Date: November 25, 1987
LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board. Date: May 9, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987LTTE First Suicide Attack in Sri Lankan Civil…
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…
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 1987First Black…
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 1987King’s Cross Fire Kills…
The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people. Date: April 21, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1987Enniskillen Remembrance Day…
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) More events from 1987US Supertanker Bridgeton Mines Collision…