US Supertanker Bridgeton Mines Collision Causes Tanker Damage, July 24, 1987

Hulda Crooks, at 91 years of age, climbed Mt. Fuji. Crooks became the oldest person to climb Japan's highest peak. Date: July 24, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Philippines Enacts New Constitution After…

Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Date: February 23, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987South Korea June Democratic Struggle Begins June 10, 1987SAS Kills IRA Volunteers in Loughgall Ambush, May…

New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987. Date: June 8, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Tower Commission Rebukes…

First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Date: May 22, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Edmonton Tornado Kills 27 People, July…

The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II. Date: April 27, 1987 Read more…

The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193. Date: March 6, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Iraq Attacks USS Stark in Iran-Iraq War, May 17, 1987Iran-Contra Affair…