52 events found for 1987
The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with "Good Night"
The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people
A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to d
Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States
The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern
LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board
Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II
Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka
Iran–Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U
First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand
An 18-year-old West German pilot, Mathias Rust, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in Red Square
New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarm
June Democratic Struggle: The June Democratic Struggle starts in South Korea, and people protest against the government
Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain
The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed durin
With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct
Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hiperc