Dusky Seaside Sparrow Extinct After Last Individual Dies, June 17, 1987

Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka. Date: May 14, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Singapore MRT Opens for Passenger Service,…

North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew. Date: November 29, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 29 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Supernova 1987A Seen in Large Magellanic Cloud…

The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule. Date: June 12, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 12 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Civil Unrest Breaks Out…

Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues. Date: July 29, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Supernova 1987A Seen…

In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official). Date: December 20, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in…