52 events found for 1987
Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.
The 5.9 Mw Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe),…
Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460 crashes near Conca di Crezzo, Italy, killing all 37 people on board.
A coup d'état in Burkina Faso overthrows and kills then President Thomas Sankara.
The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients,…
John Adams' opera Nixon in China premiered at the Houston Grand Opera.