Date: May 3, 1987
The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka, killing 70 Tamil patients, doctors and nurses. Date: October 21, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Burundi Coup D’état: Jean-Baptiste…
Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States. Date: May 5, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987U.S. Bans Austrian President Kurt Waldheim Over Nazi War Crimes, April 27, 1987FCC Rescinds…
Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning. Date: September 13, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day…
Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House. Date: December 8, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987LOT Flight…
The 5.9 Mw Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200. Date: October 1, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Supernova 1987A…
The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people. Date: January 4, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…