1987
ID: 2047
ADD becomes 'Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder' (ADHD) in DSM-III-R
ID: 2047
1987
ID: 2048
William Casey dies; Khashoggi flees Utah leaving debts
ID: 2048
1987
ID: 2049
FASB Statement 87 revolutionizes pension accounting
ID: 2049
1987
ID: 2050
The Montreal Protocol is signed to phase out ozone-depleting chemicals
ID: 2050
1987
ID: 2051
Low-E (low-emissivity) glass coatings become commercially available for windows
ID: 2051
1987
ID: 2052
Tanzania vitamin C study demonstrates 'impressive protective effects'
ID: 2052
1987
ID: 2053
Dr. Lennette: 'Actually, economically the disease [polio] wasn't very important'
ID: 2053
1987
ID: 4368
Niklaus Wirth releases Oberon system - minimalist operating system and programming language at ETH Zurich
ID: 4368
1987
ID: 4390
Andy Grove becomes Intel CEO - transforms company from memory to microprocessors, 'Only the Paranoid Survive'
ID: 4390
1987
ID: 4401
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founded - pure-play foundry model revolutionizes chip industry
ID: 4401
1987
ID: 4440
Larry Wall releases Perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language, 'Swiss Army chainsaw' of text processing
ID: 4440
1987
ID: 4442
Niklaus Wirth designs Oberon - minimalist successor to Modula-2, both language and operating system
ID: 4442
1987
ID: 2045
March 25, 1987
March 25: Pope John Paul II issues 'Redemptoris Mater' on the Blessed Virgin Mary
ID: 2045
1987
ID: 4367
July 1987
Sun introduces SPARC architecture - Scalable Processor Architecture for RISC workstations
ID: 4367
1987
ID: 4369
August 1987
Apple ships HyperCard with Macintosh - Bill Atkinson's hypertext system inspires World Wide Web
ID: 4369
1987
ID: 4370
December 1987
IBM and Microsoft release OS/2 1.0 - intended Windows successor, partnership later breaks down
ID: 4370
1987
ID: 2046
December 30, 1987
December 30: Pope John Paul II issues 'Sollicitudo Rei Socialis' on social concerns
ID: 2046