1987 in Germany

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Events in the year 1987 in Germany.

## Incumbents

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* President – Richard von Weizsäcker
* Chancellor – Helmut Kohl

## Events

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* 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!" speech by Ronald Reagan in Berlin[1]
* September – Olof Palme Peace March
* Date unknown: German company Mannesmann acquired German company ZF Sachs.

## Births

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* 8 January – Carmen Klaschka, German tennis player
* 20 January – Janin Lindenberg, German sprinter
* 9 February – Magdalena Neuner, German professional biathlete. She is the most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships
* 4 April – Sami Khedira, German footballer
* 19 April – Daniel Schuhmacher, German singer and winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 6)
* 20 April
* Thorsten Kirschbaum, German footballer
* Michael Klauß, German footballer
* 28 April
* Hanka Mittelstädt, German politician
* Robin Schulz, musician, DJ and record producer
* 29 April – Christian Reitz, German sport shooter
* 18 June – Vanessa Hegelmaier, German model
* 3 July
* Maximilian Mauff, German actor
* Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver
* 22 August – Mischa Zverev, German tennis player
* 18 September – Johanna Uekermann, German politician
* 4 October – Marina Weisband, German politician
* 25 October – Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast
* 11 December
* Violetta Bock, politician[2]
* Peter Scholze, German mathematician

## Deaths

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* 15 January – George Markstein, German-born English journalist and thriller writer (kidney failure; born 1926)[3]
* 29 January – Otto Klemperer, physicist (born 1899)
* 1 February – Gustav Knuth, German actor (born 1901)
* 8 February – Max Seydewitz, German politician (born 1892)
* 10 February – Hans Rosenthal, German television presenter (born 1925)
* 13 March – Bernhard Grzimek, German zoo director, zoologist, book author, editor, and animal conservationist in postwar West-Germany (born 1909)
* 26 March – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (born 1902)
* 8 May – Carl Tchilinghiryan, German businessman (born 1910)
* 7 July – Hannelore Schroth, German actress (born 1922)
* 26 August – Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (born 1897)
* 5 September – Wolfgang Fortner, German composer (born 1907)
* 16 October – Joseph Höffner, German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (born 1906)
* 28 November – Wolfgang Liebeneiner, German actor and film director (born 1905)
* 9 December – Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover (born 1914)
* 18 December – Conny Plank, German musician (born 1940)
* 22 December – Gustav Fröhlich, German actor (born 1902)
* 31 December – Wolfgang Zeidler, German judge (born 1924)

## See also

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* 1987 in German television

## References

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1. ^ Boyd, Gerald M. (June 13, 1987). "Raze Berlin Wall, Reagan Urges Soviet". The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2008.
2. ^ "Abgeordnete - Violetta Bock" (in German). Berlin, Germany: Bundestag . Retrieved 24 February 2025.
3. ^ Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror. Locus Press. 1987. p. 413.

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