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See also:	Other events of 1987 History of Czechoslovakia Years in Czechoslovakia

Events from the year 1987 in Czechoslovakia.

Incumbents

• President: Gustáv Husák.
• Prime Minister: Lubomír Štrougal.

Events

• 21 February – The 1987 Winter Universiade opens in Štrbské Pleso, closing seven days later.
• July – The fourth and final reactor in the Dukovany Nuclear Power Station is put into operation.
• 17 December – Gustáv Husák resigns as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.

Popular culture

Film

• Why? (Czech: Proč?), directed by Karel Smyczek is released.
• Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker (Czech: O princezně Jasněnce a létajícím ševci), directed by Zdeněk Troška, is released.

Births

• 27 May – Martina Sáblíková, winner of the gold medal in speed skating at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Deaths

• 6 May – Stanislav Lusk, rower, gold medal winner at the 1952 Summer Olympics (born 1931).

References

Citations

1. Cook & Paxton 2001, p. 43.
2. Cook 2001, p. 1199.
3. Bell 2011, p. 525.
4. Pliska et al. 2014, p. 1.
5. Cook 2001, p. 688.
6. Táňa 2010, p. 363.
7. Táňa 2010, p. 289.
8. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Martina Sáblíková". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
9. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stanislav Lusk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

Bibliography

• Bell, Daniel (2011). Encyclopedia of International Games. Jefferson: MacFarland. ISBN 978-1-47661-527-1.
• Cook, Bernard A. (2001). Europe Since 1945 An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing. ISBN 978-0-81534-058-4.
• Cook, Chris; Paxton, John (2001). European Political Facts of the Twentieth Century. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-33397-746-0.
• Pliska, Jiri; Machat, Zdenek; Veznik, Libor; Smisek, Jiri (2014). "Thermal Performance Monitoring and Optimization in Dukovany NPP". Proceedings of the 22th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering ICONE22. 45899. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Táňa, Bretyšová (2010). Czech Feature Film 6 1981–1993. Prague: Národní Filmový Archiv. ISBN 978-8-07004-141-3.

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