A fictional character, Max Headroom, hijacks two Chicago television stations.
Tag: 1987
16 September 1987
The Montreal Protocol is signed in order to protect the ozone layer from further depletion.
20 December 1987
In the Philippines, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines. An estimated 4,000…
12 June 1987
At the Brandenburg Gate, the USA President, Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
8 June 1987
New Zealand establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
17 May 1987
An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fired missiles at the USS Stark. 37 were killed.
7 December 1987
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles in California. It was caused by a disgruntled passenger who shoots his ex-boss traveling on the…