15 October 1987 October 14, 2014 Author: Staff France and England are hit by the Great Storm of 1987. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas A. Edison — Click here for more from Thomas A. Edison Related posts: 19 October 1987 29 July 1987 18 November 1987 28 May 1987 22 November 1987 22 January 1987 16 February 1987 7 December 1987 17 May 1987 8 June 1987 Categories: History Tags: 15 October, 1987