1987 Birthday Gift: The Year You Were Born Book – Printable 40th Birthday Keepsake

Turning 40? The Year You Were Born: 1987 is a 19-page printable keepsake all about the year they arrived. The year of the Loonie, The Simpsons’ first shorts, Michael Jackson’s Bad and Black Monday on Wall Street.

Did you know? In 1987, Canada’s Loonie coin arrived on June 30, and The Simpsons first appeared on TV on April 19.

Inside:

• The year at a glance: who was in charge, the song of the year, the biggest film, the champions and more
• Month-by-month news from 1987, with each month’s No. 1 hits
• The No. 1 song for every week of 1987: look up the song from the week they were born
• The top 20 songs of the year
• At the movies: the year’s biggest films and the Oscar winners
• The most-watched TV shows of the season
• Sports champions
• Firsts and breakthroughs in science and technology, plus the Nobel Prize winners
• What things cost in 1987
• 40 famous people born in 1987
• A 12-question 1987 trivia quiz, with the answers printed upside down
• A fill-in “The Day You Arrived” page for memories and a birthday note

A thoughtful 40th birthday gift: print the whole book, tuck a few pages into a card, set the quiz out at the party, or frame the cover. US Letter size; prints well in colour or black and white.

Facts from Wikipedia, Wikidata, Billboard chart lists, Nielsen ratings and U.S. government price data, checked October 2026. Prices are U.S. figures. An independent keepsake, not affiliated with Billboard or anyone named. This is a digital download; no physical item will be shipped. For personal use.