17 May 1987 May 16, 2014 Author: Staff An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fired missiles at the USS Stark. 37 were killed. Famous Words of Inspiration..."The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realising that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles." Arnold Bennett — Click here for more from Arnold Bennett Related posts: 29 July 1987 8 December 1987 29 July 1987 22 September 1987 20 December 1987 22 January 1987 16 February 1987 16 September 1987 19 October 1987 7 December 1987 Categories: History Tags: 17 May, 1987