1987 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1987?
- January 20, 1987 – Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon.
- January 22, 1987 – Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
- January 29, 1987 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
- February 23, 1987 – Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
- April 11, 1987 – The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
- May 11, 1987 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
- May 17, 1987 – An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
- June 12, 1987 – The Central African Republic’s former Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
- July 29, 1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
- October 1, 1987 – The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9.
- October 15, 1987 – The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England.
- November 5, 1987 – Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason.
- November 15, 1987 – In Braşov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
- November 18, 1987 – Iran-Contra Affair: the U.S. Congress issues its final report on the Iran-Contra Affair.
- November 22, 1987 – Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
- November 25, 1987 – Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
- November 28, 1987 – South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on-board.
- November 29, 1987 – Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
- December 7, 1987 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
- December 18, 1987 – Larry Wall releases the first version of the Perl programming language.
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