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…
The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to give equal time to opposing views. Date: August 4, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 4 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
A tornado occurs in Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people. Date: July 31, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues. Date: July 29, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Channel Tunnel). Date: July 29, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
US supertanker SS Bridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker. Date: July 24, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station. Date: July 1, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)