April 1987

Monday 06:

Sugar Ray Leonard takes the middleweight boxing title from Marvin Hagler.

Wednesday 08:

Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid great controversy over racially-charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.

Thursday 09:

Dikye Baggett becomes the first person to undergo corrective surgery for Parkinson's disease.

Monday 13:

Portugal and China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999

Saturday 18:

Mike Schmidt becomes the 14th member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Tuesday 28:

U.S. engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by US-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua.