FCC Rescinds Fairness Doctrine, Ending Equal-Time Rule August 4, 1987

The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT. Date: March 20, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Herald of Free Enterprise Capsizes, 193 Killed – March 6, 1987London Agreement Secretly Signed by…

Vincent van Gogh's painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England. Date: June 29, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 29 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Mathias Rust Lands in Red Square,…

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…

Varig Flight 797 crashes near Akouré in the Ivory Coast, resulting in 50 deaths. Date: January 3, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan’s “Letter of Death” Proposes Isaaq Genocide, January…

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 1987Isleta Pueblo Elects First Female Governor Verna Williamson, January 1, 1987Bobby Allison Talladega Crash Spurs NASCAR…