North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_858′]
Tag: 1987
19 October 1987
Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987)’]
16 September 1987
The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Protocol’]
20 March 1987
The FDA approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT. On March 20, 1987, the HIV/AIDS community received news that a powerful breakthrough in HIV treatment had been…
29 June 1987
The painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille by Vincent Van Gogh, was bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England. LONDON — Dutch-born…
17 June 1987
The dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct. he dusky seaside sparrow, Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens, was a non-migratory subspecies of the seaside sparrow, found in Florida in…
20 March 1987
The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT. On March 20, 1987, the HIV/AIDS community received news that a powerful breakthrough in HIV…
27 November 1987
South African Airways Flight 295 crashes all on board were killed. South African Airways Flight 295, a Boeing 747 named Helderberg, was a commercial flight…
6 October 1987
Fiji becomes a republic. In October 06, 1987. Fiji finally became a republic. It is an island country in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean….