What big thing happened in 1987?

For English class, we're righting this huge research paper. This year's topic was years, and I pulled out 1987. I need to find something that happened in 1987 and turn it into a 7 page long paper :( It needs to be something that affected us today. It could be like a movie was made - but it was the first movie with an all African American cast. Something like that. We need to be able to get something out of it. I've been looking it up for the past 3 days, but I'm at a loss of what to do. I've looked on wikipedia and they have the whole year mapped out, but I can't really find anything that important that happened in 1987. If any of you were alive in 1987, and you experienced something that has affected you, or other people, I would really appreciate your help! Thanks so much!