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Events on Sunday 19 April 1987 2
1987 – presentMaria SharapovaThe Siberian SirenCompleted the career Grand Slam and was the world's highest-paid female athlete for years.
1987The Simpsons debuts as animated shortsMatt Groening's cartoon family first appears on The Tracey Ullman ShowThe Simpsons first appeared as a series of animated shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, created by cartoonist Matt Groening. The crudely animated vignettes introduced Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson to television audiences. They led to the standalone series that debuted in 1989 and became the longest-running scripted primetime show in US television history.