WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 1987
Find out what all happened October to November 1987

King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras. (18. November 1987)

The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9. (1. October 1987)

Continental Airlines Flight 1713, a Douglas DC-9-14 jetliner, crashes in a snowstorm at Denver's Stapleton International Airport, killing 28 occupants, while 54 survive the crash. (15. November 1987)

Fiji becomes a republic. (6. October 1987)

The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf. (19. October 1987)

Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 115. (29. November 1987)

In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu. (15. November 1987)

Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line was opened, starting with train services between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh stations. (7. November 1987)

Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized. (7. October 1987)

Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses. (21. October 1987)

In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. (7. November 1987)

Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm. (25. November 1987)

Start of Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka that killed thousands of ethnic Tamil civilians and hundreds of Tamil Tigers & Indian Army soldiers. (11. October 1987)

The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England. (15. October 1987)

Remembrance Day Bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded. (8. November 1987)

Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom. (22. November 1987)

South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board. (28. November 1987)

Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years of a life sentence for terrorism and treason. (5. November 1987)

In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit (fourth generation) video game console, the PC Engine, which is later sold in other markets under the name TurboGrafx-16. (30. October 1987)

Black Monday - the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. (19. October 1987)