WHAT HAPPENED IN 1987.
Look what happened the 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)

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

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

Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself. (7. December 1987)

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed. (8. December 1987)

Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills eight people at the Australia Post building in Melbourne, before jumping to his death. (8. December 1987)

The Alianza Lima air disaster occurs. (8. December 1987)

An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, sparking the First Intifada. (8. December 1987)

Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. (9. December 1987)

Larry Wall releases the first version of the Perl programming language. (18. December 1987)

In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official). (20. December 1987)

In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi. (22. December 1987)