WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1987
Find out what all happened January to December 1987

Pope John Paul II embraces an AIDS-infected boy while visiting San Francisco. (17. September 1987)

Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard. (31. August 1987)

The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds killing 193. (6. March 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)

The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, hitting 10 of them. (14. September 1987)

The 19-year-old West German pilot Mathias Rust evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. He is immediately detained and will not be released until August 3, 1988. (28. May 1987)

In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (aka the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment. (4. July 1987)

First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. (22. May 1987)

The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion. (16. September 1987)

The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan. (11. April 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)

For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht. (28. June 1987)

Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a televised press conference, leading to debates on boundaries in journalism. (22. January 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)

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 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)

All the children held at Kia Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid. (14. August 1987)

With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct. (17. June 1987)

A value added tax is introduced in Greece for the first time. (1. January 1987)