Hungerford Massacre: Michael Ryan Kills 16 in UK, August 19, 1987
Date: August 19, 1987
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Date: August 19, 1987
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Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground. Date: December 7, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December…
The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor. Date: January 1, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Hulda Crooks Becomes Oldest Mt. Fuji Climber July 24, 1987Doña Paz Ferry…
Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45. Date: June 19, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega. Date: May 3, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in…
Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic. Date: July 5, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day…
An 18-year-old West German pilot, Mathias Rust, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Date: May 28, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Hungerford Massacre:…