In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya. Date: September 3, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May. Date: September 2, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 2 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard. Date: August 31, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
Odaeyang mass suicide: Thirty-three individuals linked to a religious cult are found dead in the attic of a cafeteria in Yongin, South Korea. Investigators attribute their deaths to a murder-suicide pact. Date: August 29, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On…
Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide. Date: August 19, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground. Date: August 16, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)