Historical Events In 1987
May 17 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die
May 11 First heart-lung transplant take place (Baltimore)
May 11 Corazon Aquino is elected President in the Philippines
May 16 "Bobro 400", a barge carrying 3,200 tons of garbage, set sail from New York, beginning an unsuccesful 8-week search for a dumping site
May 28 60th National Spelling Bee Stephanie Petit wins spelling staphylococci
May 27 Jim & Tammy Bakker appear on "Nightline" after PTL scandal
May 09 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
May 21 Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama
May 29 Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains
May 16 Weird Al Yankovic performs live at 72nd National Orange Show
May 13 Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II
May 28 Mathias Rust, 19, West German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in USSR
May 28 60th National Spelling Bee: Stephanie Petit wins spelling staphylococci
May 06 Black South African workers go on strike over whites only election
Jan 03 Former Miss America Vanessa Williams marries Ramon T Hervey in New York City NY
Jan 03 Rock &Roll Hall of Fame inducts first female artist Aretha Franklin
Jan 29 William J Casey, ends term as 13th director of CIA
Jan 05 Surrogate Baby M case begins in Hackensack NJ
Jan 06 The 100th US Congress convenes
Jan 27 Midnight Rockers beat Buddy Rose &Doug Somers for AWA World Tag Team
Jan 09 New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect
Jan 04 16 die in a train crash in Chase MD
Jan 17 President Reagan signed a secret order permitting the covert sale of arms to Iran.
Jan 13 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each
Jan 09 Sir Rudolf Bing (of New York Met Opera) marries Lady Carroll Douglass
Jan 02 Troops of Chad President Habré conquer Fada oasis
Jan 31 Cut-price airline People Express flies its last flights before becoming part of Continental Airlines.
Jan 03 Rock &Roll Hall of Fame inducts first female artist Aretha Franklin
Jan 18 11th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards - Days of Our Live wins
Jan 28 US Foreign minister George Shultz meets ANC-leader Oliver Tambo
Jan 01 China's rudimentary civil code in effect
Jan 31 United Steelworkers union ratified a concessionary contract with USX Corp
Jan 31 Cut-price airline People Express flies its last flights before becoming part of Continental Airlines.
Jan 13 W German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in 1985 hijacking
Jan 17 President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
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