WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1987
Find out what all happened February to April 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)

The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan. (11. April 1987)

Southern Methodist University's football program is the first college football program to receive the Death Penalty by the NCAA's Committee on Infractions. It was revealed that athletic officials and school administrators had knowledge of a "slush fund" used to make illegal payments to the school's football players as far back as 1981. (25. February 1987)

Portugal and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999. (13. April 1987)

American engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by U.S.-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua. (28. April 1987)

The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT. (20. March 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)

Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, a bomb explodes in a computer store. (20. February 1987)

Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed. (6. February 1987)

Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline. (8. April 1987)

Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff. (26. February 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)

The Simpsons premieres as a short cartoon on The Tracey Ullman Show. (19. April 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)

The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds killing 193. (6. March 1987)

After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution. (2. February 1987)

Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud. (23. February 1987)