1987

Events concerning the Grand Theft Auto series in 1987.

Real World Events

• DMA Design is incorporated in Dundee, Scotland, which would later become Rockstar North.

Game World

2D Universe

• Tortoise is sentenced to two years in a state penitentiary for the sexual harassment of some unwilling recruits.

3D Universe

• Brian Johnson dies. His death causes his older brother Carl to move to Liberty City.
• Control of Grove Street Families turf in Los Santos begins to wane, with the Families losing a lot of turf to the Ballas.
• The earliest possible year that Xoomer closed its garage in Doherty, San Fierro.
• The FDA bans the sale of dessert topping Giggle Cream after it is linked to the deaths of at least 23 people.
• Blox, a detergent used to kill germs, is withdrawn from general sale and turned into an American defense strategy.

HD Universe

• Los Santos Customs is established.
• Isiah Friedlander begins practicing psychotherapy.
• Albert Lawson is arrested for resisting arrest, aged 28.
• Tyrone Hancock is arrested for disorderly conduct, aged 25.
• Marlon Bridges is born in Northwood, Algonquin.
• Mario Venturella is born in Algonquin.
• Gavin Finkle is arrested for prostitution, aged 20.
• Marnie Allen is born in the Midwest.
• Jayvon Simson is arrested for possession of a controlled substance (Crack Cocaine), aged 14.
• Billy Grey is arrested for assault, aged 16.
• Jim Fitzgerald is arrested for assault, aged 24.
• Butch Roberts is born.
• The Los Santos Panic Basketball Team became champions.
• The Ludendorff Beaver is erected in Ludendorff, North Yankton.