WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1987
Find out what all happened February to June 1987
With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct. (17. June 1987)
The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people. (21. April 1987)
Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff. (26. February 1987)
The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT. (20. March 1987)
Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. (12. June 1987)
First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. (22. May 1987)
Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45. (19. June 1987)
The Loughgall Ambush: The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland. (8. May 1987)
Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. (1. May 1987)
An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew. (17. May 1987)
The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit. (15. May 1987)
New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987. (8. June 1987)
The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan. (11. April 1987)
The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazi guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible" in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem. (16. February 1987)
Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell. (19. March 1987)
The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds killing 193. (6. March 1987)
Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II. (11. May 1987)
The Simpsons premieres as a short cartoon on The Tracey Ullman Show. (19. April 1987)
The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie. (30. June 1987)
The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II. (27. April 1987)
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