennis player
• February 9 - Magdalena Neuner, German professional biathlete. She is the most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships
• April 4 - Sami Khedira, German footballer
• April 19 - Daniel Schuhmacher, German singer and winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 6)
• April 20
  • Thorsten Kirschbaum, German footballer
  • Michael Klauß, German footballer
• April 29 - Christian Reitz, German sport shooter
• June 18 - Vanessa Hegelmaier, German model
• July 3 - Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver
• August 22 – Mischa Zverev, German tennis player
• September 18 - Johanna Uekermann, German politician
• October 25 - Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast
• December 11 - Peter Scholze, German mathematician

Deaths

• February 1 - Gustav Knuth, German actor (born 1901)
• February 8 - Max Seydewitz, German politician (born 1892)
• February 10 - Hans Rosenthal, German television presenter (born 1925)
• March 13 - Bernhard Grzimek, German zoo director, zoologist, book author, editor, and animal conservationist in postwar West-Germany (born 1909)
• March 26 - Eugen Jochum, German conductor (born 1902)
• May 8 - Carl Tchilinghiryan, German businessman (born 1910)
• July 7 - Hannelore Schroth, German actress (born 1922)
• August 26 - Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (born 1897)
• September 5 - Wolfgang Fortner, German composer (born 1907)
• October 16 - Joseph Höffner, German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (born 1906)
• November 28 - Wolfgang Liebeneiner, German actor and film director (born 1905)
• December 9 - Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (born 1914)
• December 18 - Conny Plank, German musician (born 1940)
• December 22 - Gustav Fröhlich, German actor (born 1902)
• December 31 - Wolfgang Zeidler, German judge (born 1924)
• date unknown - Otto Klemperer, physicist (born 1899)

See also

• 1987 in German television