19 events found for 1987
The fictional Simpson family made their first appearance in the short "Good Night", aired in a segment of the The Tracey
A British Special Air Service unit ambushed a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit in Loughgall, Northern Irelan
An Iraqi jet fired two Exocet missiles at the American frigate USS Stark, killing 37 personnel and injuring 21 others
During Hindu–Muslim rioting in Meerut, India, 19 members of the Provincial Armed Constabulary allegedly massacred 42 Mus
Mathias Rust, a West German aviator, flew his Cessna 172 from Helsinki, Finland, through Soviet air defences, landing il
American intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard pleaded guilty to charges of spying for Israel
Mass protests demanding direct presidential elections broke out across South Korea
Cold War: During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate by the Berlin Wall, US president Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leade
The Basque separatist group ETA detonated a car bomb at a Hipercor shopping centre in Barcelona, killing 21 people and i
More than 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain fell in a two-and-a-half-hour period in parts of Montreal, causing severe flooding.
Iran–Iraq War: In opposition to the American plan to protect Kuwaiti tankers, Iran laid mines and damaged the…
Lynne Cox became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede to Big…
Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.
While he was abroad, Burundian president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was deposed in a military coup d'état by Pierre Buyoya.
Sri Lankan Civil War: The Indian Peace Keeping Force began Operation Pawan to take control of Jaffna from the Tamil…
An estimated 750,000 people attended the "Great March" in Washington, D.C., to demand greater civil rights for the…
Iran–Iraq War: U.S. Navy forces destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf in response to an Iranian…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent on Black Monday, the largest one-day percentage decline in the…
John Adams' (pictured) opera Nixon in China premiered.