Date: December 8, 1987
The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service. Date: November 7, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987South African Airways Flight 295 Crashes into Indian Ocean, November 28, 1987Iran-Contra Affair…
Iran–Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew. Date: May 17, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union. Date: August 7, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day…
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 198720,000 Protestors March in Forsyth County Civil…
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…
Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan sends a "letter of death" to Somali President Siad Barre, proposing the genocide of the Isaaq people. Date: January 23, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987FDA Approves Anti-AIDS Drug…