Date: July 5, 1987
About 20,000 protestors march in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States. Date: January 24, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987First Woman Appointed to High Court of Australia, February 6,…
Remembrance Day bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded. Date: November 8, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅…
The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people. Date: April 21, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 198720,000 Protestors March…
Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. Date: October 19, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 19 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987US Supertanker Bridgeton Mines Collision Causes Tanker Damage, July 24, 1987Chrysler Acquires American…
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…
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 1987Bobby Allison Talladega Crash…